Ingrid W Chan

Hi, I'm Ingrid Chan, a first year International Social and Political Studies student.

I am running for the Head of Events position due to my past experience and my desire to introduce new events. As someone who has organised large-scale school events, I am well equipped to handle all aspects of event planning – from contacting speakers to managing the event. Despite any challenges, I keep a cool head and I am interested in engaging society members in all steps of the process and make the sign-up process smoother, as well as considering suggestions for future events through surveys and feedback.

This year's speaker events and panels have been amazing – I would like to continue down the line of introducing human rights issues and climate diplomacy, as climate change is a very important factor that countries need to address. My experiences in the EISPS journal and ESG journal broadened my perspective on diplomacy; this would aid me in planning events and reaching out to different speakers and organisations that cover different aspects of diplomacy. A few suggestions for events may be panels on aid diplomacy in crises such as the Türkiye-Syrian earthquake, bringing in wider discussions of relationships between nations (following the template of the China/UK discussion), embassy visits to more Asian countries, and more frequent pub socials/"pizza and politics" events to get to know each other better and have fun.

Vote for me to have a wonderful and engaging Dip Soc experience!