CHEN Ying Hsien, from Taiwan, is a doctoral researcher of (Ethno)musicology, based at the University of Helsinki. Her doctoral research concerns the transculturation of the Finnish kantele in global contexts, with special attention on Japanese women’s interaction with, reinterpretation, and resignification of the kantele. Her dissertation is a sub-project of World Wide Women: Female Musicians Crossing Borders and Building Futures, funded by Koneen Säätiö.

• Academic status: doctoral researcher
• Academic fields: musicology, Japanese studies, music globalization. 
• Research topics: Finnish folk music; Japanese women; musical transculturation. 
• Other activities: active writer; organizer of cultural exchange projects; journalism; music teaching.