Queenie Yun-fong Lin is a PhD Candidate at History of Architecture and Urban Planning at Delft University of Technology, with a research focus on the sustainable preservation of climate-challenged Dutch overseas settlements in Dutch East India Company (VOC) Asia. She is currently working under the UNESCO Chair in Water, Ports and Historic Cities and in the PortCityFutures research group, and is the editor of the journal Blue Papers: Water& Heritage for Sustainable Development. She was also a PhD candidate of Cultural Heritage and Arts Innovation Studies, Taipei National University of the Arts, and that and her previous MA training in art and architectural history (University of Virginia, USA), conservation of fine art (Northumbria University, UK), and underwater cultural heritage (UNESCO Foundation Course certification), equip her for professional employment in academia, museums, research institutes and think tanks in Asia, America and Europe. With her multicultural background, she brings insight about Euro-American-centric alternatives, and builds paradigm-shifting local perspectives on a global scale. She is an active member of ICOMOS, ICOM, and a council member of the International Advisory Council of the Global Urban History Project (GUHP). She has received the New Netherland Research Center’s Student Scholar in Residence Research Grant (USA), the Asian Graduate Student Fellowship (National University of Singapore) and other major grants from Taiwan.