- Research Fellow, Asian Design History, Department of Design History, Royal College of Art, London, 2009-2010. Guest instructor: Summer course – An Investigation of Chinese Design History, May 2010
- Scholar-in-residence, Kyoto International Manga Museum, Japan, December 2009
- Lubalin Curatorial Fellow, Herb Lubalin Study Center of Design and Typography, the Cooper Union School of Art, New York, USA 2000-2001
- Visiting Scholar, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University, USA, 1999-2000
- Visiting Fellow, School of Design, Carnegie Mellon University, USA, March 2000
