
Chih-Lan Song
Lecturer

(Gina Song Lopez)
Gina completed her PhD degree at the Centre East and South-East Asian Studies in March 2026. Her doctoral project examined the development and expansion of the ‘new’ plant-based/vegan movement in Taiwan and China.
She currently holds the position of Lecturer in Social Sustainability in East and South-East Asia. Her research interests pertain to social movements, sustainability transitions, Critical Animal Studies, as well as Asian popular culture.
Song Lopez is a member of the Critical Animal Studies Institute at Lund University and is also affiliated with the Environmental Crises and Multi-species Justice research cluster at the International Center for Cultural Studies at National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University in Taiwan.
Publications
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Going Plant-Forward? Dietary Publics and Plant-Based Lifestyle Advocacy in Contemporary China
Gina Song Lopez
(2026) Asian Studies Review
ArticleFoodscapes of Civil Society : Veg*n advocacy and sustainability transitions in the Sino-cultural sphere
Gina Song Lopez
(2026) LUND EAST AND SOUTHEAST ASIAN STUDIES
Doctoral Thesis (compilation)Going Weigen : Animal Advocacy and Sustainability Intersections under Taiwan’s New Vegan Movement
Gina Song Lopez
(2025) International Journal of Taiwan Studies
ArticleReimagining Species Relations : A Decade of Studying and Teaching Critical Animal Studies at Lund University
(2024) The Lund Critical Animal Studies Collection, 1
Anthology (editor)Annual report (2023): Lund University Critical Animal Studies Network
María R. Carreras, Marie Leth-Espensen, Lena Lindström, Tobias Linné, Gina Song Lopez, et al.
(2024)
Miscellaneous“I Want Meat!” : Gendered Eating and Anthropocentric Fighting in One Piece
Gina Song Lopez
(2024) The Lund Critical Animal Studies Collection , p.41-53
Book chapterThe Critical in Critical Animal Studies
María R. Carreras, Marie Leth-Espensen, Lena Lindström, Tobias Linné, Gina Song Lopez, et al.
(2024) The Lund Critical Animal Studies Collection , p.9-15
Book chapter