Hui-Tzu Huang(Mercy) is a postdoctoral researcher at the Risk Society and Policy Research Center, National Taiwan University. She was born in Taichung, Taiwan. She completed her PhD at the Institute of Environmental Social Sciences and Geography, University of Freiburg. Her research focuses on public participation in renewable energy. She studied community energy practices in Freiburg, Germany and Aito village, Japan, as well as citizens' co-owned power plants in Taiwan. In her current position, she also deals with waste management, energy system transformation and Foresight study. Her dream is to bring her 3 year old child to know this beautiful planet and learn to protect it.