Visiting scholar, Prof. Charles Erize Pascual Ladia has registered at Center for Chinese Studies on July 8, 2025. He is a Filipino scholar who is an assistant professor at the University of the Philippines Diliman, Philippines. Prof. Ladia’s research period in Taiwan is from July to December, at the Institute of Ethnology, Academia Sinica. His research topic is "Deliberating on Queer Futures: Deliberative Innovations and Queer Aspirations of LGBTQIA+ Movements in Taiwan and the Philippines".