Malin Oud is a China expert with over 25 years’ experience in the field of human rights, rule of law and sustainable development. She is co-founder and managing director of The Decoding China Project, and works as an analyst and strategic advisor. Additionally, Oud is an affiliated scholar at the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, and serves as vice chair in the Swedish Expert Group for Aid Studies (EBA) and on several advisory boards. 

Previously, she has served as the director of the Raoul Wallenberg Institute’s (RWI) offices in Beijing (2001-2009) and Stockholm (2016-2025), and as programme manager and advisor in both the public and private sector, including at Sida, the OHCHR and the Global Business Initiative on Human Rights. She studied Chinese law and international human rights law in Lund, Kunming, and London, and holds an MA in International Development from Melbourne University.