To provide our students and faculty with a wider academic perspective and allow for individual exploration, our department offers many opportunities to engage with academia. Our department is home to several academic journals and research centers, and we regularly host academic conferences and lectures.We encourage students to take advantage of opportunities to work with these centers and journals, and to attend lecture offerings.

Department Publications

Our department is responsible for four academic publications, each highly respected in the field.
Taiwanese Journal of Political Science
Mainland China Studies Newsletter　
Political Science Quarterly Book Review
Asian Ethnicity

Taiwanese Journal of Political Science
Political Science Review is a professional journal aimed at exploring issues related to Political Science. It was founded with the aim of inspiring Taiwanese research in Political Science in March, 1990. After a decade of efforts by students and faculty in our department, as well as other students in the same field, the academic prominence and influence of this journal has been widely recognized. It has been incorporated into the Taiwan Social Science Citation Index database since 2000.

Originally issued biannually, Taiwanese Journal of Political Science has been issued on a quarterly basis since June of 2004. The department expects it to become the most prominent and representative Political Science journal in the Chinese academic world. It emphasizes generality and comprehensiveness, and thus welcomes a variety of theories and analyses related to politics and political phenomena in all fields, such as Political Theory, International Relations, Public Administration, Cultural Studies, and other broader subfields of social science and/or social philosophy. Taiwanese Journal of Political Science welcomes submissions from all over the Chinese academic world, in Taiwan and overseas. Our department expects that it will become an arena in which academic professionals from different backgrounds and generations can inspire one another.

Mainland China Studies Newsletter
The Mainland China Studies Newsletter has been co-published by the Department of Political Science of National Taiwan University and Mainland Affairs Council of the Executive Yuan since 1994. The Research and Educational Center for China Studies and Cross-Taiwan Strait Relations, established by the department, is responsible for editing. Since initial publication, its readership has spread around the world, and its contributors have come to include those from the humanities and social sciences, in Taiwan and Mainland China, including senior academics, well-known writers, young academics, think tanks researchers, and policy-makers. The purpose of the Mainland China Studies Newsletter is to fill the existing gap between academic journals and general magazines, to provide a forum for academic issues that can not be easily published through regular channels, including reflections, teaching materials, references, articles, and book reviews related to Mainland China Studies, and reports on research projects, academic conferences, research institutions, academic theses, and important academic figures. The newsletter specifically emphasizes a variety of perspectives, and respects and encourages reflections on historic events and communication between cultural studies and the social sciences. In the 1980s, the social science perspective was introduced into the field of Mainland China Studies in Taiwan, and since then, the contours of this field have gradually blurred. The space created by the newsletter has encouraged communication among social science, history, and cultural studies; through this cross-pollination of academic fields, Mainland China Studies has been consolidated and promoted as a field of academic knowledge, which has been the greatest contribution of the Mainland China Studies Newsletter.

 

Political Science Quaterly Book Review
Starting in March of 2004, the department has initiated this academic quarterly book review edited by students, to increase the academic participation and enthusiasm of students in the related departments of Political Science in Taiwan. Book reviews and introductions of academic work in Political Science are actively sought. This quarterly will serve as a medium for teachers and students to publish book reviews and references, and provide an arena where authors and commentators can exchange their opinions. The Political Science Quarterly Book Review is expected to play a leading role in promoting an atmosphere of academic research in Political Science in Taiwan

Asian Ethnicity
In the twenty-first century ethnic issues have assumed importance in many parts of the world. Until recently, questions of Asian ethnicity and identity have been treated in a balkanized fashion. Asian Ethnicity provides a cross-disciplinary, international venue for the publication of well-researched articles about ethnic groups and ethnic relations in the half of the world where questions of ethnicity now loom largest. All research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, and the journal has been included in two citation indexes, Sociological Abstracts and International Political Science Abstracts. In content, it covers any time period, although the greatest focus is expected to be on the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. In broad terms the geographical region of concern for the journal is bounded by Lake Baikal to the north, Japan to the east, Java to the south and the Caspian Sea to the west. The most populous, and probably most significant, contemporary political states to be included are China, India and Indonesia.

From January 2008, the editorial responsibility will transfer to the Department of Political Science at National Taiwan University, with Professor Chih-Yu Shih serving as the editor-in-chief and Professor Chen-Dong Tso serving as managing editor. In addition, Professor Xiaowei Zang at the Department of Asian and International Studies, City University of Hong Kong, will serve as book review editor. Editorial Correspondence, including manuscript for submission, should therefore be sent to the following Email address: asianethnicity@ntu.edu.tw Books for review and other material related to the journal’s research agenda should be sent to: xiaowei.zang@cityu.edu.hk For any other questions, please contact editorial assistant: Ms. Wei-Ting Yen, Tel: 886-2-23519641 ~ 501; Email: asianethnicity@ntu.edu.tw.

Asian Ethnicity’s website is at: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/14631369.asp

 

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Research Centers

Our department hosts five research centers where scholars can come together to engage in innovative work in the political science field.
Asian Barometer Survey
Taiwan Public Affairs Center
Taiwan Security Research Center
The Research and Educational Center for China Studies and Cross-Taiwan Strait Relations
European Studies Center

 


Asian Barometer Survey
The project brings together scholars from domestic and international research in multinational comparative surveying. In an attempt to standardize research procedures and research methodology, the study focuses on conducting cross-national comparative research to account for Southeast and Northeast Asia's socio-economic transformation and modernization, democratization and system changes, as well as political value changes. The project has been actively carried out in countries and regions including Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, PRC, Mongolia, The Philippines, South Korea, Thailand, and Taiwan.


Website: http://eacsurvey.law.ntu.edu.tw/index.htm


Taiwan Public Affairs Center
The Taiwan Public Affairs Center was founded in January of 2002. It aims to enhance and integrate the academic research of scholars of government and public affairs by bringing together government officials, entrepreneurs and academic researchers. It also aims to promote and assist teaching and research on public affairs of Taiwan, PRC, and other countries.

Website: http://tpac.soc.ntu.edu.tw

 

Taiwan Security Research Center
Taiwan Security Research is an academic, non-governmental website designed to collect and disseminate information on current events relating to Taiwan's security and regional security issues. The website compiles newspaper articles, op-ed pieces, official policy statements, and academic papers and reports from English language sources, and posts them daily on TSR's website. The website is designed to provide an unbiased, reliable English-language source of up-to-date information relating to Taiwan's security status.

Website: http://www.taiwansecurity.org/

 

The Research and Educational Center for China Studies and Cross- Taiwan Strait Relations
This research center was founded in 2004, and has carried out many symposia and activities attempting to better teach and disseminate knowledge related to China Studies and Cross-Strait relations. Its publication, Research and Teaching in Mainland China, is published on a bi-monthly basis. Its purpose is to promote and strengthen scholarly exchanges between the PRC and Taiwan, carry out research plans, and integrate courses on Mainland China in the Political Science Department. The center also focuses on deepening our understanding in the field of Mainland China Studies, and advocates an integrative framework for studies in Mainland Chinese affairs.

 

European Studies Center
The European Studies Center was established in May of 2005, and its purpose is to produce scholarly research on Europe, while also increasing mutual interaction between academia and related think tanks. Its mission includes (1) improving teaching and policy research related to Europe, (2) strengthening the links between domestic and foreign scholarly institutions, including common research and dialogue with European think-tanks, (3) promoting exchange and cooperation with the European scholarly world, (4) promoting citizens’ understanding of European affairs, (5) welcoming scholarly exchange and educational training programs, (6) promoting the standardization of curricula on Europe.


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Conferences and Lecture Series

For the benefit of our professors and students, our department regularly hosts conferences and lectures.
Conferences
Yuan-Dong Sheu Memorial Lecture Series
Shih Ming-Teh Lecture
Public Affairs Forum
Political Methodology Lecture Series

Conferences

In accordance with trends and new developments in academia, our department selects important issues related to politics and public affairs every year, around which we organize a number of large-scale academic conferences.

 

Date Conference Name
2003.11.02 The Fourth Japan-Taiwan Forum.
2003.12.26 Globalization and Basic Human Rights: A Dialogue between Political Science and Civil Law.
2004.04.17 The Third Public Affairs Thesis Conference.
2004.05.29 The Rediscovery of the Wisdom of Traditional Chinese Politics Conference.
2004.10.15 The Creation and the Transmission of Tradition: A Retrospective and Look at Future Prospects on the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Veterans Affairs Commission.
2004.10.23~10.24 The Cross-Straits International Politics Academic Conference.
2004.12.03~12.04 An International Conference on Political Challenges and Democracy.
2004.12.11 The Fifth Japan-Taiwan Forum.
2004.12.21 From Imitation to Reflection: ROC Social Science Ph.D.s Respond to the Knowledge and Systems of the West.
2005.03.10 A Conference Commemorating the Anniversary of the Passing of Professor Yung Wei: The Current State and Development of Research on Political Culture.
2005.03.25 The Anti-Secession Law and Cross-Straits Relations.
2005.04.02 From the Anti-Secession Law to the 26th of March: Prospects and Trends of Cross-Straits Relations and Taiwan Security.
2005.04.09 The Fourth Public Affairs Thesis Conference.
2005.05.07 A Conference on Confucianism and Democracy.
2005.06.24 A Conference and Study-Session on Efficiency in Administrative Management.

 

Yuan-Dong Sheu Memorial Lecture Series
Our department, in cooperation with the National Securities and Finance Group Foundation (NSFG Foundation), also helped promote various international academic exchange programs related to the Mr. Yuan-Dong Sheu Memorial Lecture, which included the invitation of famous Political Scientists from abroad to participate and give lectures.


In June of 2004, we invited Professor Ning Sao（Peking University School of Public Administration）, Professor Murata Koji（Doshisha University School）, Professor Stephan Haggard（Department of Political Science, UC San Diego）, Professor Steven Smith（Department of Political Science, Yale University）, Professor David Campbell（Department of Geography, University of Durham）, Professor Qingkui Xie（School of Public Administration, Peking University）.

In June 2005, we invited Professor Hu Angang (Director of the Tsinghua University Center for China Study of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and Professor of Public Administration) to give a speech at NTU, and in the future we will invite Professor Sun Ge (Researcher of Comparative Literature at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences), Professor R. Harrison Wagner (Department of Government, The University of Texas at Austin) and Professor Michael Chwe (Department of Political Science, UCLA) to come to NTU.

Shih Ming-Teh Lecture


Purpose:
Our department established the “Shih Ming-Teh Lecture” in order to highlight Mr. Shih’s significant contribution to the democratic development in Taiwan, and to carry out Mr. Shih’s long-standing concern toward ethnic harmony, political reconciliation, and cross-strait peace. The department will organize a series of academic activities in accordance with the aforementioned purpose to enhance the understanding of the related issues in our society and to cultivate students of political science who will contribute to the ideal of world peace.
Content:
In the initial phase of the Lecture (2005-2008), the department will hold the following activities every year: (a) Academic Lectures Series (b) Statesman’s Lectures Series (c) Scholarship in honor of Shih Ming-Teh.

 

Public Affairs Forum
In addition to large-scale academic conferences, our Taiwan Public Affair Center also holds small-scale forums related to current events, with the aim of providing a platform for rational debate on policy. Up to the present day, Public Affairs Forum has been held 14 times, and has had subjects including Citizen Voting, The Influence of Political Party Rotation on Public Administration and Policy in Taiwan, The Direction and Developmental Trends of Aboriginal Policy, etc.

 

Political Methodology Lecture Series
Our department regularly invites professors from other schools each semester to present their research on Public Administration, International Relations, and Political Theory.

 

 

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