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Prof. H. H. Michael Hsiao is Chairman of Taiwan-Asia Exchange Foundation and Chairman of the Center for Southeast Asian Studies at National Chengchi University. He is also an Adjunct Research Fellow, Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica, and Professor of Sociology at National Taiwan University and National Sun Yat-Sen University. Prof. Hsiao is also Chair Professor of Hakka Studies, National Central University. He served as National Policy Advisor to the President of Taiwan between 1996 and 2006 and is currently Senior Advisor to the President of Taiwan.

His areas of specialization include middle class, civil society, and democratization in Asia; environmental movements, sustainability and risk society; and comparative Hakka studies in Taiwan and Southeast Asia.

Selected Recent Publications:

I. BOOKS 

2020c   New Social and Political Trends in Hong Kong and Taiwan (co-editor with Wen-Shan Yang, Po-San Wan, and Victor Zheng). Hong Kong: Hong Kong Inst. of Asian Pacific Studies, The Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong. 

2020b   Heritage as Aid and Diplomacy in Asia (co-editor with Philippe Peycam, Shu-Li Wang, and Hui Yew-Foong). Singapore/ Taipei: ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute; International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS)/ Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica. 

2020a   The Networks of the Hakka Ethnic Associations in Southeast Asia (in Chinese) (co-editor with Han-Pi Chang and Wei-An Chang). Taoyuan: National Central University Press/ Taipei: Yuan-Liou. 

2019f    New Faces of Southeast Asia: Transformative Dynamics and Future Image (in Chinese) (co-editor with Alan Hao Yang). Taipei: Hungyeh Publishing Co., Ltd. 

2019e      Taiwan Studies Revisited—Routledge Research on Taiwan Studies (co-editor with Dafydd Fell). London & New York: Routledge. 

2019d      Facing Risk Society in Taiwan: Analysis and Strategies (co-editor with Shih-Jung Hsu and Wen-Ling Tu). Kaohsiung: Chu-Liu Book Company. 

2019c      Hakka Studies and Hakkaology (editor). Hsinchu: National Chiao Tung University Press. 

2019b      Middle Class, Civil Society and Democracy in Asia (editor). London & New York: Routledge. 

2019a      China’s footprints in Southeast Asia. (co-editor with Maria Serena I. Diokno and Alan H Yang). Singapore: National University of Singapore Press. 

2018c      Special Issue: People-Centered Perspectives in Southeast Asian Politics, (co-editor with Alan Hao Yang), Thought and Words, 56(4), December 2018. 

2018b      Social Welfare Movements and Policy Impacts in Taiwan: 2000-2018 (co-editor with Yu-Yuan Kuan and Shu-Yung Wang). Kaohsiung: Chu-Liu Book Company. 

2018a      Special Issues on The State of the Field of Taiwan Studies (co-editor with Dafydd Fell), International Journal of Taiwan Studies, 1(1). Leiden/Boston: Brill. 

II. JOURNAL ARTICLES 

2020a      “Research Note: The Development and Features of Taiwan’s Southeast Asian Studies”, co-author, with Khay-Thiong Lim in Asia-Pacific Research Forum No. 67, pp.77-98. Taipei: Center for Asia-Pacific Area Studies, RCHSS, Academia Sinica. 

2019c      “The Making of Ethnic Movements in Taiwan: Origins and Impacts”, Occasional Paper, No. 241, Hong Kong: Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. 

2019b      “The impact of experience and perceptions of social mobility on the life satisfaction of young people in Taiwan and Hong Kong”, co-author, with Kevin Wong, Po-san Wan and Victor Zheng in Asian Journal of Comparative Politics (e-copy), pp.1-18, UK: SAGE. 

2019a      “Young people’s sense of fairness and social action: A survey analysis of Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macao”, co-author, with Victor Zheng, Po-san Wan and Kevin Wong in Asian Journal of Comparative Politics (e-copy), pp.1-18, UK: SAGE.

2018g      “Special Issue: People-Centered Perspectives in Southeast Asian Politics”, co-author, with Alan Hao Yang in Thought and Words, 56(4): 1-17, Taipei: The Thought and Words Association.

2018f       “Approaching a World Risk Society? Social Capital, Risk Perception and Risk Coping Behavior in Taiwan”, co-author, with Thung-Hong Lin and Keng-Ming Hsu in Survey Research – Method and Application, 40: 127-166, Taipei: Center for Survey Research, RCHSS, Academia Sinica.

2018e      “Different Localizations: Development Paths of INGOs in China”, co-author, with Yao Cheng in Mainland China Studies, 61 (2): 23-49, Taipei: Institute of International Relation.

2018d      “The Paradigm Shift in Taiwan’s Hakka Studies”, in Global Hakka Studies, 10: 1-26, Hsinchu: National Chiao Tung University.

2018c      “Introduction: The State of the Field of Taiwan Studies”, co-author, with Dafydd Fell in International Journal of Taiwan Studies, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp.5-10, Leiden/ Boston: Brill.

2018b      “Taishang in China and Southeast Asia: Culture and Politics of Taiwanese Transnational Capital”, Asia Review, Vol. 7, No. 2 (Issue 14), pp.163-180, Korea: Seoul National University.

2018a      “The Student-led Movements of 2014 and Public Opinion: A Comparison of Taiwan and Hong Kong” co-author, with Po-San Wan in Asian Journal of Comparative Politics, Vol. 3(1), pp.61-80, UK: SAGE.

III. BOOK CHAPTERS

2020g      “Youth Social Mobility of Taiwan and Hong Kong” Objective Condition and Subjective Perception” co-author, with Victor Zheng, Po-San Wan and Kevin Wong, New Social and Political Trends in Hong Kong and Taiwan, edited by Hsin-Huang Michael Hsiao, Wen-Shan Yang, Po-San Wan, and Victor Zheng, p.201-229. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Inst. of Asian Pacific Studies, The Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong.

2020f       “Heritage as Aid and Diplomacy in Asia: An Introduction” co-author, with Shu-Li Wang, Philippe Peycam and Hui Yew-Foong, Heritage as Aid and Diplomacy in Asia, edited by Philippe Peycam, Shu-Li Wang, Hui Yew-Foong and Hsin-Huang Michael Hsiao, pp.1-16. Singapore/ Taipei: ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute; International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS)/ Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica.

2020e      “Public Attitudes toward Low-Carbon Social Transition and Policy Changes” co-author, with Thung-Hong Lin and Keng-Ming Hsu, The Age of Progress and Justice: Hsiao Hsin-Huang and Asia’s New Taiwan, edited by Han-Pi Chang and Alan Hao Yang, pp.221-242. Kaohsiung: Chu-Liu Book Company.

2020d      “40 years of Pursuing Sociological Imagination: Turns, Explorations and Breakthroughs”, The Age of Progress and Justice: Hsiao Hsin-Huang and Asia’s New Taiwan, edited by Han-Pi Chang and Alan Hao Yang, pp.9-35. Kaohsiung: Chu-Liu Book Company.

2020c      “The New Directions of the Regionalization of Southeast Asian Hakka Ethnic Associations” co-author, with Han-Pi Chang and Wei-An Chang, The Networks of the Hakka Ethnic Associations in Southeast Asia, edited by Hsin-Huang Michael Hsiao, Han-Pi Chang and Wei-An Chang, pp.249-275. Taoyuan: National Central University Press/ Taipei: Yuan-Liou.

2020b      “The Network Analysis of the Hakka Ethnic Associations in Southeast Asia” co-author, with Khay-Thiong Lim, Leong-Sze Lee, Chen-Chi Chang, The Networks of the Hakka Ethnic Associations in Southeast Asia, edited by Hsin-Huang Michael Hsiao, Han-Pi Chang and Wei-An Chang, pp.105-248. Taoyuan: National Central University Press/ Taipei: Yuan-Liou.

2020a      “The New Research Trends of Southeast Asian Hakka Ethnic Associations”, The Networks of the Hakka Ethnic Associations in Southeast Asia, edited by Hsin-Huang Michael Hsiao, Han-Pi Chang and Wei-An Chang, pp.17-35. Taoyuan: National Central University Press/ Taipei: Yuan-Liou.

2019k      “Transformation in Southeast Asia and Transforming Southeast Asia” co-author, with Alan Hao Yang, New Faces of Southeast Asia: Transformative Dynamics and Future Images, pp.3-16, Taipei: Hungyeh Publishing Co., Ltd.

2019j       “Taiwan’s Foreign Policy: Evolution, Challenges, and Opportunities” co-author, with Alan Hao Yang and Liang-Chi Russell Hsiao, The SAGE Handbook of Asian Foreign Policy, edited by Takashi Inoguchi, pp.657-683, London: SAGE.

2019i       “My journey of social movements and civil society research revisited”, Taiwan Studies Revisited—Routledge Research on Taiwan Studies, edited by Dafydd Fell and Hsin-Huang Michael Hsaio, pp15-33, London & New York: Routledge.

2019h      “Taiwan Studies revisited” co-author, with Dafydd Fell, Taiwan Studies Revisited—Routledge Research on Taiwan Studies, edited by Dafydd Fell and Hsin-Huang Michael Hsaio, pp1-12, London & New York: Routledge.

2019g      “The Longest Distance? Comparing Risk Perception and Disaster Reduction Policy Preference of Academics and the General Public” co-author, with Keng-Ming Hsu and Thung-Hong Lin, Facing Risk Society in Taiwan: Analysis and Strategies, edited by Hsin-Huang Michael Hsiao, Shih-Jung Hsu and Wen-Ling Tu, pp.263-285, Kaohsiung: Chu-Liu Book Company.

2019f       “Awareness and Action: The Public Opinion Foundation of Social Transition toward Low Carbonization” co-author, with Keng-Ming Hsu, Thung-Hong Lin, and Kuei Tien Chou, Facing Risk Society in Taiwan: Analysis and Strategies, edited by Hsin-Huang Michael Hsiao, Shih-Jung Hsu and Wen-Ling Tu, pp.233-262, Kaohsiung: Chu-Liu Book Company.

2019e      “Social Capital? Nature Disaster, Food Safety, Global Risk and Public Awareness” co-author, with Thung-Hong Lin and Keng-Ming Hsu, Facing Risk Society in Taiwan: Analysis and Strategies, edited by Hsin-Huang Michael Hsiao, Shih-Jung Hsu and Wen-Ling Tu, pp.209-232, Kaohsiung: Chu-Liu Book Company.

2019d      “From Environmental Risk to Social Practice: Public Risk Perception and Public Environmental Action” co-author, with Thung-Hong Lin and Keng-Ming Hsu, Facing Risk Society in Taiwan: Analysis and Strategies, edited by Hsin-Huang Michael Hsiao, Shih-Jung Hsu and Wen-Ling Tu, pp.189-208, Kaohsiung: Chu-Liu Book Company.

2019c      “Overview: Taiwan’s Three Major Risks and Strategies Corresponding”, Facing Risk Society in Taiwan: Analysis and Strategies, edited by Hsin-Huang Michael Hsiao, Shih-Jung Hsu and Wen-Ling Tu, pp.1-22, Kaohsiung: Chu-Liu Book Company.

2019b      “Taishang in China and Southeast Asia: Culture and Politics of Taiwanese Transnational Capital”, Global Capitalism and Culture in East Asia, edited by Jonghow Yang and Hyun-Chin Lim, pp.255-278, Korea: BAIKSAN Publishing House.

2019a      “The Paradigm shift of Hakka Studies in Taiwan: An Introduction”, Hakka Studies and Hakkaology, edited by Hsin-Huang Michael Hsiao, pp.11-29, Hsinchu: National Chiao Tung University Press.

2018k      “Confucius Institutes in Southeast Asia: Assessing the New Trends in China’s Soft Diplomacy” co-author, with Alan Hao Yang, China’s Footprints in Southeast Asia, edited by Maria Serena I. Diokno, Hsin-Huang Michael Hsiao and Alan H. Yang, pp.194-225, Singapore: National University of Singapore Press.

2018j       “China’s Soft Footprints in Southeast Asia: Accommodation and Contestation” co-author, with Maria Serena I. Diokno and Alan Hao Yang, China’s Footprints in Southeast Asia, edited by Maria Serena I. Diokno, Hsin-Huang Michael Hsiao and Alan H. Yang, pp.1-30, Singapore: National University of Singapore Press.

2018i       “With Relations, It will not Matter? Assessing the Relations of Public of Taiwan and Hong with China” co-author, with Victor Zheng and Po-San Wand, The China Impact: Public Perceptions in Taiwan and Hong Kong, edited by Mau-Kuei Chang, Po-San Wan, Chih-Jou Jay Chen, and Victor Zheng, pp. 261-287, Hong Kong: Hong Kong Inst. of Asian Pacific Studies, The Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong.

2018h      “Good for China, Good for Taiwan and Hong Kong? Assessing China Impact in Taiwan and Hong Kong” co-author, with Po-San Wand and Victor Zheng, The China Impact: Public Perceptions in Taiwan and Hong Kong, edited by Mau-Kuei Chang, Po-San Wan, Chih-Jou Jay Chen, and Victor Zheng, pp. 3-42, Hong Kong: Hong Kong Inst. of Asian Pacific Studies, The Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong.

2018g      “Sketching Taiwan’s Social Welfare Movements since 2000” co-author, with Yu-Yuan Kuan, Shu-Yung Wang and You-Shiue Liou, Social Welfare Movements and Policy Impacts in Taiwan: 2000-2018, edited by Hsin-Huang Michael Hsiao, Yu-Yuan Kuan, and Shu-Yung Wang, pp. 3-37, Kaohsiung: Chu-Liu Book Company.

2018f       “Discourse and Comparison of Hakka Identity in Taiwan and Southeast”, Associations, Ethnic Groups, and Networks: Essays on Hakka Cultures, edited by Sin-Kiong Wong, pp. 261-278, Singapore: Department of Chinese, Singapore National University/ Singapore Cha-Yang (Dapu) Hakka Association.

2018e      “Social Network Patterns of Singapore’s Hakka Ethnic Associations” co-author, with Chen-Chi Chang, Associations, Ethnic Groups and Networks: Essays on Hakka Cultures, edited by Sin-Kiong Wong, pp. 139-160, Singapore: Department of Chinese, Singapore National University/ Singapore Cha-Yang (Dapu) Hakka Association.

2018d      “The tripartite links of the middle class, civil society, and democracy in Taiwan: 1980-2016”, Middle Class, Civil Society and Democracy in Asia, edited by Hsin-Huang Michael Hsiao, pp. 23-38, London & New York: Routledge.

2018c      “Comparing the tripartite links of the middle class, civil society, and democratization in Asia: Positive, Dubious and Negative”, Middle Class, Civil Society and Democracy in Asia, edited by Hsin-Huang Michael Hsiao, pp. 3-19, London & New York: Routledge.

2018b      “Climate Change and Vulnerable Urban Groups: Comparative Analysis of Taipei and Kaohsiung” co-author, with Keng-Ming Hsu, Facing An Unequal World: Challenges for Global Sociology, edited by Raquel Sosa Elízaga, pp. 105-125, London: SAGE.

2018a      “Taiwan’s Land Use after World War II: An Ecological Modernization Approach” co-author, with Hsin-Hsun Huang and Shih-Jung Hsu, Environment, Modernization, and the Development in East Asia, edited by Tsui-jung Liu (in Chinese), pp.321-360, Taipei: Asian culture.