Graduate Institute of Development Studies, NCCU

GIDS 2025 Job Announcement
Tenure-Track Assistant Professor/Associate Professor/Professor position

The Graduate Institute of Development Studies (GIDS) at National Chengchi University invites applications for a tenure-track position as an assistant professor/associate professor/professor with expertise in development studies, encompassing multidisciplinary fields such as political, economic, social, and sustainable development, among others. Priority will be given to candidates with expertise in economic development or sustainable development.

A successful candidate for this tenure-track position is expected to teach a variety of courses in the following fields (in Chinese and/or English): 

Graduate courses: economic / sustainable development-related courses, Quantitative research method-related courses and/ or
Undergraduate general education courses: Taiwan politics, China studies, development studies-related courses.

Position begins on August 1, 2025

Please submit:

1. Curriculum Vitae (indicating academic experiences, specializations, research interests, and the rank of position you apply for) .
2. Certificate of PhD degree (Foreign PhD diplomas must first be authenticated by an ROC (Taiwan) Consular Office. Applicants who have not yet obtained their PhD diplomas by the application deadline may submit an original provisional certification issued by their universities, confirming the successful defense of their dissertations. The PhD diploma and its verification must be completed by May 15, 2025.)
3. Official PhD transcript (not required for applicant who has the ranked associate professor or higher Certificates issued by the Ministry of Education, ROC (Taiwan) ).
4. List of publications.
5. PhD dissertation (not required for applicants who are ranked associate professors or higher) and up to five representative publications from the last 5 years.
6. Two to Four syllabi of courses (including at least two in English) you intend to teach.
7. Two recommendation letters (not necessary for holders of university teacher certificate issued by Taiwan’s Ministry of Education; letters should be send to GIDS by email before January 31, 2025) .

Please send one electronic copy of the aforementioned documents (1-6) to gids.nccu.1974@gmail.com.

Application materials must be received by the GIDS no later than January 31, 2025 (Friday).

Only short-listed candidates will be invited for interview.

If you have any inquiries, please contact Ms. Chang at 886-2-2938-7068 or gids@nccu.edu.tw