Graduate Institute of Development Studies, NCCU

GIDS 2026 Job Announcement Tenure-Track Assistant Professor/Associate Professor/Professor position The Graduate Institute of Development Studies at National Chengchi University (NCCU), Taiwan, invites applications for tenure-track faculty positions starting on August 1, 2026.  Applications are invited from candidates across various disciplines, including politics, economics, sociology, and sustainable development. Particular consideration will be given to applicants with expertise in economic or sustainable development. Successful candidates are expected to demonstrate a strong commitment to high-quality research and teaching, with the ability to deliver courses in English at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. 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, 2026 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 31, 2026.) 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 04, 2026) . Please send one electronic copy of the aforementioned documents (1-6) to gids.nccu.1974@gmail.com. All personal data collected and processed will be used exclusively for the purpose of faculty recruitment, in compliance with Taiwan's Personal Data Protection Act. Application materials must be received by the GIDS no later than January 04, 2026 (Sunday). Only short-listed candidates will be invited for interview. If you have any inquiries, please contact the Faculty Search Committee of GIDS, NCCU Ms. Chang at 886-2-2938-7068 or gids@nccu.edu.tw

2025 Lecture Series on Development Studies（11/20） 《Energy Conservation in Taiwan: What We Learn from Field Experiments》 Topic: Energy Conservation in Taiwan: What We Learn from Field Experiments Speaker：Dr. Yating Chang Assistant Research Fellow, Institute of Economics, Academia Sinica Time: Thursday, November 20, 2025, 12:10 PM - 13:30 PM Venue: Room 270723, 7F, North Wing, General Building of Colleges, NCCU Registration: https://reurl.cc/aMkX8G Host: Dr. Yu-Hsuan Su (Associate Professor of GIDS, NCCU） Language: This lecture will be conducted in English Organizers: GIDS and National Development Micro-module Program Co-organizer: College of Social Sciences, NCCU Sponsor：Academic Affairs Division, NCCU under Higher Education Sprout Project, MOE Reminer：This lecture is part of the Institute of GIDS's “Academic Seminar” series and counts as 1 point  

The 17th Annual Conference on Development Studies Taiwan, East Asia, and Their Networks from a Development Perspective: Interdisciplinary Dialogues Time: November 8, 2025 (Sat.) 08:30-18:00, November 9, 2025 (Sat.) 08:30-16:00 Venue: H107, H108, Main Campus I, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan Register：https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd861X1h1qRyVsUzBXDGCibeMsZ36rCjoKn_omUWxYVRP2D_A/viewform GIDS Academic Seminar Series Points 每時段指定場次計點1點，簽到退說明如下： 簽到：碩2蔣帆威同學處，場次開始前10分鐘於簽到單簽名，開始後結束 　　　（11/08上午：正204；11/08下午：正201；11/09上午：正202；11/09下午：誠101） 簽退：場次結束後，與指定場次指定合影師長/同學合影，以為簽退 11/08：第1場次（10:20-11:50）指定場次1E（政大國發專題1），正204，指定合影師長：郭益昌老師 11/08：第2場次（13:30-15:00）指定場次2E（政大國發專題2），正204，指定合影師長：林義鈞老師 11/08：第3場次（15:10-16:40）指定場次3B（永續發展挑戰2），正201，指定合影師長：林義鈞老師 11/09：第4場次（09:00-10:30）指定場次4C（區域治理機制1），正202，指定合影師長：黃兆年年師 11/09：第5場次（10:40-12:10）指定場次5B（遺產保育想像 ），正202，指定合影師長：魏玫娟年師 11/09：第6場次（13:10-14:40）指定場次6A（人口變遷趨勢4），誠101，指定合影師長：蘇昱璇年師   主辦單位： 台灣發展研究學會、國立臺灣師範大學東亞學系、國立臺灣師範大學海外華人研究中心   協辦單位： 中央研究院環境變遷研究中心、東海大學社會學系、國立政治大學地政學系、 國立政治大學政治學系、國立政治大學國家發展研究所、淡江大學歷史學系 國立臺北教育大學社會與區域發展學系、國立臺灣大學地理環境資源學系、 國立臺灣大學建築與城鄉研究所、國立臺灣大學風險社會與政策研究中心、 國立臺灣大學國家發展研究所、國立臺灣海洋大學海洋文創設計產業學士學位學程(學系)   贊助單位： 台灣發展研究學會、國家科學及技術委員會、 國立政治大學國家發展研究所、教育部大專院校人文與社會科學領域標竿計畫、 國立臺灣大學國家發展研究所、國立臺灣大學風險社會與政策研究中心

2025 Lecture Series on Development Studies（11/03-2） 《The French Vision of the Indo-Pacific》 Topic: The French Vision of the Indo-Pacific Speaker：Dr. Delphine Allès Professor of Political Science,  Vice President, National institute of oriental languages and cultures/Inalco, France Time: 14:00 - 15:00 PM, Monday, November 03, 2025  Venue: Room 271338 ( CSS Conference Room 1) ,13F, South Wing, General Building of Colleges, NCCU Registration:  Host: Dr.Mei-Chuan Wei (Associate Professor of GIDS, NCCU） Language: This lecture will be conducted in English Organizers: Graduate Institute of Development Studies NCCU Co-organizer: College of Social Sciences, NCCU Sponsor：Transdisciplinary Innovation Leadership Training Program in the AI Era, College of Social Sciences, NCCU, under the Higher Education Sprout Project, Ministry of Education, Taiwan, ROC Reminer：This lecture is part of the Institute of GIDS's “Academic Seminar” series and counts as 1 point

2025 Lecture Series on Development Studies（11/03-1） 《China's Slowdown: Causes, Consequences, and Prospects for Recovery》 Topic: China's Slowdown: Causes, Consequences, and Prospects for Recovery Speaker：Prof. Donald Low Professor of Practice in Public Policy Senior Lecturer, Division of Public Policy Director of Leadership and Public Policy Executive Education  Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Time: 10:00 - 11:30 PM, Monday, November 03, 2025  Venue: Room 270723, 7F, North Wing, General Building of Colleges, NCCU Registration:  Host: Dr.Mei-Chuan Wei (Associate Professor of GIDS, NCCU） Language: This lecture will be conducted in English Organizers: Graduate Institute of Development Studies NCCU Co-organizer: College of Social Sciences, NCCU Sponsor：Transdisciplinary Innovation Leadership Training Program in the AI Era, College of Social Sciences, NCCU, under the Higher Education Sprout Project, Ministry of Education, Taiwan, ROC Reminer：This lecture is part of the Institute of GIDS's “Academic Seminar” series and counts as 1 point

Cotutelle Framework Agreement between Graduate Institute of Development Studies, College of Social Sciences,  National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan and Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, Germany, with its, Institute of Asian and Oriental Studies at the Faculty of Humanities, Department of Chinese Studies.   1、申請日期： 每年三月一日至三月十五日（申請當年十月赴杜賓根大學） 每年六月一日至六月十五日（申請次年四月赴杜賓根大學） 申請人親自繳交至所辦行政人員處 2、申請資格： 本所博士班二年級以上學生，修畢最低畢業學分數18學分， 獲指導教授同意申請者。 3、申請文件： 雙聯博士學位申請表 申請人簡歷（英文撰寫） 申請人學歷（學士、碩士證書影本） 博士班歷年中英文成績單正本 學習計劃（英文撰寫，1000字以內） 英語能力檢測成績單正本（托福、雅思、劍橋擇一） 4、所內審查： 博士班導師、研究發展委員會召集人、所長共同審查。 每年三月申請案，三月底完成審核，公告初審結果。 每年六月申請案，六月底完成審核，公告初審結果。 5、德方審查： 所內初審結果，同時寄送杜賓根大學中國研究專業 由中國研究專業對本所推薦之申請進行評估和推薦 每年三月申請案，四月底完成審核，提交本所正式公告。 每年六月申請案，七月底完成審核，提交本所正式公告。  

2025 Lecture Series on Development Studies（10/28） 《Wise Beyond Its Size: The sixty-year Journey of Modern Singapore》 Topic: Wise Beyond Its Size: The sixty-year Journey of Modern Singapore Speaker：Dr.Chen-Yuan Tung Representative, Taipei Representative Office in Singapore, Republic of China (Taiwan) PhD. in International Affairs, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, USA Time: 10:030 - 12:00 PM, Tuesday, October 28, 2025 Venue: Room 271338 ( CSS Conference Room 1) , 13F, South Wing, General Building of Colleges, NCCU Registration: https://reurl.cc/GNRgXv Host: Dr. Philip H. Liu Professor of GIDS, Director of IMAS, and Associate Dean of CSS, NCCU Language: This lecture will be conducted in Mandarin Organizers: Graduate Institute of Development Studies NCCU Co-organizer: College of Social Sciences, NCCU Sponsor：Transdisciplinary Innovation Leadership Training Program in the AI Era, College of Social Sciences, NCCU, under the Higher Education Sprout Project, Ministry of Education, Taiwan, ROC Reminer：This lecture is part of the Institute of GIDS's “Academic Seminar” series and counts as 1 point  

2025 Lecture Series on Development Studies（10/22） 《Gender Equality and Social Development in India》 Topic: Gender Equality and Social Development in India Speaker：Ms. Sagina Walyat 2025 MOFA Taiwan Fellow Asia Global Fellow, Asia Global Institute, University of Hongkong Constitutional and Vuman Rights Lawyer, Punjab and Haryana High Court, India Founder, The Beacon of Rights Foundation Time: 14:00 - 15:30 PM, Wednesday, October 22, 2025  Venue: Room 270722, 7F, North Wing, General Building of Colleges, NCCU Registration: https://moltke.nccu.edu.tw/Registration/registration.do?action=conferenceInfo&conferenceID=X25552 Host: Dr.Mei-Chuan Wei (Associate Professor of GIDS, NCCU） Language: This lecture will be conducted in English Organizers: Graduate Institute of Development Studies NCCU Co-organizer: College of Social Sciences, NCCU Sponsor：Transdisciplinary Innovation Leadership Training Program in the AI Era, College of Social Sciences, NCCU, under the Higher Education Sprout Project, Ministry of Education, Taiwan, ROC Reminer：This lecture is part of the Institute of GIDS's “Academic Seminar” series and counts as 1 point

GIDS〈China Effect〉 Forum（10/17） 《The Post-Truth Empire: China's Struggle for Discourse in the World and Taiwan》 Topic: The Post-Truth Empire: China's Struggle for Discourse in the World and Taiwan Host: Dr. Jaw-Nian Huang (Associate Professor and Chair of GIDS） Speaker： Dr. Austin Horng-En Wang (Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Nevada, Las Vegas） Mr. Chih-Te Lee (Former Director, Asia Fact Check Lab (AFCL)） Ms. Xiu-Ru Huang (Chief Editor, Rive Ganche Publishing  Alluvius Books Ltd） Mr. Chih-Hao Yu (Co-Host, Information Operations Research Group (IORG)） Mr. I-Chen Liu (Asia Programme Officer, Article 19） Time: 10:00 - 12:00 AM, Friday, October 17, 2025 Venue: Lo Chia-luen Hall, 7F of the Dah Hsian Seetoo Library, NCCU Registration: https://reurl.cc/5RnXN6 Language: This lecture will be conducted in Mandarin Organizers: Graduate Institute of Development Studies NCCU Co-organizer: College of Social Sciences, NCCU Sponsor：Mainland Affairs Council and Transdisciplinary Innovation Leadership Training Program in the AI Era, College of Social Sciences, NCCU, under the Higher Education Sprout Project, Ministry of Education, Taiwan, ROC Reminer：This lecture is part of the Institute of GIDS's “Academic Seminar” series and counts as 1 point

2025 Lecture Series on Development Studies（10/13） 《Green Regionalism for Sustainable Development》 Topic: Green Regionalism for Sustainable Development Speaker：Dr. Pasha L. Hsieh Professor, School of Law, Singapore Management University, Singapore Jean Monnet Chair in EU-ASEAN Law and Relations, School of Law, Singapore Management University, Singapore Time: 16:00 - 17:30 PM, Monday, October 13, 2025 Venue: Room 270722, 7F, North Wing, General Building of Colleges, NCCU Registration: https://reurl.cc/ZN5y5A Host: Dr. Scott Y. Lin (Professor of GIDS, NCCU） Language: This lecture will be conducted in Mandarin Organizers: Graduate Institute of Development Studies NCCU Co-organizer: College of Social Sciences, NCCU Sponsor：Transdisciplinary Innovation Leadership Training Program in the AI Era, College of Social Sciences, NCCU, under the Higher Education Sprout Project, Ministry of Education, Taiwan, ROC Reminer：This lecture is part of the Institute of GIDS's “Academic Seminar” series and counts as 1 point  

2025 Lecture Series on Development Studies（10/28） 《Migration regimes and recruitment systems for migrant labor in Taiwan》 Topic: Migration regimes and recruitment systems for migrant labor in Taiwan Speaker：Mr. Yung-Ta Chien Stringer, The Reporter.  Graduate School of Journalism at NTU. Fulbright Scholar, Visiting Scholar in Academia Sinica's Asia-Pacific Center and Harvard University. Winner of the Excellent Journalism Award, Tseng Hsu-pai Journalism Award, SOPA Award, and Human Rights Press Award. Time: 14:00 - 17:00 PM, Thursday, October 9, 2025 Venue: Room 27722, 7F, North Wing, General Building of Colleges, NCCU Registration: https://reurl.cc/MzEOV4 Host: Dr. I-Chang Kuo (Assistant Professor of GIDS, 2024-2028 Yushan (Young) Scholar, MOE, ROC） Language: This lecture will be conducted in Mandarin Organizers: Graduate Institute of Development Studies NCCU Co-organizer: College of Social Sciences, NCCU Sponsor：Yushan (Young) Scholar Program and Transdisciplinary Innovation Leadership Training Program in the AI Era, College of Social Sciences, NCCU, under the Higher Education Sprout Project, Ministry of Education, Taiwan, ROC Reminer：This lecture is part of the Institute of GIDS's “Academic Seminar” series and counts as 1 point

2025 Lecture Series on Development Studies（09/30） 《Budget Cycles without Elections? From Western Democracies to the Chinese Experience》 Topic: Budget Cycles without Elections? From Western Democracies to the Chinese Experience Speaker：Dr. Pi-Han Tsai (Associate Professor, Department of Economics, National Tsing Hua University) Time: 12:00 - 13:30 PM, Tuesday, September 30, 2025 Venue: Room 270723, 7F, North Wing, General Building of Colleges, NCCU Registration: https://reurl.cc/vLxbDl Host: Dr. Yu-Hsuan Su (Associate Professor of GIDS, NCCU） Language: This lecture will be conducted in Mandarin Organizers: GIDS and National Development Micro-module Program Co-organizer: College of Social Sciences, NCCU Sponsor：Academic Affairs Division, NCCU under Higher Education Sprout Project, MOE Reminer：This lecture is part of the Institute of GIDS's “Academic Seminar” series and counts as 1 point