Title: Associate Professor
Primary Appointment: Institute of Sociology
Tel: +886-3-5715131 ext. 34527
Email: yusheng@mx.nthu.edu.tw
Research Areas: 
Research Interests: Deliberative Democracy, Social Movements, Political Sociology, Relational Sociology, Emotion

Education

Ph.D. Department of Sociology, Rutgers University at New Brunswick, 2014.

Professional Experiences

2022 -          Associate Professor, Institute of Sociology, National Tsing-Hwa University
2016 - 2022 Assistant Professor, Institute of Sociology, National Tsing-Hwa University

Self-Introduction

Yu-Sheng Lin is associate professor at the Institute of Sociology at National Tsing-Hwa University. His main areas of research are political sociology, social movements, and relations between styles of communication and different social settings. In addition to academic research, he also involves in the practical implementation of civic deliberation.

Teachings

• Social Movements
• Political Sociology
• Sociological Theory
• Theories and Practices of Deliberative Democracy
• Social Statistics
• Research Methods

Publications

• Journal Articles

Accepted, “Why E-Portfolio is Controversial: How Deliberation May Avoid a Fantasy Document.” Journal of Social Sciences and Philosophy, 34(4): 1–38 (TSSCI).

Accepted “When Sense Meets Sensibility: How Ambivalent Emotions Shape Leadership in a Social Movement.” Review of Social Sciences.

2022 “Deliberation in Social Movement: A Comparison of the D-Street in the Sunflower Movement and the General Assembly in the Wild Strawberry Movement.” Journal of Social Sciences and Philosophy, 34(4): 1–38 (TSSCI).

2022 “The Dark Side of Democratic Participation and Its Cures.” East Asia and Citizens, 1:137-151.

2020 “The Stranger in Participatory Budgeting.” Taiwanese Sociology, 39: 39-88 (TSSCI).

2018 “When Community Building Meets Participatory Budgeting: A Comparison between Two Communities.”Taiwanese Sociology, 35: 109-149 (TSSCI).

2015 “The Rise and Fall of the Reds: The Reiterated Dilemma-Solving Process and the Life Course of Social Movements.” Social Movement Studies, 14(3): 291-310 (SSCI).

2012 “Constructing Talking Styles in Public Deliberation: Influences of Social Relations and Social Skills.” Taiwanese Journal of Sociology, 51: 63-114 (TSSCI).

2010 “From Difference to Consensus: Balanced Networking in Public Deliberation.”  Taiwan Democracy Quarterly, 7(2): 177-216 (TSSCI).

2007 “ ‘No Difference between Us’ : the Relationship between Experts and Lay Persons in the Surrogate Motherhood Consensus Conference in Taiwan.” Taiwan Democracy Quarterly, 4(3): 1-32 (TSSCI).

• Book Chapters

2024 “Democratic Innovation Capacity and Government Performance: The Case of Deliberative Community Building” in The Evolution of Deliberative Democracy in Taiwan. Pp. 223-261. National Taiwan University Press.

2020 “Can We Have It Both Ways? The Deliberative Model in the Civic Deliberation Forum on Employment Issues for Middle-aged and Elderly Populations” in The Impact of Digitally Mobilized Social Movements on Taiwan. Pp. 163-206. National Sun Yat-sen University Press.

• Book Reviews

2024 Unfinished Revolution and Social Movements in Abeyance: Review of “Unfinished Revolution”. Taiwanese Sociology 44: 193-201.

2019 Review of “Taiwan’s Social Movements Under Ma Ying-jeou: From the Wild Strawberries to the Sunflowers.” Taiwanese Sociology 37: 177-181.