Title: Assistant Professor
Primary Appointment: Institute of Sociology
Tel: +886-3-571-5131 ext. 62225
Email: tao@mx.nthu.edu.tw
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Academic Positions

Assistant Professor, Institute of Sociology, National Tsing Hua University (Aug. 2019–present)

Executive and Academic Committee Member, Center for Contemporary China Studies, National Tsing Hua University (Nov. 2019–present)

Coordinator, M.A. Degree in China Studies, National Tsing Hua University (Feb. 2022–present)

Associate Editor, Contemporary China Studies Newsletter, Center for Contemporary China Studies, National Tsing Hua University (Jun. 2023–present)

Committee Member, Master’s Program in Chinese Language and Culture, National Tsing Hua University (Aug. 2023–present)

Past Employments

Visiting Scholar, Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica (Jul.–Dec. 2024)

Lecturer (Assistant Professor), Department of Politics, East China Normal University (Sep. 2016–Jul. 2019)

Postdoctoral Researcher, Political Theory, East China Normal University (Jan. 2017–Jul. 2019)

Research Assistant, Institute of Political Science, Academia Sinica (Oct. 2010–Aug. 2013)

Part-time Assistant, Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica (Sep. 2009–Jun.  2010)

Education

B.A. in Economics, National Tsing Hua University

M.A. in Sociology (Degree in China Studies), National Tsing Hua University

Ph.D. in Political Science, National Taiwan University

Ph.D. in Political Science, Tsinghua University (Beijing)

Self-Introduction

Teachings

Publications

• Journal Articles

Tao, Yi-chun. 2025. “‘Totalization’ of ‘Social Governance’ in China: The Case of the T District in the Northeast China,” Prospect Quarterly, 26(1): 101-143. (TSSCI)

Tao, Yi-chun. 2023. “‘Social Governance’ in Contemporary China: From Mechanism Types to Institutional Structures,” Taiwan Journal of Political Science, 96: 1-52. (TSSCI)

Tao, Yi-chun. 2022. “The Institutional Order of China’s ‘Resources Nationwide System’ During the COVID-19 Pandemic,” Reflexion, 44: 269-281.

Tao, Yi-chun and Yung-mau Chao. 2018. “Rent Protection of Regime in Environment Event: Governance of Cyanobacteria Problem in Taihu Lake and the Context of River Chief System,” Journal of Central China Normal University (Humanities and Social Sciences), 57(2): 9-18. (CSSCI)

Tao, Yi-chun, “Land Rights Communities and Local Regime’s Ability: Understanding the Land Confiscation Conflict in Rural China,” Mainland China Studies, 58(4): 39-70. (TSSCI)

Tao, Yi-chun and Yung-mau Chao. 2015, “From Self-governance to Mobilization: Social Foundations of Taiwanese Peasant Movement in Japan Colonization Era,” Journal of Central China Normal University (Humanities and Social Sciences), 54(4): 9-17. (CSSCI)

Hsu, Ping-hsiang, Ruey-hua Liu and Yi-chun Tao. 2008. “The Dual-Track System of Shanghai's Housing Reform and Its Emerging Process: Perspective of Property Right Theory,” Mainland China Studies, 51(4): 29-50. (TSSCI)

• Book Chapters

Tao, Yi-chun. 2021.“Contention and Inclusion of a Grassroots Community: Conflict Over Rural Land Requisition in Nanhai, Guangdong,” In Evolutionary Governance In China: State-society Relations Under Authoritarianism,eds. by Szu-chien Hsu, Kellee S. Tsai and Chun-chih Chang, Harvard University Asia Center, Harvard University Press, 129-156. [Chinese Version with Update 2023 by Rive Gauche Publishing House, 169-202.]

Chao, Yung-mau and Yi-chun Tao. 2013. “The Future of Democratization in China and the Taiwan Experience”, in Martin Riegl and Jakub Landovský eds., Strategic and Geopolitical Issues in the Contemporary World, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 271-289.

• Selected Conference

Tao, Yi-chun. “‘Totalization’ of ‘Social Governance’ in China: A Template at The Old Industrial Bases in the Northeast China,” in The Turning Point in Chinese Studies After the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party: New Paradigm or New Method? The Prospect Foundation, Dec. 2023.

Tao, Yi-chun. “Adjusting Techniques for Village Governance Administrative and Intimacy,” the Conference on Curriculum Development for “Chinese Local Government,” School of Politics and Public Administration, China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing, Jul. 2023.

Tao, Yi-chun. “Party Royal Family Regime: The Continuity and Change of Governance Logic in Contemporary China,” Aspects of Politics in Contemporary Sinophone World, Research Center for Humanities and Social Science, Academia Sinica, Aug. 2018.

Tao, Yi-chun, “Regular Penetration Mechanisms of Old Industrial Bases: The Practice of the T District in Northeast China”, Peking University-Fudan University In-Depth Forum on National Governance, Fudan Universty, May 2018.

Tao, Yi-chun,“Social Governance Mechanisms in Market Structure Transition: Case Studies of Four Types”, Peking University-Fudan University In-Depth Forum on National Governance, Peking University, May 2017.

• Other Publications

Tao, Yi-chun. “Returning to the 1980s? The Collapse and Renewal of ‘Conditions for Democratization’ in China,” Contemporary China Studies Newsletter, 36, Jun. 2024, pp. 33–42.

Tao, Yi-Chun, “Introduction to the Special Issue on the ‘White Paper Movement,’” Contemporary China Studies Newsletter, 34, Jun. 2023, pp. 3–7.