CV 學術履歷

Jason Kuo 郭銘傑

Department of Political Science

National Taiwan University

No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei, 10617 Taiwan

jasonkuo AT ntu.edu.tw

http://homepage.ntu.edu.tw/~jasonkuo/

Education

• Ph.D. in Political Science, University of California, San Diego. 2016.

• M.A. in Political Science, National Taiwan University, 2008.

• B.A. in Political Science, National Taiwan University, 2003.

Fields of Research

• International Political Economy

• Political Psychology

• China's Rise 

• Experimental Methods

• Democracy Study

• Public Diplomacy

• Digital Governance

Appointments

• Associate Dean for International Affairs, College of Social Sciences, 2024-

• International Affairs Commissioner, Taiwan Network Information Center, 2023-

• Chair, Multi-stakeholder Steering Group, Taiwan Internet Governance Forum, 2023-

• Associate Professor of Political Science, National Taiwan University, 2023-

• Co-Principal Investigator, Asian Barometer Survey, 2018-

• Executive Editor. Taiwan Journal of Political Science, 2023-2025.

• Executive Secretary, National Taiwan University Political Science Alumni Association, 2021-2024

• Assistant Professor of Political Science, National Taiwan University, 2018-2023.

• Treasurer, Taiwanese Political Science Association, 2018-2020.

• Postdoctoral Fellow, Mortara Center for International Studies, Georgetown University, 2016-2017.

• Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Political Science, UCSD, 2015-2016.

Awards

• Best Mentor Award, National Science and Technology Council, Taiwan 2024

• Teaching Practice Research Project Excellence Award, Ministry of Education, Taiwan, 2022.

• University’s Outstanding Teaching Award, National Taiwan University, 2021, 2022.

• Pre-doctoral Fellowship, UC Institute of Global Conflict and Cooperation, 2014-2015.

• Sanford Lakoff Graduate Research Fellowship, Department of Political Science, UCSD, 2013-2014.

• Teaching Assistant Excellence Award, Department of Political Science, UCSD, 2012 -2013.

• Government Graduate Fellowship, Ministry of Education, Taiwan, 2009-2012.

Grants

• Travel Grant, National Science and Technology Council, 2025.

• Research Grant, Taiwan Network Information Center, 2024.

• Research Grant, National Council for Science and Technology, Taiwan, 2023-2025.

• Teaching Practice Incubation Grant, National Taiwan University, 2021.

• Research Grant, Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan, 2021-2023.

• Teaching Practice Research Grant, Ministry of Education, Taiwan, 2020-2021; 2022-2023.

• Travel Grant, Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan, 2019.

• University’s Core Research Grant, National Taiwan University, Taiwan, 2018-2021.

• Dissertation Grant, Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange, 2015-2016.

• Graduate Student Travel Grant, American Political Science Association, 2014.

Ph.D. Dissertation

Kuo, Jason. 2016. Inspectors Beyond Borders: The Extraterritorial Governance of Food Safety in a Global Economy. Department of Political Science, University of California, San Diego. Advised by David A. Lake (Chair), J. Lawrence Broz (Co-chair), Stephan Haggard, Megumi Naoi, and Marc-Andreas Muendler (Economics). https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3vz0d9h4

Publication

Journal Articles:

1. Chiang, Yun-Yeh and Jason Kuo. 2025. “Beyond COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance: Survey Evidence from Taiwan." Japanese Journal of Political Science 26(2): 127-150. [Corresponding Author; 2024 Impact Factor: 1; SSCI 194/322 (Q3: 39.9%) in Political Science https://doi.org/10.1017/S1468109925000064

2. Shih, Chih-yu and Jason Kuo. 2024. "A Relational Analysis of Exceptionalism: Correcting Liberalism to Confucian Multilateralism." Chinese Journal of International Politics 17(3): 242-261. [2023 Impact Factor: 3.0; SSCI 20/165 (Q1: 88.18 %) in International Relations; Google Citation Count: 1] https://doi.org/10.1093/cjip/poae013

3. Kuo, Jason. 2023. “Strategic Ambiguity or Clarity? The Bargaining Theory of War and the Rationalist Foundation of the US Policy Toward the Taiwan Strait.” Prospect Quarterly 24(1): 89-124. [TSSCI Core in Political Science; Google Scholar Citation Count: 1] 郭銘傑，2023。〈戰略模糊或清晰？戰爭議價理論與美國臺海兩岸政策的理性基礎〉，《遠景基金會季刊》，第24卷，第1期，頁91-126。[台灣社會科學文獻索引政治學門核心期刊；谷歌學術引用次數：1] https://reurl.cc/vLgWrk 

4. Kuo, Jason. 2022. “Incomplete Information and the Onset of War: A Randomized Experiment.” Taiwanese Political Science Review 26(1): 57-96. [TSSCI Core in Political Science; Scopus CiteScore: 0.2] 郭銘傑，2022。〈不完全訊息與戰爭爆發：一個隨機實驗〉，《台灣政治學刊》，第26卷，第1期，頁57-96。[台灣社會科學文獻索引政治學門核心期刊] https://doi.org/10.6683/TPSR.202206_26(1).0002

5. Chiang, Chun-Fang, Jason Kuo, and Jin-Tan Liu. 2022. “Cueing Quality: Unpacking Country-of-origin Effects on Intentions to Vaccinate against COVID-19 in Taiwan.” Social Science & Medicine 314: 115403. [Corresponding Author; 2021 Impact Factor: 5.379; SSCI 4/46 (Q1: 92.39%) in Social Science, Biomedical; SSCI 30/192 (Q1: 83.79%) in Public, Environmental & Occupational Health; SCIE 54/210 (Q2: 74.52%) in Public, Environmental & Occupational Health; Scopus CiteScore: 6.9; Google Scholar Citation Count: 8] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115403  

6. Kuo, Jason, Min-hua Huang and Yun-han Chu. 2022. “Maritime Territorial Disputes and China’s Soft Power in East Asia.” Journal of Contemporary China 33(133): 72-85. With. [First and Corresponding Author; 2021 Impact Factor: 3.126; SSCI 2/84 (Q1: 95.83%) in Area Studies; Google Scholar Citation Count: 11] https://doi.org/10.1080/10670564.2021.1926092

7. Kuo, Jason. 2021. "The Learning Effectiveness of International Relations Simulation and Film Discussion: A Randomized Field Experiment." Taiwanese Journal of Political Science No. 88: 89-118. [TSSCI Core in Political Science] 郭銘傑，2021。〈國際關係情境模擬與影片討論的學習成效〉，《政治科學論叢》，第88期，頁89-117。[台灣社會科學文獻索引政治學門核心期刊] https://doi.org/10.6166/TJPS.202106_(88).0003

Book Chapters:

1. 1. Kuo, Jason. 2024. "Measuring Populism in Taiwan," in Shiru Wang ed., Three Faces of Populism in Asia: Populism as a Multi-faceted Political Practices. London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003399780-8

1. 2. Kuo, Jason. 2023. “Epistemologies and Methodologies for International Relations Research,” in Ya-chung Chang and Simon Teng-chi Chang eds., International Relations. The Sixth Edition. Taipei: Yang-Chih Book Co., Ltd. 郭銘傑，2023。〈國際關係研究的知識論與方法論〉，收錄於張亞中、張登及主編，《國際關係總論》，第 6 版，台北：揚智出版社。

1. 3. Kuo, Jason and Megumi Naoi. 2015. “Individual Attitudes,” in Lisa Martin ed., The Oxford Handbook of the Political Economy of International Trade. Oxford: Oxford University Press. [Google Scholar Citation Count: 76] https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199981755.013.16

Circulated Working Papers:

• Chiang, Chun-Fang, Jason Kuo, Megumi Naoi, and Jin-Tan Liu. 2020. “What Do Voters Learn from Foreign News? Emulation, Backlash, and Public Support for Trade Agreements.” National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper No. 27497. [Google Scholar Citation Count: 3] https://www.nber.org/papers/w27497

Book Reviews:

• Jason Kuo. 2025. "Review of Identity in the Shadow of a Giant: How the Rise of China Is Changing Taiwan." The China Journal.

Policy Commentaries 

1. Kuo, Jason. 2025. “The America-First International Economic Order? Trade Policy Implications for Taiwan.” Asia Pacific Situation Monthly (July): 1-4. 郭銘傑，2025。〈美國優先的國際經濟秩序？對台灣的貿易政策意涵〉，《亞太區域情勢月刊》，7月號，頁1-4。

2. Kuo, Jason. 2023. “The Political Logic of International Humanitarian Aids: Start with the UN 2023 Global Humanitarian Overview.” Development Quarterly 11: 9-14. 郭銘傑，2023。〈國際人道援助的政治邏輯：從聯合國《2023年全球人道概覽》談起〉，《國際開發現場季刊》，第11期，頁9-13。

3. Kuo, Jason. 2021. “Protecting Taiwan’s Democracy from China with US Support.” Asia Democracy Research Network Commentary Issue Briefing No. 237.

4. Kuo, Jason. 2019. "International Relations Theory and Brexit." Review of Global Politics No. 67: 23-28. 郭銘傑，2019。〈國際關係理論與英國脫歐〉，《全球政治評論》，第67期，頁23-28。

5. Kuo, Jason. 2017. “Why It’s so Hard to Know Whether Organic Food is Really Organic.” The Washington Post’s Monkey Cage.

6. Haggard, Stephan and Jason Kuo. 2016. “The British Role in the Founding of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB).” Peterson Institute for International Economics.

Professional Activities

Disciplinary & Interdisciplinary Conference & Policy Forum:

• ICANN Annual General Meeting: 2024, 2025.

• Asia-Pacific Regional Internet Governance Forum: 2024.

• Taiwan Internet Governance Forum: 2023; 2024; 2025.

• Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association: 2014-2018; 2020; 2023, 2024, 2025.

• Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association: 2014; 2015.

• Annual Meeting of the International Political Economy Society: 2015; 2016.

• Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association: 2017; 2025.

• Annual Meeting of the International Society for Political Psychology: 2019; 2025.

•  Annual Meeting of the Australian Society for Quantitative Political Science: 2018; 2025.

• World Congress of the International Political Science Association: 2018; 2021; 2025.

• World Congress of the Korean Political Science Association: 2019.

• Annual Conference of the Empirical Studies of Conflict: 2025.

• Annual Conference of the World Association for Public Opinion Research: 2025.

• Annual Conference of the Japanese Political Science Association: 2019.

• Annual Conference of the Chinese Political Science Association: 2019; 2020; 2021; 2024.

• Annual Conference of the Taiwanese Political Science Association: 2019; 2020; 2024.

Invited Conference & Workshop:

• Workshop on Contesting Chinese Norms in the Global Marketplace. The Australian National University's Australian Centre on China in the World, Canberra, Dec. 2025.

• Int'l Conference on US-China Strategic Competition in 2025, Institute of International Relations, National Chengchi University, Oct. 2025.

• Int'l Conference on Survey Methodology, Application, and New Developments, The Survey Research Cetner, Academia Sinica, Aug. 2025.

• David Lake Academic Family Reunion Conference, Department of Political Science, UC San Deigo, June  2024.

• Workshop on Democratic Representation in Comparative Perspectives, Institute of Political Science, Academia Sinica, 2022.

• Online International Conference on Populism in Asia, The Heng Seng Univ. of Hong Kong, 2022.

• Online Co-research Workshop on COVID-19, Univ. of Haifa & National Taiwan Univ., 2021.

Conferences Organized or Co-organized:

• TAMU-NTU Conference on Most Valuble Partner, 2026.

• Vanderbilt U-National Taiwan U Conference on National Resilience, 2026. 

• Taiwan Internet Governance Forum, 2023, 2024, 2025.

• Global Forum on Pathways to Sustainability, 2025. Keynote: Professor David Lake from UCSD.

• International Conference on Innovations in Political Methodology and China Study, 2018.  Keynote: Professor Gary King from Harvard. 

Invited Talks:

• National Kaohsiung University, Kaohsiung, December 2025.

• Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization, Toyko, November 2025.

• Soochow University 東吳大學, Taipei, 2025.

• Loyola University of Chicago, Chicago, 2025.

• Georgetown University Taiwanese Alumni Association, Taipei City, 2024.

• University of Alberta China Institute, Edmonton, Canada, 2024.

• National Cheng-chi University 國立政治大學, Taipei City, 2023, 2025.

• Chinese Cultural University 中國文化大學, Taipei City, 2023.

• Tamkang University 淡江大學, New Taipei City, 2022, 2025.

• Tunghai University 東海大學, Taichung, 2021, 2022.

• National Tung Hua University 國立東華大學, Hualien, 2021.

• Taipei Municipal Jiangguo High School 台北市立建國高中, Taipei, 2020, 2022.

• Taipei Municipal First Girls High School 台北市立第一女子中學, Taipei, 2020-2022, 2024.

• National Chung-cheng University 國立中正大學, Chiayi, 2019, 2024.

• National Central University 國立中央大學, Taoyuan, 2019.

• Harvard University, Cambridge, 2019.

• National Cheng-Kung University  國立成功大學, Tainan, 2017, 2020.

• National Taiwan University 國立臺灣大學, Taipei, 2017

• George Washington University, Washington, DC, 2017.

• Georgetown University, Washington, DC, 2017.

• Fudan-UC Center Young Scholar Conference, San Diego, 2015.

• USC West Coast Conference on Asian International Relations, Los Angeles, 2014.

Courses Taught

Current Courses 

At National Taiwan University

• International Relations I & II. 2018-

Past Courses 

At UC San Diego

• Undergraduate Research Apprenticeship Program. 2015-2016.

• International Law and Organizations. 2014-2015.

At National Taiwan University

• Global Internet Governance. 2025-

• Theories of International Relations. 2024.

• Political Psychology. 2023.

• Comparative Governments I & II. 2018-2020.

• Seminar on International Political Economy. 2020-

• Seminar on Domestic Politics and International Relations. 2020, 2024.

• Seminar on Theories of International Relations. 2024.

• Seminar on International Relations. 2019-2023.

• Seminar on IPE and Epidemic Control and Prevention, 2022.

• Seminar on Election and Voting Behavior, 2021.

• Seminar on Cross-Strait Relations. 2019.

• Seminar on Experimental Political Science. 2019, 2021, 2023.

• Seminar on Research and Thesis Writing for Professionals. 2020-2023.

Degree Theses Advised

Ph.D. in Political Science at National Taiwan University:

1.     Yi-Hung Chen 陳羿宏, in progress.

Master of Arts in Political Science at National Taiwan University: 

1.     Yi-Chun Huang 黃奕鈞, January 2021. 

2.   Chun-Wen Yang 楊竣文, July 2021. 

3.   Chin-An Wu 吳謹安, August 2022.

4.   Feng-Chi Liang 梁豐綺, July 2023. 

5.   Yun-Yeh Chiang 江昀曄, July 2023. 

6.   Ke-Hsien Liu 劉克賢, in progress. 

7.   Yi-Hung Chen 陳羿宏, July 2025.

8.   Wen-yen Tian 田文彥, July 2025. 

9.   Yong-chen Peng 彭詠晨, September 2025.

10. Ta-pang Cheng 鄭大邦, July 2026.

Executive Master of Public Administration at National Taiwan University:

1.    Kiera Yuan-Ting Huang 黃元婷, October 2021.

2.    Hung-Chang Kuo 郭宏章, September 2022.

3.    Silvia Chang 張玄會, September 2022.

4.    Hsiu-Yun Yang 楊琇雲, September 2022.

5.    Shu-Rong Chen 陳姝榕, July 2023.

6.    San-lang Chen 陳三郎, January 2025.

7.     Li-Wen Wu 武立文, May 2024.

8.    Chien-wei Liu 劉建緯, June 2025.

9.     Pei-Shan Lee 李佩珊, July 2025.

10.   Yueh-nien Wang 王悅年, in progress.

11.    Huei-chi Chuang 莊惠琪, July 2024.

12.   Kai-shun Shen 沈楷勛, July 2024.

13.   Ling-ge Yao 姚驎格, September 2024.

14.   Hung-chieh Tseng 曾弘傑, in progress.

15.   Wen-chien Ho 何玟蒨, in progress.

Bachelor of Art in Political Science at National Taiwan University

1.     Tze-Hsien Hu 胡梓賢, July 2021.

2.   Shao Gu Lu 呂紹谷, July 2023.

3.   Ta-pang Cheng 鄭大邦, March 2024.

Academic Services

• Grant Referee for National Science and Technology Council; Ministry of Education; Ministry of Examination.

• Book Manuscript Referee for University of Michigan Press.

• International Journal Referee for Social Sciences & Medicine; American Political Science Review; Journal of Politics; Political Psychology; International Studies Quarterly; Journal of East Asian Studies; Comparative Political Studies; The China Journal; Democratization; Australian Journal of International Affairs; Journal of Asian and African Studies; East Asia.

• Domestic Journal Referee for Taiwanese Political Science Review 《台灣政治學刊》； Taiwanese Journal of Political Science 《政治科學論叢》; Prospect Quarterly 《遠景基金會季刊》; Journal of Electoral Studies 《選舉研究》; Soochow Journal of Political Science 《東吳政治學報》; Taiwan Democracy Quarterly《台灣民主季刊》; Journal of Social Sciences and Philosophy 《人文社會科學集刊》; Thought and Words Journal 《思與言》；Issues & Studies 《問題與研究》；Tamkang Journal of International Affairs《淡江國際事務季刊》; Journal of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning《教學實踐研究》; Issues & Studies; Taiwan Journal of Democracy.