Julie Yu-Wen Chen

Personal profile

Description of research and teaching

Julie Yu-Wen Chen's research concerns minority policies in China and China's international relations. Among her courses are "Governance in China", "China's International Relations and Diplomacy", "Chinese Societies" and others.

Curriculum vitae

Julie Yu-Wen Chen is Professor of Chinese Studies at the Faculty of Arts at the University of Helsinki (Finland) and Hosting Professor at the Department of Asian Studies at Palacky University (Czech Republic).

Dr. Chen serves as Editor-in-Chief of Asian Ethnicity (Routledge, SCOPUS & ESCI) and one of the Editors of the Journal of Chinese Political Science (Springer, SSCI). She is also the academic liaison for the University of Helsinki at the Nordic NIAS Council based in Denmark as well as the Nordic Center in Fudan University, China. She is currently serving as the chair of the board of Nordic Association for China Studies (NACS) until 2021 as well as representing Finland in COST ACTION: China in Europe Research Network (European Cooperation in Science & Technology funded by EU Horizon 2020).

Dr. Chen formerly held academic positions at Nazarbayev University (Kazakhstan), University College Cork (Ireland) and Academia Sinica (Taiwan). In addition, Dr. Chen was visiting scholar at La Trobe University (Australia), University of Virginia (USA), University of Tokyo (Japan), University of Tübingen (Germany), University of Nottingham (UK), University of Macau (China), and St. Petersburg State University (Russia). In 2011, she provided testimony in the public hearing of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission on "China's Foreign Policy: Challenges and Players" in Washington D.C.

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Education/Academic qualification

Political Sciences, PhD in Social Sciences (Doktor der Sozialwissenschaften), University of Konstanz

2006 → 2009

International Relations and Diplomacy, MA, Leiden University

2004 → 2006

External positions

Hosting Professor, Palacky University

Fields of Science

517 Political science
China's International Relations
Ethnic Conflicts
Comparative Politics
6160 Other humanities
Chinese Studies
Asian Studies
Chinese Societies and Cultures

International and National Collaboration Publications and projects within past five years.

Publications 2003 2021

The Chinese Model of Development: Substances and Applications in and Beyond China

Chen, J. Y-W. & Hodzi, O., 2021, (Accepted/In press) The Routledge Handbook of Chinese Studies. Wei, C. (ed.). Routledge - Taylor & Francis Group

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review

Ethnic Conflict in Xinjiang and Its International Connections

Chen, J. Y-W., 2020, (Accepted/In press) The Routledge Handbook of Race and Ethnicity. Weiner, M. (ed.). Routledge - Taylor & Francis Group

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review

The Making of the Finnish Polar Silk Road: Status in Spring 2019

Chen, J. Y-W., 2020, (Accepted/In press) International Flows and the Belt and Road Initiative: People, Ideas and History. Chan, H. K., Chan, F. & O'Brien, D. (eds.). Palgrave Macmillan

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review