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.

Website of UH Chinese Studies

Facebook of UH Chinese Studies

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

6160 Other humanities
Chinese Studies
Asian Studies
Chinese Societies and Cultures
5171 Political Science
Comparative politics
Public policy
5172 Global Politics
China's International Relations

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

Publications

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

An unconventional but prudent proposal for China’s democratisation

Chen, Y-W., 31 Mar 2020, In : European Political Science. 3 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › Scientific

Appropriate Approaches to Studying the BRI’s Actual Impacts and Limits

Chen, J. Y-W., Dec 2020, (Accepted/In press) §: Strategic and Economic Impacts on Central Asia, Southeast Asia and Central Eastern Europe. Gerstl, A. & Wallenböck, U. (eds.). Routledge - Taylor & Francis Group

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