Dr. KWAN Chun Yin, Tommy
BSSc (CUHK), MSc and PhD (SOAS)
Dr. Tommy Kwan received his PhD from the Department of Politics and International Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) University of London, focusing on the relationship between political parties and social movements in Taiwan. He was previously a postdoctoral researcher at the Université libre de Bruxelles in Belgium. He also used to be a Resident Fellow at the University of Tübingen in Germany and a visiting associate at the Academia Sinica in Taiwan.
Besides the academic engagement, Dr. Kwan is an avid writer and radio programme host in Hong Kong. He comments on Hong Kong and Taiwan’s political and cultural scenes. His trilogy of anthologies are published by the China Times Publishing in Taiwan and his forthcoming book, Books and the Uncertain World, will be published by the Humming Publishing in Hong Kong.
Research and Teaching Interests:
Taiwan Studies, Migration, Comparative Politics
Grants/awards
“Enhancement of programme innovation through interdisciplinary blended learning approach: innovative use of visual methods in social policy research” (Co-Investigator)
Teaching Development Grants, The Education University of Hong Kong, 2020-2021.
Publications
Selected Academic Publications
- Kwan, C.Y. (2024), Analyzing the Kuomintang’s Plight from the Evaluations of “Party Change” Attempts, Twenty-First Century, (201), 25-34, Hong Kong. (in Chinese)
- Kwan, C.Y. (2023), Chapter 10: The Increasing Chinese Influence in Hong Kong Public Policy after 2019: A Case Studies on Framing and Political Rhetoric in Hong Kong’s Climate Policy, in Research Agendas for East Asian Social Policy, p.85-101, Edward Elgar.
- Kwan, C.Y. (2023), Chapter 3: The Changing National Identity of Taiwan People in Affecting the Party Politics of Taiwan. Rethinking Parties in Democratizing Asia, p.59-77, ed. Julio C. Teehankee, Rey C. Padit and Jung Hoon Park. Routledge.
- Kwan, C.Y. (2021), The Cross-Strait Relation in Post-Trump era, Twenty-First Century, (166), 34-44, Hong Kong. (in Chinese)
- Kwan, T. C. Y., & Fell, D. (2020). Chapter 7: The Relationship between Mainstream and Movement Parties in Taiwan. Civil Society and the State in Democratic East Asia: Between Entanglement and Contention in Post High Growth, p.167-186, ed. David Chiavacci, Simona Grano, Julia Obinger. Amsterdam University Press.
Non-academic Publications:
- 《書與不確定的世界》Books and the Uncertain World, forthcoming, 蜂鳥出版 (Hong Kong)
- 《重回舊地》 In Retrospect, 2023, 時報出版 (ISBN: 9786263534094; Taiwan)
- 《醒來的世界》Old World in a New Day, 2020, 時報出版 (ISBN: 978957137749; Taiwan)
- 《孤獨課》Learnings from Solitude, 2019, 時報出版 (ISBN: 9789571377490; Taiwan)
- 《孤独课》Learnings from Solitude (Simplified Chinese), 2019, 理想國出版 (ISBN: 9787559821935; China)