{"id":2515,"date":"2026-02-03T13:07:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T05:07:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgps.visibleone.dev\/people\/dr-kwan-chung-yin-tommy\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T13:07:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T05:07:20","slug":"dr-kwan-chung-yin-tommy","status":"publish","type":"people","link":"https:\/\/sgps.visibleone.dev\/tc\/people\/dr-kwan-chung-yin-tommy\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. KWAN Chung Yin, Tommy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section block-name=\"banner\" class=\"relative\">\n    <div class=\"bg-banner-gradient w-full h-full absolute left-0 top-0 z-[1]\"><\/div>\n\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sgps.visibleone.dev\/wp-content\/themes\/cuhk-sgps\/public\/images\/our-mission\/mission-banner.png\" alt=\"Academic Staff\"\n        class=\"w-full aspect-[1920\/480] object-cover min-h-[400px]\" \/>\n\n    <div class=\"container py-5 md:py-10 lg:py-[60px] w-full h-full flex items-end absolute left-0 bottom-0 z-[2]\">\n        <div class=\"container-lg\">\n    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                          \n                            <div>\n                                <div id=\"idTextPanel\" class=\"jqDnR\">\n<p>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 Universit\u00e9 libre de Bruxelles in Belgium. He also used to be a Resident Fellow at the University of T\u00fcbingen in Germany and a visiting associate at the Academia Sinica in Taiwan.<\/p>\n<p>Besides the academic engagement, Dr. Kwan is an avid writer and radio programme host in Hong Kong. He comments on Hong Kong and Taiwan\u2019s political and cultural scenes. His trilogy of anthologies are published by the China Times Publishing in Taiwan and his forthcoming book,\u00a0<em>Books and the Uncertain World<\/em>, will be published by the Humming Publishing in Hong Kong.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n\n                        <\/div>\n\n                                            \n                        <div class=\"border-b border-stroke py-10 last:border-0 last:pb-0 first:pt-0 [&#038;_a]:!text-primary\">\n\n                                                            <h4>Research and Teaching Interests:<\/h4>\n                            \n                            <div>\n                                <ul>\n<li>\n<div class=\"publications-row flex\">\n<div class=\"publication-desc\">\n<div class=\"sm-left \">\n<div class=\"sm-row\">\n<div class=\"sm-row-details\">\n<p>Taiwan Studies, Migration, Comparative Politics<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sm-right\">\n<div class=\"sm-row\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n                            <\/div>\n\n                        <\/div>\n\n                                            \n                        <div class=\"border-b border-stroke py-10 last:border-0 last:pb-0 first:pt-0 [&#038;_a]:!text-primary\">\n\n                                                            <h4>Grants\/awards<\/h4>\n                            \n                            <div>\n                                <p>\u201cEnhancement of programme innovation through interdisciplinary blended learning approach: innovative use of visual methods in social policy research\u201d (Co-Investigator)<\/p>\n<p>Teaching Development Grants, The Education University of Hong Kong,\u00a02020-2021.<\/p>\n                            <\/div>\n\n                        <\/div>\n\n                                            \n                        <div class=\"border-b border-stroke py-10 last:border-0 last:pb-0 first:pt-0 [&#038;_a]:!text-primary\">\n\n                                                            <h4>Publications<\/h4>\n                            \n                            <div>\n                                <p><strong>Selected Academic Publications<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Kwan, C.Y. (2024), Analyzing the Kuomintang\u2019s Plight from the Evaluations of \u201cParty Change\u201d Attempts,<em>\u00a0Twenty-First Century<\/em>, (201), 25-34, Hong Kong. (in Chinese)<\/li>\n<li>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\u2019s Climate Policy, in\u00a0<em>Research Agendas for East Asian Social Policy<\/em>, p.85-101, Edward Elgar.<\/li>\n<li>Kwan, C.Y. (2023), Chapter 3: The Changing National Identity of Taiwan People in Affecting the Party Politics of Taiwan.\u00a0<em>Rethinking Parties in Democratizing Asia<\/em>, p.59-77, ed. Julio C. Teehankee, Rey C. Padit and Jung Hoon Park. Routledge.<\/li>\n<li>Kwan, C.Y. (2021), The Cross-Strait Relation in Post-Trump era,\u00a0<em>Twenty-First Century<\/em>, (166), 34-44, Hong Kong. (in Chinese)<\/li>\n<li>Kwan, T. C. Y., &amp; Fell, D. (2020). Chapter 7: The Relationship between Mainstream and Movement Parties in Taiwan.\u00a0<em>Civil Society and the State in Democratic East Asia: Between Entanglement and Contention in Post High Growth<\/em>, p.167-186, ed. David Chiavacci, Simona Grano, Julia Obinger. Amsterdam University Press.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Non-academic Publications:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u300a\u66f8\u8207\u4e0d\u78ba\u5b9a\u7684\u4e16\u754c\u300b<em>Books and the Uncertain World<\/em>, forthcoming, \u8702\u9ce5\u51fa\u7248 (Hong Kong)<\/li>\n<li>\u300a\u91cd\u56de\u820a\u5730\u300b\u00a0<em>In Retrospect<\/em>, 2023, \u6642\u5831\u51fa\u7248 (ISBN:\u00a09786263534094;\u00a0Taiwan)<\/li>\n<li>\u300a\u9192\u4f86\u7684\u4e16\u754c\u300b<em>Old World in a New Day<\/em>, 2020, \u6642\u5831\u51fa\u7248 (ISBN:\u00a0978957137749;\u00a0Taiwan)<\/li>\n<li>\u300a\u5b64\u7368\u8ab2\u300b<em>Learnings from Solitude<\/em>, 2019, \u6642\u5831\u51fa\u7248 (ISBN:\u00a09789571377490;\u00a0Taiwan)<\/li>\n<li>\u300a\u5b64\u72ec\u8bfe\u300b<em>Learnings from Solitude\u00a0<\/em>(Simplified Chinese), 2019, \u7406\u60f3\u570b\u51fa\u7248 (ISBN:\u00a09787559821935;\u00a0China)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n                            <\/div>\n\n                        <\/div>\n\n                                    \n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"featured_media":2516,"menu_order":53,"template":"","people_category":[50],"department":[],"class_list":["post-2515","people","type-people","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","people_category-academic-staff"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgps.visibleone.dev\/tc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/people\/2515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgps.visibleone.dev\/tc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/people"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgps.visibleone.dev\/tc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/people"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgps.visibleone.dev\/tc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgps.visibleone.dev\/tc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"people_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgps.visibleone.dev\/tc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/people_category?post=2515"},{"taxonomy":"department","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgps.visibleone.dev\/tc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/department?post=2515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}