Dafydd J. Fell (born 14 May 1970) is a British

political scientist Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and Power (social and political), power, and the analysis of political activities, political philosophy, political thought, polit ...

who has written extensively on

politics of Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is governed in a framework of a representative democratic republic under a five-power system first envisioned by Sun Yat-sen in 1906, whereby under the constitutional amendments, the Preside ...

. He is a

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and the director of the Center of Taiwan Studies (CTS) at the

School of Oriental and African Studies The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS University of London; ) is a public research university in London, England, and a member institution of the federal University of London. Founded in 1916, SOAS is located in the Bloomsbury area ...

(SOAS),

University of London The University of London (UoL; abbreviated as Lond or more rarely Londin in Post-nominal letters, post-nominals) is a collegiate university, federal Public university, public research university located in London, England, United Kingdom. The ...

. Fell is the convenor of the MA Taiwan Studies programme of the SOAS. Under his direction, this school's Taiwan-related courses, conferences and publications on Taiwan increased. He is the book series editor for the

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Research on Taiwan Series and an editor of '' International Journal of Taiwan Studies.''

Biography

In 1992, Fell graduated from the

University of Leeds The University of Leeds is a public research university in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It was established in 1874 as the Yorkshire College of Science. In 1884, it merged with the Leeds School of Medicine (established 1831) and was renamed Y ...

with a

bachelor's degree A bachelor's degree (from Medieval Latin ''baccalaureus'') or baccalaureate (from Modern Latin ''baccalaureatus'') is an undergraduate degree awarded by colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study lasting three to six years ...

Chinese Studies Sinology, also referred to as China studies, is a subfield of area studies or East Asian studies involved in social sciences and humanities research on China. It is an academic discipline that focuses on the study of the Chinese civilization p ...

. When he was an undergraduate, from 1989 to 1990, Fell learned

Chinese language Chinese ( or ) is a group of languages spoken natively by the ethnic Han Chinese majority and List of ethnic groups in China, many minority ethnic groups in China, as well as by various communities of the Chinese diaspora. Approximately 1.39& ...

National Chengchi University National Chengchi University () is a public research university in Taipei, Taiwan. First established in Nanjing in 1927, the university was subsequently reestablished in 1954 in Taiwan as the first reestablished "National University". The u ...

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, Taiwan. After graduating, he spent most of the 1990s working in

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...

. In 1999, Fell joined the SOAS Politics Department as a

doctoral student A doctorate (from Latin ''doctor'', meaning "teacher") or doctoral degree is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities and some other educational institutions, derived from the ancient formalism ''Licentiate (degree), licentia docendi' ...

and has been teaching there since 2003. From 2003 to 2012, Fell was a senior lecturer. In 2004, Fell participated in establishing the European Association of Taiwan Studies. From 2012 to 2022, he was a Reader. Since September 2022, he has been a professor. Fell has a

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, 羅達菲 (''Luo Dafei'').

Works

Monographs

* ''Party Politics in Taiwan'' (Routledge, 2005) * ''Government and Politics in Taiwan'' (Routledge, 2011) * ''Government and Politics in Taiwan, Second Edition.'' (Routledge, 2018) * ''Taiwan's Green Parties'' (Routledge 2021)

Edited books

* ''What Has Changed? Taiwan Before and After the Change in Ruling Parties'' (2006) * ''Politics of Modern Taiwan'' (2008) * ''Migration to and From Taiwan'' (2014) * ''Taiwan's Social Movements under Ma Ying-jeou'' (2017) * ''Taiwan Studies Revisited'' (2019) * ''Taiwan's Economic and Diplomatic Challenges and Opportunities'' (2021) * ''Taiwan's Contemporary Indigenous Peoples ''(2021)

Journal articles

Fell has published numerous articles on academic journals such as ''

American Journal of Chinese Studies The ''American Journal of Chinese Studies'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by the American Association for Chinese Studies. It covers research in all social science disciplines "dealing with Taiwan, China and locales with significan ...

, Asian Journal of Political Science, Asian Politics and Policy,

Asian Survey ''Asian Survey: A Bimonthly Review of Contemporary Asian Affairs'' is a bimonthly academic journal of Asian studies published by the University of California Press on behalf of the Institute of East Asian Studies at the University of California, ...

, Harvard Asia Pacific Review,

International Migration International migration occurs when people cross state boundaries and stay in the host state for some minimum length of the time. Migration occurs for many reasons. Many people leave their home countries in order to look for economic opportunities ...

Journal of Current Chinese Affairs ''Journal of Current Chinese Affairs'' is a German open access academic journal (ISSN 0341-6631), published by Sage Journals. The internationally refereed journal focuses on political, economic and social developments in the People's Republic of C ...

Journal of East Asian Studies The ''Journal of East Asian Studies'' is a triannual peer-reviewed open-access academic journal covering East Asian studies. It was established in 2001 and is published by Cambridge University Press. , the editor-in-chief is Thomas Pepinsky (Corn ...

Parliamentary Affairs ''Parliamentary Affairs'' is a British peer-reviewed quarterly academic journal. Founded in 1947, it focuses on the government and politics of the United Kingdom, and also covers parliamentary systems across the world. It is published by the Ox ...

, Taiwan Journal of Democracy and

The China Quarterly ''The China Quarterly'' (CQ) is a British triple-anonymous peer-reviewed academic journal established in 1960 on contemporary China including Taiwan. It is considered one of the most important academic journals about China in the world and is p ...

.'' Selected Articles *Fell, D. (2016).
Small Parties in Taiwan's 2016 National Elections: A Limited Breakthrough?
. ''

'', 23(1), 41–58. *Fell, D., & Cheng, I. (2014).
The Change of Ruling Parties and Taiwan's Claim to Multiculturalism before and after 2008
. ''

'', 43(3), 71–103. *Fell, D. (2010).
Taiwan's Democracy: Towards a Liberal Democracy or Authoritarianism?
. ''

, 39''(2), 187–201. *Fell, D. (2006).
Democratisation of Candidate Selection in Taiwanese Political Parties
. ''Journal of Electoral Studies'', 13(2), 167–198. *

References

External links

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from

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