Conference format: Co-organized by Dr. Chun-yi Lee, Director of Taiwan Studies Program, school of Politics and International Relations, University of Nottingham and Prof. TJ Cheng, Class of 1935 Professor, department of Government at William and Marry, editor of Taiwan Journal of Democracy, this conference takes a thematic approach, clustering four panels around four sets of issues. The first one is focused on the rise and dynamic of domestic populism, the second on economic anxiety, the third on the impacts of social media on public opinion and electoral processes, and the fourth on partisan competition and its impacts on foreign policies. Each panel is an open forum for scholars from and on the three polities to exchange views from a comparative perspective. Based on discussions and post-conference revisions, we aim at publishing an edited volume with Routledge Taiwan series as well as a special issue with Taiwan Journal of Democracy.

Day One

Friday 11th December 2020 from UK time 13:30 to 17:30; USA East Coast: 8:30-12:30 am; Central European time zone: 14:30-18:30 Taiwan time 21:30- 1:30 am

Paper 1

UK: 13:30-14:10; US East Coast: 8:30-9:10; Central European time: 14:30-15:10 Taiwan 21:30-22:10

Wei-Ting Yen (Government Department, Franklin and Marshall College)

Paper title: Labor Market, Economic insecurity, and Populism in Taiwan

Paper 2

UK: 14:10-14:50; US East Coast: 9:10-9:50; Central European time: 15:10-15:50 Taiwan 22:10-22:50

Geoff Hoon (Former Secretary of State for Transport, Labour Party)

Paper title: Election turnout and the populist message

Break

UK: 14:50-15:20; US East Coast: 9:50-10:20; Central European time: 15:50-16:20 Taiwan: 22:50-23:20

Paper 3

UK: 15:20-16:00; US East Coast: 10:20-11:00; Central European time: 16:20-17:00 Taiwan: 23:20-12 am

Roger Mortimore (King’s college, University of London)

Paper title: The role of opinion polls in modern British elections

Paper 4

UK: 16:00-16:40; East Coast: 11:00-11:40; Central European time: 17:00-17:40 Taiwan: 12 -12:40 am

Thomas Greven (Political Science at Berlin Free University/ Associated Member of the International Centre for Development and Decent Work (ICDD) at University of Kassel)

Paper title: US party politics and the peculiar nature of American populism

First Day Concludes at

UK 17:30 USA East Coast 12:30; Central European time: 18:30 Taiwan: 1:30 am

Day Two

Saturday 12th December 2020 from UK time 13:30 to 16; 8:30-11:00 US East Coast; 21:30-24 midnight Taiwan time

Paper 1

UK: 13:30-14:10; US East Coast: 8:30-9:10; Taiwan: 21:30-22:10

Liyhun Lin (Journalism, National Taiwan University) and

Chun-yi Lee (School of Politics and International Relations, University of Nottingham)

Paper title: Does Press Freedom Come with A Price: Media for and against populism in Taiwan

Paper 2

UK: 14:10-14:50; US East Coast: 9:10-9:50; Taiwan: 22:10-22:50

Dafydd Fell (Comparative Politics/Director of Taiwan Studies Centre, SOAS, University of London)

Paper title: Populists, Splinters and Movements: Challenges to Mainstream Parties in Taiwan

Break

UK: 14:50-15:10; US East Coast: 9:50-10:10; Taiwan: 22:50-23:10

Paper 3

UK: 15:10-15:50; US East Coast: 10:10-10:50

Jon Herbert (Political and Global Issues, Keele University)

Paper title: USA: Trump and the American Populist Tradition

Final Thoughts for opening discussion and conclusion of conference

UK: 15:50-16:30; US East Coast: 10:50-11:30