Semiconductors and Transitional Justice in Taiwan

This seminar features two talks by Professors Chung-Min Tsai and Yen-Pin Su from National Chengchi University in Taipei, Taiwan. Professor Tsai will speak on “From Power Politics to Norms: Theoretical Reflections on Taiwan’s Semiconductor Industry and East Asian Security,” followed by Professor Su’s presentation on “Democratic Support and Public Attitudes Toward Transitional Justice Policies in Taiwan.” Together, these talks reassess Taiwan’s evolving role in the East Asian order—both as a high-tech powerhouse central to global geopolitics and as a democratic society grappling with the legacies of its authoritarian past.

Professor Chung-Min Tsai is Professor in the Department of Political Science at National Chengchi University and President of the Taiwanese Political Science Association (2025–2026). He obtained his BA and MA from National Taiwan University and his PhD from the University of California, Berkeley. At NCCU, he has served as Deputy Director of the Institute of International Relations (IIR, 2018–2020), Chair of the Department of Political Science (2019–2021), and Associate Dean of the College of Social Sciences (2021–2023). He was also Editor of the Taiwanese Political Science Review (2020–2024). His research interests include comparative politics, political economy, and East Asian politics, with a focus on China.

Professor Yen-Pin Su is Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science at National Chengchi University, Taiwan. His research focuses on party politics, social movements, electoral institutions, democratisation, and human rights politics in Latin America and East Asia. His work has appeared in Comparative Politics, International Political Science Review, European Political Science Review, Party Politics, Latin American Research Review, Latin American Politics and Society, and Representation. He has conducted field research in Belize (2024), Guatemala (2024), Argentina (2023), Chile (2018), Costa Rica (2016), Panama (2016), Colombia (2015), Peru (2012), and Mexico (2010), interviewing legislators, party officials, and social movement activists for his research on party politics and institutional change. He received his PhD in Political Science from the University of Pittsburgh and holds a BA and MA in Political Science from National Taiwan University.

The seminar will be hosted by Dr Bo-jiun Jing, Senior Research Fellow and Programme Manager in Taiwan Studies at the Oxford School of Global and Area Studies