Kuei Tien Chou – Risk society Award – Best Researcher Award

Kuei Tien Chou – Risk society Award – Best Researcher Award

Prof Dr. Kuei Tien Chou  distinguished academic and researcher in the field  Risk society. He currently holds the position of Professor at the Graduate Institute of National Development at National Taiwan University, a role he has served in since August 2008. Additionally, he assumed the directorship of the Risk Society and Policy Research Center in August 2020. Prior to his current roles, he served as the Director of the Graduate Institute of National Development at National Taiwan University from August 2016 to July 2019. He also acted as the Lead Principal Investigator at the Risk Society and Policy Research Center from August 2019 to July 2020, and previously served as its Director from May 2013 to July 2019.

🌐 Professional Profiles

Educations📚📚📚

He pursued his Ph.D. at the University of Munich Institute of Sociology in Germany from 1994 to 1999. Prior to his doctoral studies, he completed his Master’s degree at the Taiwan University Institute of Sociology from 1992 to 1994. He began his academic journey with a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology from Taiwan University, which he obtained from 1989 to 1992.

FIELDS OF SPECIALTY

Risk society, genetic engineering and social risk, globalization risk, technology and democracy,
sustainable development, information society, knowledge economic society

Books

Chou, Kuei Tien (2024). Sociology of Climate Change: High Carbon Society and its transformation
challenge (Revised Edition). National Taiwan University Press.
Chou, K.T., K. Hasegawa, D. Ku & S. F. Kao. (Eds.) (2020). Climate Chane Governance in Asia.
New York: Routledge.
Chou,Kuei Tien, Kuo-Hui Chang, Chao, Chia-Wei& RSPRC. (2019). Taiwan in Transformation:
Initiating a Long-Term Energy Transition, RSPRC, NTU.
Chou,Kuei Tien & Kuo-Hui Chang et al. (2019). Energy Revolution in Daily Life: Eight Pioneers of
Energy Transition in Taiwan. Taipei: Springhill Publishing.
Chou, Kuei Tien (ed.) (2018) Energy Transition in East Asia- A Social Science Perspective, New
York: Routledge.
Chou, Kuei Tien & Kuo-Hui Chang (ed.) (2018). Starting energy transformation in Taiwan. – We
need to know more about energy! Show we Information Co., Ltd.
Chou, Kuei Tien (2017). Sociology of Climate Change: High Carbon Society and its transformation
challenge. National Taiwan University Press.
Chou, Kuei Tien & Kuo-Hui Chang (ed.) (2017). How to be [In] Transition: Initiate the Key
Transition of Energy in Taiwan. Chuliu Publisher, Taipei.
Chou, Kuei Tien & Shirley Ou Yang (ed.) (2017). A Reader for Green Growth. Chuliu Publisher,
Taipei.
Lin, Jiun Chiuan & Chou, Kuei Tien (ed.) (2017). Sustainable development under climate change in
Taiwan. National Taiwan University Press.
Chou, Kuei Tien & Lin,Tze-Luen (ed.) (2016). Introduction to the Fourteen Lectures on Taiwan
Energy Transition. Chuliu Publisher, Taipei.
Chou, Kuei Tien (ed.) (2016). New Theory of Sustainable Green Governance. Weber Publication
International Ltd.
Chou, Kuei Tien. (ed.) (2015). Ten Courses of Risk in Taiwan – 2015 Annual Risk Report, Chuliu
Publisher, Taipei.
Chou, Kuei Tien.(ed.) (2015). Investigating the Risk Publicity in Taiwan, Yuan-Liou Publisher,
Taipei.
Chou, Kuei Tien & Chien-Ming Hsu. (2015). Social Panics from Land to Dinning Table, Cite
Publishing Ltd., Taipei.
Chou, Kuei Tien. (2014). The Swan Song of Sustainable Development: Environmental Justice and
Transitional Inertia In Kaohsiung Gas Blast, Wunan Publisher, Taipei.