Fu-Chang Chang

Fu-chang Chang (born April 25, 1965 in Taiwan) is an Associate Professor at the Graduate Institute of European Studies at Tamkang University in Taiwan.^[1][2]

Early life and education

Chang was born on April 25, 1965 in Taiwan and obtained his Bachelors degree at the German Department of Soochow University, Taiwan from 1984-1988. In 1991 he graduated with a Masters by the Graduate Institute of European Studies at Tamkang University, Taiwan and subsequently served in the army from 1991-1993. In 2006 he obtained his Dr. Rer. Pol. at the University of Cologne, Germany.^[1]

Career in academics

Chang started his career in academics in 1988, following his Bachelors at Soochow University in Taiwan. He became a scientific assistant to Prof. Dr. Chong-ko Tzou at Tamkang University in Taipei in 1988 and worked for Tzou until 1991. From 1993-1994 he worked at the Chengchi University in Taipei, where he assisted Prof. Dr. Mao-hsiung Hung.

Since 2006 Chang has been the Executive Secretary at the Centre for European Union Studies and an assistant professor at the Graduate Institute of European Studies at Tamkang University.^[3]

In 2008 Chang was awarded the Mercator Visiting Professorship for Political Management at the Universität Essen-Duisburg's NRW School of Governance. He gave both seminars and lectures at the university.^[1]

Chang was also a visiting Scholar at Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany, the Vice Secretary General of Chinese Homeland Security Research Association, Taiwan and “Global Vision” TV Program Host in Taiwan.

Disciplines and fields of research

Chang has worked in the following disciplines^[1][3]

• Common Foreign and Security Policy of the EU
• Justice and Home Affairs Cooperation in the EU
• Political System of the EU
• History and Figures of the EU
• EU Enlargement Policy
• European Union and European Integration
• Faces of the European Countries
• Journalistic Reading in German
• Tourism in German
• Events that Changed the World

and his research expertise lies within the areas of

• Common Foreign and Security Policy of the EU
• Political System of the EU
• Justice and Home Affairs Cooperation in the EU
• History and Figures of the EU
• EU Enlargement Polic
• International Terrorism
• International Security Issues

Publications

Changs publications include^[1]

• Chang, Fu-chang: Geschichte von Schweden und Norwegen, Taipei: San-MinVerlag, 2008. (Chinese Version, in publication)
• Chang, Fu-chang: Autonomie und Allianz—EU statt NATO für die Europäische Sicherheit?, Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlag, 2008.^[4]
• Chang, Fu-chang: Auf dem Weg zur Europäischen Union, Taipei: San-Min Verlag, 2002. (289 pages, chinesische version, ISBN 957-14-3469-8)
• Chang, Fu-chang: EU’s Counter-terrorism Strategy—Institution, Operation and Network, paper presented on the Conference „The EU Human Rights Policy“ on 19./20. October 2007, by the Institute of European and American Studies of Academia Sinica, in Taipei.
• Chang, Fu-chang: EU’s Galileo Program and its Implication for EU’s Global Role, paper presented on the Seminar „The Development of EU’s Galileo Program“ on 27. June 2007, by the Foundation on International and Cross-Strait Studies (FICS), in Taipei.
• Chang, Fu-chang: EU and Taiwan—Strategies of Improving the Mutual Relations, paper presented on the Seminar „2007 Taiwan and World Relations“ on 14. June 2007, by the Tamkang University, in Taipei.
• Chang, Fu-chang: 50 Years of the Rome Treaty, in: The China Times, 27.03.2007, p. A15.
• Chang, Fu-chang: The New Policy Instruments of ESDP—Five Circles of Neighborhood Policy, in: EUi Newsletter, Vol. 13, March 2007, pp. 12–16.
• Chang, Fu-chang: EU Enlargement and Security Challenge in Wider Black Sea Region, paper presented on the International Conference „EU’s 5th Enlargement: Challenge and Perspective“ on 19. December 2006, by the Tamkang University,, in Taipei.
• Chang, Fu-chang: EU as a Military Actor—The Role of the European Defence Agency, paper presented on the International Conference „European Constitution and European Integration“ on 10./11. November 2005, by the Tamkang University, in Taipei.
• Chang, Fu-chang/Hung, Mao-hsiung: Die Privatisierung der Staatlichen Unternehmen in Polen, in: East Asia Quarterly, Winter 1996, pp. 145–163.
• Chang, Fu-chang: Die RGW im Notstand, in: Hung, Mao-hsiung(Hrsg.): Das Neue Osteuropa, Taipei 1991, pp. 265–290.
• Chang, Fu-chang: Die wirtschaftliche Beziehung zwischen der EG und den Osteurop. Staaten: Vergangenheit, Gegenwart und Zukunft, in: Journal of Academic Studies, Herbst 1991, pp. 152–177.
• Chang, Fu-chang: Die Entwicklung und der Einfluß der demokratischen Reform in Osteuropa, in: Journal of Academic Studies, Herbst 1990, pp. 106–132.
• Chang, Fu-chang: Gorbatschow und die Demokratische Reform in Osteuropa, in: Issues & Studies, April 1990, pp. 45–58.

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