Staff of the Centre of Taiwan Studies | SOAS, University of London

Robert F Ash

Director of the Centre of Taiwan Studies

China’s economic development in the 20th and 21st centuries (especially agricultural and rural change, demographic and employment issues, consumption and living standards); evolution of ‘Greater China’; economic development of Taiwan and cross-Strait economic relations

Tel: 020 7898 4525
Email: ra2@soas.ac.uk
Room: 267
Office Hours: By appointment

Dafydd Fell

Deputy Director of the Centre of Taiwan Studies

Contemporary Taiwanese Politics: Elections, Parties, Democratization

Tel: 020 7898 4206
Email: df2@soas.ac.uk
Room: 201
Office Hours: Wednesdays 2pm-3pm and by appointment

Ming-chin Monique Chu

Senior Teaching Fellow

Tel: 020 7898 4525
Email: mc80@soas.ac.uk
Room: 267
Office Hours: 2-3pm on Wednesdays or by appointment

Hardina Ohlendorf

Sociology of knowledge, area studies, construction of academic fields, nation building and identity politics

Tel: 020 7898 4746
Email: ho11@soas.ac.uk
Room: 207
Office Hours: 3:30-5:30 Mondays

Niki Alsford

Research Assistant in Taiwan Studies

Tel: 020 7898 4525
Email: na29@soas.ac.uk
Room: 267

Bi-Yu Chang

Research Associate

Cultural construction; identity politics; spatial construction and cartographic representation; nation building and nationalism in relation to Taiwan and China.

Tel: 020 7898 4206
Email: bc18@soas.ac.uk
Room: 204
Office Hours: Mon 2-3 (or by appointment)