Biography

Dr. Chen is an assistant professor, Graduate Institute of Future Studies ( GIFS), Tamkang University , the best private University at Taiwan and a fast-growing future-orientation educational institute in the pacific-Asian. Dr. Chen has lectured on under-gradated classes including Multicultural and Global Society, Peace Visions and Conflict Society, Minorities and Social Welfare, Trend and Forecasting Analysis, and Futures for Society and Environment. He also lectures the Quantitative Research Methods, Leisure and Consumer Culture, Development of Rural China for the master program of GIFS and China Studies.

Dr. Chen is the founding members of Taiwan Future Society (TFS) and still serves as the general-sectary. He has consulted as the PEACE Foundation of Taiwan and Human-Peace-Education collations that promote the human rights, peace and development issue by higher educational institutes on Taiwan . He also serves the committee board of Taiwan Rural Sociology Association that focuses and provides awareness on the poverty and inequality of rural areas after the globalization, i.e., the impact of WTO.

Dr. Chen is recently planning to organize two brand new programs at GIFS, including the program of Peace and Conflict, and the program of Future Leaders. He attempts to connect the government section and high-technology enterprises within futures studies. His background includes a Ph.D. from the Ohio State University and degrees in inequality and poverty, development and social change, population and rural studies, and quantitative research methods.