I now fully recognize that I am an intellectual "fox" rather than a "hedgehog" (reference here), and has grown to be comfortable with this tendency.
Here are a few topics that I work on:
1) Since 2022, I have delved into the scholarly and policy discussion of "Just Transition" in Taiwan. I aim to contibute to policy development with rigorous social science research.
2) I examine market-based environmental policies by bringing together economic and environmental sociology. This line of work draws heavily from my multi-sited fieldwork in the carbon market during 2012 and 2013. I especially take materiality and cultural framings seriously as they do not receive enough scholarly attention. Lately, I have been involved in the policy discussions of Taiwan's carbon pricing scheme.
3) I am broadly interested in how people come to understand environmental issues and form their environmental perceptions. I like to think about how people interact with nature. From this starting point, I have analyzed environmental survey data, conducted content analysis of climate skeptics' publications, and examined college textbooks' coverage on climate change.
4) I have interests in gender and racial/ethnic inequality. I tried to explore this realm through using audit experiments in unique settings. This is mainly through collaborations.
5) I tried to use my sociological eyes to examine the things I like. With that, I am writing a paper about boba/bubble tea and Asian American idnetity, and another paper on how profession Go players respond to artificial intelligence.
Here are a few topics that I work on:
1) Since 2022, I have delved into the scholarly and policy discussion of "Just Transition" in Taiwan. I aim to contibute to policy development with rigorous social science research.
2) I examine market-based environmental policies by bringing together economic and environmental sociology. This line of work draws heavily from my multi-sited fieldwork in the carbon market during 2012 and 2013. I especially take materiality and cultural framings seriously as they do not receive enough scholarly attention. Lately, I have been involved in the policy discussions of Taiwan's carbon pricing scheme.
3) I am broadly interested in how people come to understand environmental issues and form their environmental perceptions. I like to think about how people interact with nature. From this starting point, I have analyzed environmental survey data, conducted content analysis of climate skeptics' publications, and examined college textbooks' coverage on climate change.
4) I have interests in gender and racial/ethnic inequality. I tried to explore this realm through using audit experiments in unique settings. This is mainly through collaborations.
5) I tried to use my sociological eyes to examine the things I like. With that, I am writing a paper about boba/bubble tea and Asian American idnetity, and another paper on how profession Go players respond to artificial intelligence.
Publication
Journal Articles († Graduate Student Co-Author *Undergraduate Co-Author)
19. John Chung-En Liu. 2023. Understanding China’s Public Opinion on Climate Change: Evidence from two national surveys. PLOS Climate. Forthcoming
18. Prakash Kashwan, John Chung-En Liu, Jahnnabi Das. 2022. “Climate nationalisms: Beyond the binaries of good and bad nationalism” WIREs Climate Change. Forthcoming
17. John Chung-En Liu and Chia-Wei Chao. 2022. “Equal Rights for Gasoline and Electricity? The Dismantling of Fossil Fuel Vehicle Phase-out Policy in Taiwan” Energy Research & Social Science 89:102571
16. Sara Newland and John Chung-En Liu. 2021. “Ethnic Identity and Local Government Responsiveness in Taiwan” Governance 34(3):875-892
15. Yao-Tai Li and John Chung-En Liu. 2021. “Auditing ethnic preference in Hong Kong’s financial job market: The mediation of white privilege and Hong Kong localism” International Sociology 36(1):71-90
14. Yao-Tai Li and John Chung-En Liu. 2021. “Hong Kong, Add Oil!': Examining Post-it Notes on the Lennon Walls in the 2019 Hong Kong Anti-extradition Bill Movement” in Contexts 20(1):68-69
13. Yating Chuang and John Chung-En Liu. 2020. “Who wears a mask? Gender differences in risk behaviors in the COVID- 19 early days in Taiwan” Economics Bulletin 40(4): 2619-2627
11. John Chung-En Liu, Brandon Gertz*, and Naomi Newman* 2019. “Shark Fin Bans in the United States: Animal Welfare, Cultural, and Policy Considerations” August 2019 Case Studies in the Environment (link)
10. John Chung-En Liu and Andrew Szasz 2019. “Now is the Time to Add More Sociology of Climate Change to Our Introduction to Sociology Courses” Teaching Sociology 47(4) 273–283 (link)
9. John Chung-En Liu, Yoram Bauman, and Yating Chuang 2019. “Climate Change and Economics 101: Teaching the Greatest Market Failure” Sustainability 11(5), 1340 (link)
8. John Chung-En Liu, Huijing Huang*, and Jingyi Ma* 2019. “Understanding China’s Environmental Challenges: Lessons from Documentaries” Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences 9(2) 151-158
7. John Zinda, Yifei Li, and John Chung-En Liu 2018. “China's Summons for Environmental Sociology.” Current Sociology 66(6): 867-885
6. John Chung-En Liu 2017. “Pacifying Uncooperative Carbon: Examining the Materiality of the Carbon Market” Economy and Society 46(3-4): 522-544
5. Jesse Turiel, Iza Ding, and John Chung-En Liu. 2017. “Environmental Governance in China: State, Society, and Market” Brill Research Perspectives in Governance and Public Policy in China 1(2): 1–67 (link)
4. John Chung-En Liu and Bo Zhao 2017. “Who Speaks for Climate Change in China? Evidence from Weibo.” Climatic Change, 140(3):413–422
3. John Chung-En Liu 2015. “Low Carbon Plot: Climate Change Skepticism with Chinese Characteristics.” Environmental Sociology, 1(4): 280-292 (Full-Text PDF)
2. John Chung-En Liu and Anthony Leiserowitz 2009. “From Red to Green? Environmental Attitudes and Behavior in Urban China.” Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development, 51(4): 32-45. (Full-Text PDF)
1. Chieh-Yang Hsieh, Sung-Pei Tsai, Ming-Hwa Ho, Da-Ming Wang, Chung-En Liu, Cheng-Hsuan Hsieh, Hsien-Chung Tseng and Hsyue-Jen Hsieh. 2007. “Analysis of Freeze-Gelation and Cross-Linking Processes for Preparing Porous Chitosan Scaffolds.” Carbohydrate Polymers, 67(1), 124-132.
Book Chapters and Policy Reports
4. John Chung-En Liu and Mark Cooper. 2020. “Carbon Markets and International Climate Governance” Vol.2, pp.267-284. Bell, Michael, et al., eds. The Cambridge Handbook of Environmental Sociology. Cambridge University Press
3. John Chung-En Liu “Saving the Environment” 2017. pp.275-293 in Sociology in Action. Ed. Kathleen Korgen and Maxine Atkinson. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
- Chapter updated in the 2nd edution in 2019
2. John Chung-En Liu and Michael Mayerfeld Bell. “Environmental Sociology.” pp.435-444 in Cambridge Handbook of Sociology ed. Korgen, Kathleen. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press
1. John Chung-En Liu 2016. “Assembling China’s Carbon Markets: the Carbons, the Business, and the Marginalized.” Harvard Kennedy School Ash Center Policy Brief (link)
19. John Chung-En Liu. 2023. Understanding China’s Public Opinion on Climate Change: Evidence from two national surveys. PLOS Climate. Forthcoming
18. Prakash Kashwan, John Chung-En Liu, Jahnnabi Das. 2022. “Climate nationalisms: Beyond the binaries of good and bad nationalism” WIREs Climate Change. Forthcoming
17. John Chung-En Liu and Chia-Wei Chao. 2022. “Equal Rights for Gasoline and Electricity? The Dismantling of Fossil Fuel Vehicle Phase-out Policy in Taiwan” Energy Research & Social Science 89:102571
16. Sara Newland and John Chung-En Liu. 2021. “Ethnic Identity and Local Government Responsiveness in Taiwan” Governance 34(3):875-892
15. Yao-Tai Li and John Chung-En Liu. 2021. “Auditing ethnic preference in Hong Kong’s financial job market: The mediation of white privilege and Hong Kong localism” International Sociology 36(1):71-90
14. Yao-Tai Li and John Chung-En Liu. 2021. “Hong Kong, Add Oil!': Examining Post-it Notes on the Lennon Walls in the 2019 Hong Kong Anti-extradition Bill Movement” in Contexts 20(1):68-69
13. Yating Chuang and John Chung-En Liu. 2020. “Who wears a mask? Gender differences in risk behaviors in the COVID- 19 early days in Taiwan” Economics Bulletin 40(4): 2619-2627
- Featured in United Daily News, GTV, CTi News, GTV
11. John Chung-En Liu, Brandon Gertz*, and Naomi Newman* 2019. “Shark Fin Bans in the United States: Animal Welfare, Cultural, and Policy Considerations” August 2019 Case Studies in the Environment (link)
10. John Chung-En Liu and Andrew Szasz 2019. “Now is the Time to Add More Sociology of Climate Change to Our Introduction to Sociology Courses” Teaching Sociology 47(4) 273–283 (link)
- Featured in the Society Pages, The News Lens, Taiwan Street Corner Sociology
9. John Chung-En Liu, Yoram Bauman, and Yating Chuang 2019. “Climate Change and Economics 101: Teaching the Greatest Market Failure” Sustainability 11(5), 1340 (link)
8. John Chung-En Liu, Huijing Huang*, and Jingyi Ma* 2019. “Understanding China’s Environmental Challenges: Lessons from Documentaries” Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences 9(2) 151-158
7. John Zinda, Yifei Li, and John Chung-En Liu 2018. “China's Summons for Environmental Sociology.” Current Sociology 66(6): 867-885
6. John Chung-En Liu 2017. “Pacifying Uncooperative Carbon: Examining the Materiality of the Carbon Market” Economy and Society 46(3-4): 522-544
5. Jesse Turiel, Iza Ding, and John Chung-En Liu. 2017. “Environmental Governance in China: State, Society, and Market” Brill Research Perspectives in Governance and Public Policy in China 1(2): 1–67 (link)
4. John Chung-En Liu and Bo Zhao 2017. “Who Speaks for Climate Change in China? Evidence from Weibo.” Climatic Change, 140(3):413–422
3. John Chung-En Liu 2015. “Low Carbon Plot: Climate Change Skepticism with Chinese Characteristics.” Environmental Sociology, 1(4): 280-292 (Full-Text PDF)
- featured as a research highlight on Nature Climate Change in July 2015 as "Aggrieved China."
- featured in PRI's story "China has climate change deniers, too. But they’re mostly shunned."
- featured in Foreign Policy's story "The Convenient Disappearance of Climate Change Denial in China" in May 2017.
2. John Chung-En Liu and Anthony Leiserowitz 2009. “From Red to Green? Environmental Attitudes and Behavior in Urban China.” Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development, 51(4): 32-45. (Full-Text PDF)
1. Chieh-Yang Hsieh, Sung-Pei Tsai, Ming-Hwa Ho, Da-Ming Wang, Chung-En Liu, Cheng-Hsuan Hsieh, Hsien-Chung Tseng and Hsyue-Jen Hsieh. 2007. “Analysis of Freeze-Gelation and Cross-Linking Processes for Preparing Porous Chitosan Scaffolds.” Carbohydrate Polymers, 67(1), 124-132.
Book Chapters and Policy Reports
4. John Chung-En Liu and Mark Cooper. 2020. “Carbon Markets and International Climate Governance” Vol.2, pp.267-284. Bell, Michael, et al., eds. The Cambridge Handbook of Environmental Sociology. Cambridge University Press
3. John Chung-En Liu “Saving the Environment” 2017. pp.275-293 in Sociology in Action. Ed. Kathleen Korgen and Maxine Atkinson. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
- Chapter updated in the 2nd edution in 2019
2. John Chung-En Liu and Michael Mayerfeld Bell. “Environmental Sociology.” pp.435-444 in Cambridge Handbook of Sociology ed. Korgen, Kathleen. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press
1. John Chung-En Liu 2016. “Assembling China’s Carbon Markets: the Carbons, the Business, and the Marginalized.” Harvard Kennedy School Ash Center Policy Brief (link)