PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

Conferences Co-Organized:

1. International Conference on The Prospects and Challenges for China’s Twelfth Five-Year Plan, 27th-28thOctober 2011.
2. Annual Conference of Taiwan Association for Schools of Public Administration and Affairs, 25th-27th May 2012.
3. NCKU College of Social Science Nanying Forum, 18th December 2012
4. NCKU College of Social Science Nanying Forum, December 2013

Off-Campus Professional Service:

1. Mainland Affairs Council, ROC, Research Project Purchase Review Committee, 2012
2. National Academy of Civil Service, Research Project Executing Group, 2012-2013
3. Academia Sinica, Postdoctoral Research Fellow Employment Review Committee, 2013
4. Ministry of Science and Technology, Sponsored Literature of Humanities and Social Sciences: Cognitive Political Science Project Committee, 2013
5. Ministry of Education, Government Fellowship for Studying Abroad Review Committee, 2015
6. National Academy of Civil Service, Research Project Review Committee, 2016
7. Taiwan Comprehensive University System, 2016 United Undergraduate Transfer Admission Exam Board, 2016.

Academic Journal Reviewer:

1. Soochow Journal of Political Science, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
2. Journal of Electoral Studies, 2011, 2013, 2015
3. Journal of Public Affairs Review , 2012
4. Studies in the Humanities and Social Science, 2012
5. Journal Of Chang Jung Christian University, 2012 Taiwan Political Science Review, 2013
6. Taiwan Democracy Quarterly, 2013
7. Issues & Studies, 2015, 2016

Other:

1. Deputy Secretary General, Taiwan Association for Schools of Public Administration and Affairs, 2011. Host, Tainan City Government Project Focus Group Interview, 2012.
2. Conference Representative, Taiwan Foundation for Democracy, 2014.
3. Host, Department of Information and International Relations, Tainan City Government ProjectConference, 2015.

UNIVERSITY & DEPARTMENTAL SERVICE Member:

NCKU:

1. Student Grievances Committee (2011, 2012)
2. Transfer Admissions Review Committee (2013)
3. Student Reward and Disciplinary Committee (2016)
4. Campus Traffic Management Committee(2018)

College of Social Science:

1. Development &Space Management Committee (2013)
2. Committee of Library Resources and Equipment Management(2013)
3. Selection Committee for Outstanding Advisors (2015, 2018)
4. Selection Committee for Good Teaching Faculties (2016, 2018)
5. Representative of the Social Sciences College (2018)
6. Committee of College of Social Science Course(2018)

Department of Political Science:

1. International Students Admissions Committee (2010,2011), Exchange Students Admissions Committee (2010,2011) Introduction Editor Committee(2011, 2012)
2. English Environment Committee (2011, 2012)
3. Admissions Committee (2012, 2013 )
4. Transfer Admissions Review Committee (2012, 2013)
5. Selection Committee for Outstanding Advisors (2014, 2016,2018)
6. Selection Committee for Good Teaching Faculties (2014, 2015, 2016)
7. Academic Resource Management Committee (2014, 2016,2018)
8. Faculty Review Committee (2016,2018)
9. Library Resources and Equipment Management Committee (2015, 2016,2018)

Graduate Institute of Political Economy:

1. Institute Affairs Council& Curriculum Committee (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016)
2. Graduate Admissions Committee (2011, 2012, 2013)
3. International Students Admissions Committee(2011)
4. Scholarship Review Committee (2012, 2014)
5. Library Resources and Equipment Management Committee (2013, 2014)
6. Student Reward and Disciplinary Committee(2013, 2014)

Department of Political Science & Graduate Institute of Political Economy:

1. International Academic Exchange Committee (2011, 2012, ),
2. Committee of Library Resources and Equipment Management(2011, 2012)

REFEREED PAPER

1. Meng, Chih-Cheng. 2016.“Further integration or drifting apart? Uncovering the nature and influence of Taiwanese people’s self-identity under the circumstances of the current cross-strait exchange relationship,”Taiwanese Political Science Review 20(2). (in Chinese)
2. Meng, Chih-Cheng. 2016.” Cross-strait Relations and Domestic Political Development under the Competing Political Foundations of the Two Sides of the Strait,” Chinese Communist Studies 50(5):8-13. (in Chinese)
3. Meng, Chih-Cheng. 2016. “Writing in the Social Science,” The World of Chinese Language and Literature31(8): 36-43. (in Chinese)
4. Meng, Chih-Cheng., Yen-Chu Lu. 2015. “Revisit Taiwan Judicial Independence: An Empirical Analysis of Public Support and Institutional Counterbalance,” Taiwan Democracy Quarterly 12(4): 141-188. (in Chinese)
5. Meng, Chih-Cheng. 2014. “The Issue Effect of the “92 Consensus” on 2012 Taiwan Presidential Election: An Application and Empirical Assessment of Propensity Score Matching,” Journal of Electoral Studies21(1): 1-45. (in Chinese)
6. Meng, Chih-Cheng. 2014. “From ECFA to TPP: Taiwan’s Pathway to Regional Economic Integration in Asia,” Strategic and Security Analyses 84: 56-64. (in Chinese)

CONFERENCE PAPER

1. Meng, Chih-Cheng, Pei-Ju Wang. 2018. “Why do They Have Negative Attitude toward Mainland Chinese? An Integrated Threat Theory Analysis of the cross-Strait Relations”. Annual Meeting of 2018 International Society of Political Psychology , San Antonio, USA.

2. Meng, Chih-Cheng. 2017. “Exploring Taiwanese’s Contemporary Perception of Neighboring Countries: A Cognitive Balance Theory Perspective”. The 59th Annual Conference of American Association for Chinese Studies, Columbia, SC, USA.

3. Meng, Chih-Cheng. 2017. “Exploring the Neural Correlates between Electoral Voting and Candidate Facial Appearance”. 2017 American Political Science Association Political Psychology Pre-Conference, Berkeley, California, USA.

4. Meng, Chih-Cheng and Li-Chieh Chen. 2016. “Uncovering Philippine Overseas Employment Policy: A Rational Agency-Centered Execution Model”. 2016 Annual Conference on Southeast Asia Studies in Taiwan: The Politics of Transformation in Southeast Asia-- Towards A People-Centered Agenda, National Chengchi University, Taipei.

5. Meng, Chih-Cheng. 2016. “Exploring the Neural Basis of Electoral Politics: An fMRI Study on Candidat Appearance in Taiwan.” Annual Scientific Meeting of International Society of Political Psychology 2016, Warsaw, Poland.
6. Meng, Chih-Cheng. 2016. “Mapping the Taiwanese Electorate’s Evaluation of Political Figures in 2014 Local Election: A Multidimensional Scaling Analysis.” IPSA's 24th World Congress of Political Science.
7. Meng, Chih-Cheng. 2016. “The Independence of ROC? Re-exploring the Relation between National Identity and Independent Stance of Taiwanese.” International Conference on Public Opinion and Cross- Strait Relations, Taipei, Taiwan. (In Chinese).
8. Meng, Chih-Cheng.2016. “The Taiwan Domestic Political Development and Cross-Strait Relations under the Cross-Strait Political Gaming.” The Cross-Strait Relations after 520, held by National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan. (In Chinese).
9. Meng, Chih-Cheng, Yang, Hsiu-Wen. 2016. “Exploring the Civic Consciousness, Identity, Impression on China in the Cross-Strait Economic Relations.” The 2016 Civic Consciousness and Generation Justice Conference, held by Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan. (In Chinese).
10. Meng, Chih-Cheng. 2015. “Mapping the Taiwanese Electorate’s Evaluation of Political Figures in 2014 Local Election: A Multidimensional Scaling Analysis.” The 2015 Annual Conference of Taiwanese Political Science Association, Kinmen, Taiwan. (In Chinese).
11. Meng, Chih-Cheng, Chia-Hsuan Hsu. 2015. “The Two-Level Game of Taiwan’s Regional Trade Agreement Strategy: An Analysis of TIFA and ECFA.” The 2015 Annual Conference of Association of International Relations (R.O.C.), Tainan, Taiwan. (In Chinese).
12. Meng, Chih-Cheng, Hsin-Chih Lin. 2015. “The Generation Gap of Civic Consciousness and Political Participation.” The 2015 Civic Consciousness and Generation Justice Conference, held by Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan. (In Chinese).
13. Yang, Hsiu-Wen, Meng, Chih-Cheng. 2015. “Explore the Impact of Institutionalism on Political Trust by Multilevel Model: An Empirical Study on Eleven Asian Countries.” The 6th Semi-Presidentialism & Democracy Conference, National Chung Cheng University, Chiayi, Taiwan. (In Chinese).
14. Meng, Chih-Cheng. 2015. “Exploring Contemporary Perception of Taiwanese People towards Neighboring Countries: A Cognitive Balance Theory Perspective.” The 2015 Annual Conference Meeting of Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, USA. MOST 101-2420-H-004-034-MY4.
15. Meng, Chih-Cheng, Chun-Wei Chang. 2014. “Opportunity or Threat? Exploring the Psychological Basis of Taiwanese People’s Attitude toward Cross-Strait Relations.” The 2014 Annual Conference of Taiwanese Political Science Association, Taipei, Taiwan. (In Chinese).
16. Meng, Chih-Cheng, Li-Chieh Chen. 2014. “Uncovering Philippine Overseas Employment Policy: A Rational Agency-Centered Execution Model.” The 2014 International Conference on Asia-Pacific Studies, National Sun-Yat Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
17. Meng, Chih-Cheng, Yun-Chu Lung. 2014. “The Boundary of Hegemony: An Analysis on USA’s Power under the New Asian Order.” The 2014 Annual Conference of Association of International Relations (R.O.C.), Kaohsiung, Taiwan. (In Chinese).
18. Meng, Chih-Cheng, Yen-Chu Lu. 2014. “Revisit Taiwan Judicial Independence: An Empirical Analysis of Public Support and Institutional Counterbalance.” The 2014 Annual Conference of Chinese Association of Political Science, Taipei, Taiwan. (In Chinese).
19. Meng, Chih-Cheng. 2014. “Bringing the Party Back in: Re-examining the Cognitive Psychological Framework on Studying Candidate Appearance and Voting Choice.” Annual Scientific Meeting of International Society of Political Psychology 2014, Rome, Italy. MOST 103-2420-H-006-003-MY3.
20. Meng, Chih-Cheng, Chien-Yu Chang. 2014. “The Role of the Central Bank of the Republic of China: A Reexamination of the Central Bank Independence.” The 9th Conference on Globalization and Administrative Governance, 2014, Kainan University, Taoyuan, Taiwan. (In Chinese).
21. Meng, Chih-Cheng, Pin-Ru Pan. 2014. “Exploring Public Service Motivation Basis of Public Servants’ Integrity Cognition and Attitude: A Survey Analysis of Police in Tainan.” The 2014 Annual Conference of Taiwan Association for Schools of Public Administration and Affairs, New Taipei City, Taiwan. (In Chinese).
22. Meng, Chih-Cheng. 2014. “Exploring Contemporary Perception of Taiwanese People towards Neighboring Countries: A Cognitive Balance Theory Perspective.” 2014 International Conference on Taiwan’s Election and Democratization Study:Perspectives on Citizen Participation, Taipei, Taiwan. (In Chinese).
23. Meng, Chih-Cheng. 2013. “Analysis on the Taiwanese Identity in the Current Cross-Strait Relations.” The 2013 Annual Conference of Taiwanese Political Science Association, Kaohsiung. (In Chinese).
24. Meng, Chih-Cheng. 2013. “ Fears of Exchange Rate Volatility: Limitations of Welfare Spending in the Era of Globalization.” The 2013 Annual Conference of Chinese Association of Political Science, Taichung, Taiwan.
25. Meng, Chih-Cheng. 2013. “Exploring the Impact of Candidates’ Appearances on Voting Behavior from Cognitive Psychology Experimental Design.” The 2013 Annual Conference of Chinese Association of Political Science, Taichung, Taiwan. (In Chinese).
26. Chang, Chuan-Hsien, Chih-Cheng Meng. 2012. “The Application of Pseudo Panel Data: Voters on Taiwanese Identity.” 2012 International Conference on Taiwan’s Election and Democratization Study:Perspectives on Citizen Participation, Taipei, Taiwan. (In Chinese).
27. Meng, Chih-Cheng. 2012. “An Counterfactual Analysis on the Cross-Strait Relation Factor in 2012 Taiwan Presidential Election.” 2012 International Conference on Taiwan’s Election and DemocratizationStudy:Perspectives on Citizen Participation, Taipei, Taiwan. (In Chinese).
28. Meng, Chih-Cheng, Tzu-Hui Yang, Chun-Chia Kung. 2012. “The Impact of Binocular Rivalry on Visual Preference of Celebrities.” The 51th Annual Conference of Taiwanese Psychological Association, Taichung, Taiwan. (In Chinese).
29. Meng, Chih-Cheng, Yen-Ching Liu. 2012. “The Public Finance Revenue and Distributive Justice: A New Institutionalism Analysis on National Property Administration’s management.” The 2012 Annual Conference of Taiwan Association for Schools of Public Administration and Affairs, Tainan, Taiwan. (In Chinese).
30. Meng, Chih-Cheng. 2011. “The Economic and Trade Cooperation in East-Asia from lack of a Regional Monetary System.” The 2015 Annual Conference of Taiwanese Political Science Association, Taipei, Taiwan. (In Chinese).
31. Meng, Chih-Cheng (2011, Oct). Balancing Decision Autonomy and Economic Interest: Endogenized Exchange Rate Policymaking in East Asia. The 20th Taipei-Seoul Forum.
32. Meng, Chih-Cheng. 2011. “An Analysis on Taiwanese Identity and the Cross-Strait Relations.” The 2011 Annual Conference of Chinese Association of Political Science, Taichung, Taiwan.

OTHER PUBLICATION

1. Meng, Chih-Cheng. 2013. Governing Currency and Political Choice: Analytical Political Economy of Exchange Rate Policy in East Asia (ISBN: 978-3-659-31266-3). Saarbrücken, Germany: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing.
2. Chang, Chuan-Hsien, Chih-Cheng Meng. 2013. “The Application of Pseudo Panel Data: Voters on Taiwanese Identity.” 2012 International Conference on Taiwan’s Election and Democratization Study: Perspectives on Citizen Participation, Taipei, Taiwan: Wu-Nan Book Inc.

PROJECTS

1. Co-principal investigator, “Taiwan's Election and Democratization Study, 2009-2012(III): Telephone Interview of the Presidential and Legislative Elections, 2012 (TEDS2012-T),” (100-2420-H-002-030-), August 2011- October 2012.
2. Co-principal investigator, “2010 World Values Survey-Taiwan,” (100-2420-H-004-048-), October 2011- March 2013
3. Co-principal investigator, “Taiwan’s Election and Democratization Study (TEDS) and Comparative Study of Electoral Systems (CSES): the Application of Pseudo Panel Data, (100-2420-H-001-015-MY2), November 2011- October 2013.
4. Principal investigator, “Reexamination on Taiwanese/ Chinese Identity: Taiwanese Identity in the Cross-Strait Relations,” (101-2410-H-006-065-SS2), August 2012- July 2014.
5. Co-principal investigator, “Taiwan's Election and Democratization Study, 2012-2016(III): Telephone Interview and Internet Survey of the Presidential Satisfaction,” (101-2420-H-004-034-MY4), August 2012- July 2016.
6. Principal investigator, “Sponsored Literature of Humanities and Social Sciences: Cognitive Political Science,” (102-2420-H-006-012-2E2), June 2013- May 2015.
7. Principal investigator, Cognitive Factors in Taiwanese Voters’ Voting Behavior: Using fMRI Experimental Designs to Explore Impacts of Candidates’ Appearances on Voting,” (103-2420-H-006-003-MY3), January 2014- December 2016.
8. Research group member, “Taiwan Social Change Survey (Round 7, Year 2): Citizen and Role of Government,” (MOST104-2420-H-001-005-SS3), January 2015- December 2017.

HONORS AND AWARDS

1. Awarded NCKU “Good Teaching Faculties” in 2013 school year.
2. Awarded NCKU “Good Teaching Faculties” in 2015 school year.
3. Awarded NCKU “Outstanding Advisor” in 2012 school year.
4. Awarded NCKU “Outstanding Advisor” in 2013 school year.
5. Awarded NCKU “Outstanding Advisor” in 2015 school year.

INVITED PRESENTATIONS

1. Lecturer, Kaohsiung Municipal Girls' Senior High School: Research Method, 2010.
2. Speaker, Graduate Institute of National Policy and Public Affairs, NCHU, 2010.
3. Speaker, 2010 Tainan Public Diplomacy Forum, 2010.
4. Host, NCKU Nobel Forum, 2010.
5. Lecturer, Institute of Political Methodology (Taiwan), 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
6. Lecturer, Society, Humanity, Science Program of Ministry of Education Project: Neuro-Political Science, 2012.
7. Lecturer, National Tainan Girls’ Senior High School: Introduction of Political Science, 2013.
8. Speaker, Neuroscience and Social Science Workshop, Mind Research and Imaging Center, NCKU, 2013. Speaker, College of General Education, Chaoyang University of Technology, 2013. 1
9. Speaker, Department of Political Science, NCCU, 2013.
10. Speaker, NCKU Library Conference, 2014.
11. Speaker, National Academy of Civil Service Conference, 2014.
12. Speaker, National Chiayi University, 2014
13. Speaker, National Tainan Girls’ Senior High School: What is Political Science?, 2014.
14. Speaker, Department of Political Science, NCCU, 2014. 
15. Speaker, Taiwan Research Institute of Xiamen University, 2015.
16. Speaker, 2016 Taiwan Elections Conference: Implications for Taiwan & Cross-Strait Relations, Center of Asia Policy, National Tsing Hua University, 2015.
17. Speaker, Department of Political Science, Chinese Culture University, 2015.
18. Speaker, Department of Public Administration and Management, National University of Tainan, 2015.
19. Speaker, Department of Political Science, National Defense University, 2016.
20. Speaker, Harvard-MIT-BU Chinese Politics Research Workshop at the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies on November 29^th, 2017.
21. Speaker, Taipei Economy and Culture Office at Boston on June 22^nd , 2018.
22. Speaker, Dept. of East Asian Languages and Civilization, Harvard University, 2018.
23. Speaker, Harvard Chinese Culture Workshop at the Harvard University on March 1^st, 2018.