B.A.  1974-1978

Department of Germany, Tamkang University, Taipei, Taiwan
M.A.  1981-1984

Graduate Institute of European Studies, Tamkang University, Taipei, Taiwan
Ph. D.

1985-1992  Institute of Political and Management Science, University Konstanz, Germany

Visiting Professor (Oct. 2009 – Jul. 2010)

Department of Chinese and Korean Studies/ European Research Center on Contemporary Taiwan, University Tübingen

Professor (Aug. 2001 - present)

Graduate Institute of International Politics, National Chung-Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan

Associate Professor (Aug. 1998 - Jul. 2001)

Graduate Institute of International Politics, National Chung-Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan

Associate Research Fellow (Apr. 1997 - Jul. 1998)

Institute of European and American Studies, Academic Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
Assistant Research Fellow (May 1992 – Mar. 1997)

Institute of European and American Studies, Academic Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

Jan. 2007 – present

Vorsitzender des Vorstandes des Vereins der DAAD-Freunde Taiwan

Oct. 2005 – Jul. 2008

Dean of College of Social Science and Management, National Chung-Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan

Aug. 2001 – Jul. 2003

Director of Graduate Institute of International Politics, National Chung-Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan

Jan. 1997 – Jul. 1998

Executive Editor of “ A Journal of European and American Studies”, Institute of European and American Studies, Academic Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

Aug. 1993 – Dec. 1994

Library Director, Institute of European and American Studies, Academic Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

International Relations & International Politics

International Organizations

European Area Studies & European Union

Economic and Political Integration in Eastern Asia

Across the Taiwan Strait cooperation and conflict