Curriculum Vitae

 

DR. CHRISTIAN ASPALTER (author/editor of nine books)

 

Brief Introduction

Dr. Aspalter has taught, or researched in Australia, Austria, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Korea (Australian National University, University of Linz, Shantou University, Fudan University, The University of Hong Kong, Chaoyang Univeristy of Technology, National Chi Nan University, Overseas Chinese Institute of Technology, Yonsei University, Seoul National University).

He specializes in welfare state comparison, welfare state theory, and social policy analysis in Asia, and worldwide. He has published 9 books, the most recent being "Neoliberalism and the Australian Welfare State" (Casa Verde, 2003). He also published a number of articles in international journals, such as "Population Policy in India" (International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, UK), "Politics and Its Impact on Social Policy in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Mainland China" (Social Policy Review, UK), and "Democratization and Welfare State Extension in Taiwan" (Welt Trends, University of Heidelberg, Germany).

He is chief editor of the Journal of Societal and Social Policy, and the Social Policy Times, and the director of the Research Center of Societal and Social Policy.

General Information

Academic Title: Dr. rer.soc.oec (Doctor in Economic and Social Sciences)

Citizenship: European Union - Austria

E-mail Address: [email protected]

Research Interests

1. WELFARE STATE THEORY

2. COMPARATIVE SOCIAL POLICY

3. COMPARATIVE SOCIAL POLICY (East Asia, Europe, ...)

4. THE POLITICS OF SOCIAL POLICY

5. GLOBALIZATION, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIAL WELFARE

Teaching Experience

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Social Welfare, SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, Korea, teaching graduate courses in social policy.

Assistant Professor, Dept. of International Trade, OCIT-Overseas Chinese Institute of Technology (Taiwan), teaching "Macro-Economics" (partly in Mandarin Chinese), 2003-02 to 2003-08.

Assistant Professor at the Dept. of Social Work at CHAOYANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (Taiwan: teaching courses in social policy, sociology, and social work (in Mandarin Chinese), 2002-02 to 2003-01.

Honorary Lecturer at the Dept. of Social Work and Social Administration, THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG (HKU), teaching for HKU's MA programs in Social Work and Social Service Management in cooperation with the Department of Sociology, FUDAN UNIVERSITY, SHANGHAI, China: teaching "Economic Analysis and Social Development", 2002-03 (in English and Mandarin Chinese).

Lecturer/Visiting Professor at the Institute of Public Policy and Administration of SHANTOU UNIVERSITY, Guangdong, China: teaching Chinese Social Policy, 2001-03 to 2001-06 (in Mandarin Chinese).

Lecturer, Dept. of Societal and Social Policy, JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY OF LINZ, Austria: teaching comparative social policy, 2000-03 to 2000-06 (in English).

 

Research Positions/Visiting Fellowships

Research Assistant at the Institute of Societal and Social Policy, JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY OF LINZ, Austria: conducting full-time research on welfare state systems in East Asia (sponsored by a grant of the National Bank of Austria, 1999-09 to 2000-08).

Visiting Fellow of the Graduate Program in Public Policy, AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, Canberra: conducting research on welfare state systems in international comparison, January to February, 2001.

Research trips abroad led me to: Taipei, Hong Kong, Stockholm, Lund, Berlin, Bonn, Nuernberg, Bruxelles, Paris, Florence, London, Bath, Bristol, Cardiff, Singapore, Bangkok, New Dehli, and Canberra.

 

Additional Positions

Chief editor of a worldwide, refereed journal, the "JOURNAL OF SOCIETAL AND SOCIAL POLICY ", ISSN 1681-2816; a tri-annual hardcopy journal, first published in December 2002.

Editor of the "ASIAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL POLICY", ISSN 1681-5874; a refereed biannual hardcopy journal, to be first published in 2005.

Editor of "SOCIAL POLICY TIMES", ISSN 1681-8334; a refereed bi-annual electronic journal/magazine, first published in November 2001.

Editor of "RCSSP RESEARCH PAPER SERIES", a refereed occasional research paper series, first published in November 2001.

Editor of "MODERN EAST ASIA", ISSN 1684-5218; a refereed bi-annual electronic journal/magazine, first published in November 2001.

Founder and Director of the internet-based RESEARCH CENTER ON SOCIETAL AND SOCIAL POLICY (website: www.rcssp.org).

 

University Education

1993-1997 Study of Social Economy at the University of Linz, Austria (receiving an MA degree in economic and social sciences). MA thesis in on "Structural Limits to Growth" (Department of Economics).

1997-1999 Doctoral Study in Economic and Social Sciences at the University of Linz, Austria (receiving a DOCTOR degree in economic and social sciences). Dissertation on "The Driving Forces Behind the Welfare State: Social Movements and Party Competition" (Institute of Societal and Social Policy).

Study Abroad: 1997-1999 exchange Ph.D. student at the Graduate Institute of Sociology at National Taiwan University, Taipei.

Languages

German, English, Mandarin Chinese, French, Spanish, and Italian.

List of Publications


CONTRIBUTED CHAPTERS IN BOOKS

Aspalter, C. (2001), "Südkorea und Taiwan: Eine Neue Aera der Konservativen Sozialpolitik (South Korea and Taiwan: A New Era of Conservative Social Policy)," in Johannes Jaeger et al. (eds), Sozialpolitik in der Peripherie, BRANDES & APSEL / SUEDWIND: Frankfurt a.M., GERMANY.

Aspalter, C. (2001), "The Taiwanese Economic Miracle: From Sugarcane to High Technology," in C. Aspalter (ed.), Understanding Modern Taiwan, Essays in Economics, Politics and Social Policy, ASHGATE: Aldershot, UK.

Aspalter, C. (2001), "On the Road to a Taiwanese Welfare State: Political Parties Capitalizing on the Issue of Social Welfare," in C. Aspalter (ed.), Understanding Modern Taiwan, Essays in Economics, Politics and Social Policy, ASHGATE: Aldershot, UK.

Aspalter, C. (2002), "Introduction," in C. Aspalter (ed.), Discovering the Welfare State in East Asia, PRAEGER: Westport, Connecticut, USA.

Aspalter, C. (2002), "Discovering Old and New Shores in Welfare State Theory," in C. Aspalter (ed.), Discovering the Welfare State in East Asia, PRAEGER: Westport, Connecticut, USA.

Aspalter, C. (2002), "The Hong Kong Way of Social Welfare: An NGO-based Welfare System," in C. Aspalter (ed.), Discovering the Welfare State in East Asia, PRAEGER: Westport, Connecticut, USA

Aspalter, C. (2002), "Singapore: A Welfare State in a Class by Itself," in C. Aspalter (ed.), Discovering the Welfare State in East Asia, PRAEGER: Westport, Connecticut, USA.

Aspalter, C. (2003), "Introduction," in C. Aspalter (ed.), Welfare Capitalism Around the World, Casa Verde, Hong Kong/Taipei.

Aspalter, C. and Lai On-kwok (2003), "Welfare Capitalism in Japan: Past Recent and Future Developments," in C. Aspalter (ed.), Welfare Capitalism Around the World, Casa Verde, Hong Kong/Taipei.

Low, Linda and Aspalter, C. (2003), "The Welfare State in Singapore: Welfare Without Redistribution," in C. Aspalter (ed.), Welfare Capitalism Around the World, Casa Verde, Hong Kong/Taipei.

Aspalter, C. (2003), "Marco Polo and the Future of Welfare State Analysis: An Introduction," in C. Aspalter (ed.), The Welfare State in Emerging-Market Economies: Case Studies from Latin America, Eastern-Central Europe, and Asia, Casa Verde, Hong Kong/Taipei.

Aspalter, C. (2003), "The Welfare State System in India," in C. Aspalter (ed.), The Welfare State in Emerging-Market Economies: Case Studies from Latin America, Eastern-Central Europe, and Asia, Casa Verde, Hong Kong/Taipei.

Chow, Nelson W.S. and Aspalter, C. (2003), "The Welfare State System in Mainland China: From Enterprise-Base to Insurance-Based Social Security," in C. Aspalter (ed.), The Welfare State in Emerging-Market Economies: Case Studies from Latin America, Eastern-Central Europe, and Asia, Casa Verde, Hong Kong/Taipei.

Aspalter, C. (2003), "Welfare Capitalism in Australia," in C. Aspalter (ed.), Neoliberalism and the Australian Welfare State, Casa Verde, Hong Kong/Taipei, forthcoming.

Aspalter, C. (2004), "The Demographic Challenge: Welfare States in East Asia," in Ngoh-Tiong Tan (ed.), Challenge for Social Care in Asia, forthcoming.

Aspalter, C. (2004, forthcoming), "Globalization and Worldwide Welfare Regimes," in Ngoh-Tiong Tan (ed.), Globalization, Social Policy, and Soical Work, forthcoming.

 

MONOGRAPHS

Aspalter, C. (2001), Importance of Christian and Social Democratic Movements in Welfare Politics: With Special Reference to Germany, Austria, and Sweden, NOVA SCIENCE: New York, USA.

Aspalter, C. (2001), Conservative Welfare State Systems in East Asia, PRAEGER: Westport, Connecticut, USA.

Aspalter, C. (2002), Democratization and Welfare State Development in Taiwan, ASHGATE: Aldershot, UK.

Aspalter, C. (2005), with Michael Opielka, A New Orientation for the Welfare State: The Defence and Development of Human Capital, Springer Verlag: Berlin/New York.

Aspalter, C. (2005), with Alan Walker and Chak-kie Wong, Dimensions of Welfare State Reform, forthcoming.

EDITED BOOKS

Aspalter, C. (2001), Understanding Modern Taiwan, Essays in Economics, Politics and Social Policy, ASHGATE: Aldershot, UK.

Aspalter, C. and Weidenholzer, J. (2001), Welfare State Development in East Asia, Sozialwissenschaftliche Vereinigung: Linz, Austria.

Aspalter, C. (2002), Discovering the Welfare State in East Asia, PRAEGER: Westport, Connecticut, USA.

Aspalter, C. (2003), Welfare Capitalism Around the World, Casa Verde, Hong Kong.

Aspalter, C. (2003), The Welfare State in Emerging-Market Economies: Case Studies from Latin America, Eastern-Central Europe, and Asia, Casa Verde, Hong Kong.

Aspalter, C. (2003), Neo-Liberalism and the Australian Welfare State, Casa Verde, Hong Kong.

Aspalter, C. (2005), Social Work in East Asia, forthcoming.

CONTRIBUTIONS TO JOURNALS/MAGAZINES

Aspalter, C. (1998), "The Importance of Social Policy in the 1997 County Commissioner and City Mayor Elections in Taiwan," in Aspalter C. and Schafferer C. (eds), The 1997 Local Elections in Taiwan, Cathay Skripten Nr. 9, Ruhr University of Bochum, Germany.

Aspalter, C. (2001), "Politics and Its Impact on Social Policy in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Mainland China," Social Policy Review, Vol. 13, pp. 157-79.

Aspalter, C. (2001), "HIV/AIDS in China," Social Policy Times, Vol. 1, No. 1, www.rcssp.org/spt.htm.

Aspalter, C. (2001), "On the Politics of Shedding Government's Welfare Responsibilities in Austria," Social Policy Times, Vol. 1, No. 1, www.rcssp.org/spt.htm .

Aspalter, C. (2001), "A New Generation Contract for Europe?," Social Policy Times, Vol. 1, No. 1, www.rcssp.org/spt.htm.

Aspalter, C. (2002), "Communal Riots in India: A Never-Ending Story?," Social Policy Times, Vol. 2, No. 1, www.rcssp.org/spt.htm.

Aspalter, C. (2002), "20th-Century Robin Hood: An Obsolete Legacy of the Past," Social Policy Times, Vol. 2, No. 1, www.rcssp.org/spt.htm.

Aspalter, C. (2002), "After China's WTO-Entry: Butchers Struggle for Economic Freedom," Social Policy Times, Vol. 2, No. 1, www.rcssp.org/spt.htm.

Aspalter, C. (2002), "Population Policy in India," International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy (UNITED KINGDOM), Vol. 22, No. 11, pp. 48-72.

Aspalter, C. (2003), "What Women Want: Policy Choices and the Women's Welfare Dilemma," Social Policy Times, Vol. 3, No. 1, www.rcssp.org/spt.htm.

Aspalter, C. (2003), "The Third Way: More Than 150 Years of Social Democratic Pragmatism," Social Policy Times, Vol. 3, No. 1, www.rcssp.org/spt.htm.

Aspalter, C. (2003), "Demokratisierung und wohlfahrtsstaatlicher Ausbau in Taiwan (Democratization and Welfare State Extension in Taiwan)," WeltTrends (University of Heidelberg, Germany), No. 39, pp. 76-88.

Aspalter, C. (2003), "The Australian Welfare State Model in Transition: A Gender-Perspective", Journal of Societal and Social Policy, Vol. 2, No. 2, August.

Aspalter, C. (2004), "In Pursuit of New Ideologies: Social Security in China and Chile Revisted, forthcoming.

WORKING, DISCUSSION AND RESEARCH PAPERS

Aspalter, C. (2000), "The State of the Art in Welfare State Theory," Arbeitsberichte zu Politik und Gesellschaft Nr. 5, Institute of Societal and Social Policy, J.K. UNIVERSITY OF LINZ, Austria.

Aspalter, C. (2000), "The Welfare State in Singapore," Arbeitsberichte zu Politik und Gesellschaft Nr. 5, Institute of Societal and Social Policy, J.K. UNIVERSITY OF LINZ, Austria.

Aspalter, C. (2001), "Different Worlds of Welfare Capitalism: Australia, the United States, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Germany, Italy, Hong Kong and Singapore," Graduate Program of Public Policy Discussion Paper Series No. 80, THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, Canberra, Australia.

Aspalter, C. (2001), "Identifying Variations of Conservative Social Policy in Northeast Asia: The Welfare State in Japan, South Korea, and Mainland China," Graduate Program of Public Policy Discussion Paper Series No. 81, THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, Canberra, Australia.

Aspalter, C. (2001), "Les Modeles Singuliers d'Etat-Providence: Singapour et Hong Kong (Alternative Models of the Welfare State: Singapore and Hong Kong)," RCSSP Research Paper Series, No. 1, www.rcssp.org/respapers.htm.

Aspalter, C. (2002), "Worlds of Welfare Capitalism: Examining Eight Different Models," RCSSP Research Paper Series, No. 6, www.rcssp.org/respapers.htm.

Aspalter, C. (2003), "Integrating the East Asian Experience into Welfare State Theory," RCSSP Research Paper Series, No. 8, www.rcssp.org/respapers.htm.

Aspalter, C. (2004), "Comparing Welfare State Development in Chile and China," RCSSP Research Paper Series, No. 9, www.rcssp.org/respapers.htm.

Aspalter, C. (2004), "Globalization and Welfare State Reform," RCSSP Research Paper Series, No. 11, www.rcssp.org/respapers.htm.

CONFERENCE PAPERS/LECTURES

Aspalter, C. (1998), Are Welfare States Comparable?, paper presented at a conference at the Graduate Institute of Sociology, NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY, May 2.

Aspalter, C. (1998), Christian Social Teachings in Germany and Austria, paper presented at a conference at the Graduate Institute of Sociology, NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY, May 3.

Aspalter, C. (2000), Social Policy in East Asia and Its Future: Taking the Examples of Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong and China, paper presented at the Social Policy Associaton Annual Conference, UNIVERSITY OF SURREY ROEHAMPTON, London, 18-20 July, 2000.

Aspalter, C. (2000), The Chinese Welfare State in International Comparison: A Comparison of Sweden, the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, Italy, Japan, Singapore and China, paper presented at a lecture at the Medical College of SHANTOU UNIVERSITY, Guangdong, China, October 25, 2000.

Aspalter, C. (2001), Welfare State Systems in China and Japan: Development and Challenges, paper presented at a conference on Welfare State Systems: Development and Challenges at JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY, NEW DEHLI, India, April 9-11, 2001.

Aspalter C. (2001), Towards a New Generation Contract in Austria, presented at a conference at NATIONAL PINGTUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, Neipu, Pingtung, Taiwan, October 24, 2001.

Aspalter, C. (2001), From Welfare State to Welfare Society?: The Contemporary and Future Austrian Experience, presented at a conference at CHAOYANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, Taichung County, Taiwan, October, 27, 2001.

Aspalter, C. (2001), Social Policy and Marginality in Three Chinese Societies: A Comparison of Hong Kong, Mainland China and Taiwan, presented at Centre for Social Policy Studies, THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY, November 16, 2001.

Aspalter, C. (2002), Modern Risk Society: Discussing the Theory of Ulrich Beck, lecture given at CHAOYANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, Taichung, May 20, 2002.

Aspalter C. (2002), Introduction to Niklas Luhmann's Theory of Social Systems, lecture given at CHAOYANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, Taichung, May 27, 2002.

Aspalter, C. (2002), Welfare State Comparison and Comparative Welfare State Theory, lecture given at NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY, Taipei, October 7, 2002.

Aspalter, C. (2002), Population Policy in India: A Welfare-Political Perspective, presented at the international conference ISSUES AND PROSPECTS OF THE WELFARE SOCIETY IN THE 21ST CENTURY - EXPERIENCE OF THE WEST AND EXPERIMENT OF THE EAST, Korean Academy of Social Welfare, at SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, Seoul, Korea, October 11-13, 2002.

Aspalter, C. (2002), In the Pursuit of New Ideologies: Social Security in China and Chile Revisted, paper presented at the international conference New World, New Economy, and New Social Policy, NATIONAL CHI NAN UNIVERSITY, October 29-30, 2002.

Aspalter, C. (2002), Population Policy and the Importance of Political Institutions, paper presented at the international conference Central and Local Authorities Social Services, NATIONAL PINGTUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, October 31, 2002.

Aspalter, C. (2002), Integrating the East Asian Experience into Welfare State Theory, paper presented at an international symposium at UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY, Berkeley, USA, December 11-13, 2002.

Aspalter, C. (2003), Comparing Welfare State Models: Status Quo and Ongoing Reforms, paper to be presented at an international conference at SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, Seoul, Korea, October 16.

Aspalter, C. (2003), E-Policy and E-Government: The Case of Social Policy, lecture given at an international conference at SUNG KYUN KWAN UNIVERSITY, Seoul, Korea, November 25-26.

Aspalter, C. (2004), Welfare State Reform in Europe, lecture given at the Graduate School of Public Administration, SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, Seoul, Korea, April 29.

Aspalter, C. (2004), Globalization and Social Welfare Policy: New Challenges for the Welfare State, lecture given at KYUNGPOOK NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, Taegu, Korea, May 3.

Aspalter, C. (2004), Globalization of Social Issues and Policy Making: Curriculum Review in Postgraduate Education in Social Policy, lecture given at an international conference at UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, May 26-27.

Aspalter, C. (2004), The Family and the Welfare State: Towards a Sustainable Future, keynote speech delivered at the conference on Family Problems and Social Welfare Policy, The Korean Academy of Social Welfare Policy, at THE UNIVERSITY OF SEOUL, Seoul, Korea, June 11.

BOOK REVIEWS

Aspalter, C. (2001), Conservative Welfare State Systems in East Asia (Christian Aspalter), Social Policy Times, Vol. 1, No. 1, www.rcssp.org/sptarchive.htm.

Aspalter, C. (2002), Discovering the Welfare State in East Asia (ed. by Christian Aspalter), Social Policy Times, Vol. 2, No. 1, www.rcssp.org/sptarchive.htm.

Aspalter, C. (2002), Democracy and Dictatorship in South Asia: Dominant Classes and Political Outcomes in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh (Robert W. Stern), Social Policy Times, Vol. 2, No. 1, www.rcssp.org/sptarchive.htm.

Aspalter, C. (2003), Democratization and Welfare State Development in Taiwan (ed. by Christian Aspalter), Social Policy Times, Vol. 3, No. 1, www.rcssp.org/spt.htm.

Aspalter, C. (2003), Vital Connections: Politics, Social Security and Inequality in Chile (Silvia Borzutzky), Social Policy Times, Vol. 3, No. 1, www.rcssp.org/spt.htm.

Aspalter, C. (2003), Japan's Economic Dilemma, The Institutional Origins of Prosperity and Stagnation (Bai Gao), in Sociology and Social Welfare.

Aspalter, C. (2003), Chinese Occupational Welfare in Market Transition (Lee Ming-kwan), in Journal of Societal and Social Policy, Vol. 2, No. 2, August.

Aspalter, C. (2003), Welfare Capitalism Around the World (ed. by Christian Aspalter), in Journal of Societal and Social Policy, Vol. 2, No. 2, August.

Aspalter, C. (2004), Why We Need a New Welfare State (by Gosta Esping-Andersen), in Journal of Societal and Social Policy, Vol. 3, No. 1, April.