Prof. Cherng-Tay (James) Hsueh

Professor of Sociology (Retired)
National Taiwan University

Taiwan

Major Achievements

Sociologist specializing in social stratification, education, marriage and family, and welfare demography.
Served as Minister without Portfolio of the Executive Yuan from 2009 to 2013.
Served as Commissioner of the Department of Social Welfare, Taipei City Government, from 2004 to 2006.
Former Chair of the Center for Population and Gender Studies at National Taiwan University.
Former Director of the Children and Family Research Center at National Taiwan University.

Hsueh, James Cherng-Tay. (2009). “Social Change and Social Policy in Taiwan: New Poverty, M-shaped Society and Policy Implications.” International Journal of Japanese Sociology, 18(1), 45–59.
Hsueh, Cherng-Tay. (2021). “Taiwan Population Changes in the New Century: Causes and Challenges.” In Industrial Development of Taiwan: Past, Present and Future.
薛承泰. (2020). 人口危機來了! [The Population Crisis Is Here!]. Taipei: Tonsan.
薛承泰. (2019). 霧中金馬，迷航台灣 [Kinmen and Matsu in the Fog, Taiwan Adrift]. Taipei: Vista.
薛承泰. (2016). 台灣人口大震盪 [Taiwan’s Population Upheaval]. Taipei: Commonwealth Publishing.

Period	Organization	Positation
1986–1992	University of Wisconsin–Madison, USA	Ph.D. in Sociology
1992–1997	National Taiwan University, Taiwan	Associate Professor of Sociology
1997–2021	National Taiwan University, Taiwan	Professor of Sociology
2004–2006	Taipei City Government, Taiwan	Commissioner, Department of Social Welfare
2007–2009	National Taiwan University, Taiwan	Chair, Center for Population and Gender Studies
2009–2013	Executive Yuan, Taiwan	Minister without Portfolio
-	National Taiwan University, Taiwan	Director, Children and Family Research Center