Institute of Political Science at Academia Sinica

Carl K. Y. Shaw is a Distinguished Research Fellow at the Research Center for Humanities and Social Sciences, Academia Sinica, and a Professor in the Department of Political Science at National Taiwan University. He is a recipient of the Ministry of Education Academic Award, has twice received the Outstanding Research Award from the National Science Council, and was a Fulbright Exchange Scholar. Professor Shaw has served on the editorial boards of the American Political Science Review and the Taiwanese Journal of Political Science, as an Executive Committee member of the Taiwan Political Science Association, and as a board member of the Chinese Political Science Association.

His research interests lie in the history of political thought and contemporary political philosophy. His scholarly work has appeared in leading journals such as the American Political Science Review, History of Political Thought, and Politics, as well as in numerous TSSCI-indexed journals. He is the author of the acclaimed monographs History and Political Theories of Western Republicanism and Exploring Political Modernity: From Machiavelli to Yan Fu.

Professor Shaw′s current research focuses on the history of modern international political thought, examining the formation and transformation of international society since the Age of Discovery, as well as the political–juridical discourses that have emerged at both geopolitical and normative levels.