About
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Research
Research interests
- Globalization-security interconnections with reference to semiconductors
- Theory and practice of sovereignty
- Chinese foreign policy
- Taiwan-China relations
Current research
Problematic sovereignty on China's peripheral regions: Monique’s current research project draws insights from the works by Stephen D. Krasner to explore China’s sovereignty challenges in its peripheral regions. In June 2014, she won a research grant of €19, 315 for this proposed research undertaking from the Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange. In December 2014, she won the University of Southampton Annual Adventures in Research Award 2015 of GBP 9,980 to support her ongoing field trips for the research undertaking. In 2017, the CCK Foundation granted her €46,000 to support the next stage of her ongoing research project. This study will lead to several journal articles and a research monograph.
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Research groups
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Research interests
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Current research
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Research projects
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Publications
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Supervision
Current PhD Students
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Teaching
- Chinese Politics;
- China and Global Politics;
- International Relations Theories;
- Understanding Modern China;
- Crisis of the 21st century;
- The Book Club.
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Courses and modules
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External roles and responsibilities
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Biography
Dr Ming-chin Monique Chu is Lecturer in Chinese Politics, within Politics & International Relations at the University of Southampton. She is also Department Erasmus/Exchange coordinator.
She gained MPhil and PhD degrees in international relations from the University of Cambridge. Her research interests include the impact of globalization on security with reference to semiconductors as well as the theory and practice of sovereignty. Her first research monograph, The East Asian Computer UpdateChip War, builds further on her doctoral work and was published by Routledge in 2013. She has received teaching awards from the School of Oriental and African Studies and the University of Southampton. Her research projects have been funded by Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange as well as various university research awards. In March 2018, she was invited to give oral evidence on China’s Asian policies shedding light on British foreign policy in changed world conditions before the House of Lords International Relations Committee: https://www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/59a97dff-6978-4416-bb74-ddb4ac3c784a Monique has been invited to give talks about semiconductors and security at various think tanks in England, America and Asia. She has been interviewed by BBC World News, BBC World Service, NPR, ABC, TRT, Fuji Television Network, Radio France International, South China Morning Post, and Deutsche Welle on issues pertaining to semiconductors, Chinese politics, Chinese foreign policy as well as Cross-Strait relations.
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Prizes
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