Shih-Chieh (Jeffery) Wang is a Ph.D. candidate in Political Science and Informatics at Indiana University Bloomington, where he is part of the NSF-funded Interdisciplinary Dual Ph.D. program in Complex Networks and Systems. His research bridges international relations and computational social science, focusing on how non-binding international institutions enable strategic cooperation through informal, networked alignments. His dissertation examines strategic alignments in non-binding IGOs through project-based co-sponsorship networks in APEC, using multi-level network analysis and temporal ERGMs (TERGMs) to analyze informal, issue-based coalitions.
Jeffery previously served as coordinator of the APEC SME Working Group for the Taiwanese government, experience that informs his current research and co-authored work on ISO standardization and legal institutions in climate-related human trafficking. His work is currently under review in Social Networks and political science journals. He has taught across both Political Science and Informatics, serving as instructor of record for Data Fluency and Politics of Global Governance, and as associate instructor for Analyzing Politics, Data Fluency, International Organizations, and Introduction to Informatics.
In Summer 2025, he was awarded a $30,000 Taiwanese Overseas Pioneers (TOP) Grant from the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) to support his dissertation research. He is also the recipient of a four-year, $188,000 fellowship from the Taiwanese Ministry of Education for his Ph.D. program. He holds an M.A. in International Relations from National Taiwan University (2010), where his thesis focused on gender and environmental security in the context of the Kyoto Protocol, and a B.A. in Political Science from Chinese Culture University (2006).
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