2019 | Ph.D. in Sociology, EHESS – École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, France

2016 | M.A. in Cultural Mediation, Université Paris 3 – Sorbonne Nouvelle, France

2013 | M.A. in Journalism, National Chengchi University, Taiwan

2011 | B.A. in Communication and Technology, National Chiaotung University, Taiwan

📍Below is a list of my publications, grants, fellowships & awards, and invited talks—regularly updated to reflect my ongoing scholarly contributions. For an overview of my research interests and current projects, please visit the Project page.

(Last updated: October 22, 2025)

PUBLICATIONS

❶ Chen, W. P. (Ed.) (2023). Keywords in emotion and gender culture for generation Z. NYCU Press.
陳維平（主編）（2023）。《愛情必修學分：Z世代的情感和性別關鍵字》。陽明交通大學出版社。【博客來】【誠品】【TAAZE】【MOMO】

This book offers a structured approach with six in-depth lessons focusing on critical themes related to the nuanced landscape of emotion and gender culture among Generation Z in Taiwan.

❻ Chen, W. P. (in press). The entanglement of digital intimacy: Algorithmic logic, gender, and consumer culture on dating apps. Mass Communication Research.
陳維平（in press）。〈數位親密的多重糾葛：交友軟體的演算法、性別與消費文化〉，《新聞學研究》。[TSSCI; Tier 1]

❺ Chen, W. P.* & Lai, K. L. (2025). Gifting, gamification, and queer digital intimacy: Understanding live streaming affordances on Lespark. Information, Communication & Society. DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2025.2570736 [SSCI; Communication & Sociology, Top 10% in both fields (JCR)]

❹ Chen, W. P.* & Ku, C. C. (2025). Platformed femininities: Dual authenticity labor of women game streamers. Journal of Femininities. (published online ahead of print 2025). DOI: 10.1163/29501229-bja10025

❸ Lai, K. L. & Chen, W. P.* (2024). Aspirational labor and the construction of intimacy in the lesbian livestream community. The Journal of Information Society, 47, 29-68. DOI: 10.29843/JCCIS.202407_(47).0002
賴冠伶、陳維平*（2024）。〈女同志直播社群的想望型勞動與親密關係建構〉，《資訊社會研究》，47，29-68。[ISSN 1680-8428]【Airiti】

❷ Kuo, T. Y. & Chen, W. P.* (2024). Justifying mediated sexiness: The voices behind young women’s intimate images. Cultural Studies Quarterly, 185, 1-18.
郭姿妤、陳維平*（2024）。〈性感無罪、裸拍有理？私密影像下女性的聲音〉，《文化研究季刊》，185，1-18。[ISSN 2076-2755]【Airiti】

❶ Chen, W. P. (2024). Mediating gender norms through the ‘foodies’ culture as romantic emotions. Sociological Research Online, 29(4), 1036-1053. DOI: 10.1177/13607804241227113 [SSCI]

❷ Chen, W. P. (2023). Online sociality: Crafting the perfect match through technology-mediated love? In W. P. Chen (Ed.), Keywords for emotion and gender culture among generation Z (pp.85-118). NYCU Press.
陳維平（2023）。「網路交友：訂製完美情人？科技中介下的愛情」。載於陳維平（主編）《愛情必修學分：Z世代的情感和性別關鍵字》，頁85-118。陽明交通大學出版社。

❶ Chang, Y. P. & Chen, W. P. (2022). The gender trap in smart technologies. In W. C. Wang, Y. P. Lin, & L. R. Lin (Eds.), Digital literacy in the age of AI (pp.273-292). Wunan.
張玉佩、陳維平（2022）。「智慧科技下的性別陷阱」。載於王維菁、林玉鵬、王俐容（主編）《AI時代的數位傳播素養教育》，頁273-292。五南。

❼ Chen, W. P. (2025). Data rules [Review of Data rules: Reinventing the market economy by Cristina Alaimo and Jannis Kallinikos]. Mobile Media & Communication, 13(3), 528-529. DOI: 10.1177/20501579251317645 [SSCI] 

❻ Chen, W. P. (2025). Queer data studies [Review of Queer Data Studies by Patrick Keilty (Ed.)]. Journal of Gender Studies, 34(3), 459-464. DOI: 10.1080/09589236.2024.2372921 (First published online in 2024) [SSCI]

❺ Chen, W. P. (2024). Personal but not private [Review of Personal but not private: queer women, sexuality, and identity modulation on digital platforms by Stefanie Duguay]. Information, Communication & Society, 28(12), 2229-2230. DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2024.2396626 [SSCI]

❹ Casilli, A. & Chen, W. P.* (2022). Platform labor: Who makes algorithmic culture possible? The Journal of Information Society, 43, 1–18. DOI: 10.29843/JCCIS.202207_(43).0001 [ISSN 1680-8428]【Airiti】

❸ Chen, W. P. (2020). Review of Heading home: Motherhood, work, and the failed promise of equality by Shani Orgad. Sociological Research Online, 25(3), 529-530. DOI: 10.1177/1360780419888922 (First published online in 2019) [SSCI] 

❷ Chen, W. P. (2020). Belabored postfeminist wifedom [Review of Wife, Inc.: The business of marriage in the twenty-first century by Suzanne Leonard]. Cultural Studies, 34(3), 492-494. DOI: 10.1080/09502386.2019.1618357 [SSCI] 

❶ Chen, W. P. (2019). Review of Rated agency: Investee Politics in a speculative age by Michel Feher. Lateral: Journal of the Cultural Studies Association, 8(1). DOI: 10.25158/L8.1.17 [EBSCO; Online ISSN 2469–4053] 

GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS & AWARDS

❻ 2024 – 2027: The co-making of influencers: Exploring the value system of
algorithmic visibility. National Science and Technology Council Taiwan, NSTC 113-2410-H-A49-078-MY3 [PI] (一同作網紅：探索演算法能見度的價值系統／113年國科會專題研究計畫)

❺ 2024: Emotional publics in the age of platform algorithms: Gender and diversity perspectives (Higher Education SPROUT Project-NYCU-RCHSS), Ministry of Education, Taiwan [PI] (平台演算法下的情感公眾：性別與多元性的觀點／國立陽明交通大學人文與社會科學研究中心「以人為本的高科技生態圈：人文社會觀點的整合研究計畫」)

❹ 2023: Incubation Program for Early Career Faculty (Higher Education SPROUT Project-NYCU), Ministry of Education, Taiwan [PI]

❸ 2022 – 2024: Unpacking the black box of algorithmic emotions: A techno-feminist analysis. Ministry of Science and Technology Taiwan, MOST 111-2410-H-A49-045-MY2 [PI] (演算法作為情感文化的黑盒子：一個科技女性主義分析／111年科技部專題研究計畫)

❷ 2020 – 2022: Mobile dating, gender, and consumer culture: From emotional commodities to emotional subjectivities. Ministry of Science and Technology Taiwan, MOST 109-2410-H-009-058-MY2 [PI] (手機交友、性別與消費文化：從情感商品到情感主體／109年科技部專題研究計畫)

❶ 2010 – 2011: Alternative Media and Diaspora Identity: Vietnamese Bao Bon Phuong and Female Immigration in Taiwan. National Science Council Taiwan, NSC 99-2815-C-009-031-H [PI-Research scholarship for undergraduates]

❻ 2025: Incentive Program for Faculty and Research Fellows in International Research Excellence (113年教師及研究人員國際化研究成果獎勵), National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan

❺ 2020 – 2023: Reward Program for Recruiting Outstanding Scholars for Taiwanese Universities (109-111年延攬及留住特殊優秀人才獎勵), Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan

❹ 2019: Fellowship for the Leaders in Future Trends (LIFT) Program (Discipline: Culture and Technology), Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan (competitive)

❸ 2019: Fellowship for YSW, European Research Center on Contemporary Taiwan, University of Tübingen, Germany (competitive)

❷ 2018: Fellowship for the European Sociological Association PhD summer school, Fondation Maison de Science de l’Homme, France (competitive)

❶ 2017 – 2019: Doctoral excellence scholarship GSSA (Discipline: Sociology) (106年教育部留學獎學金-社會學門), Ministry of Education, Taiwan

❼ 2025: Gender Equity Course Incentive Award, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan – Awarded for developing and teaching the course “Technologies, Emotions, and Gender”

❻ 2024: Teaching Excellence Award (112年優良教學獎), National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan

❺ 2024: Grants offered to Courses That Inspire Students, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan – Awarded for developing and teaching the course “Audiences and Popular Culture”

❹ 2023: Teachers Communities: Innovative teaching group: Communication technologies and media literacy (Members: Y. S. Chen, T. Y. Wu, W. P. Chen), National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan

❸ 2023: Teaching Excellence Award in Service-Learning Course (111年優良服務學習教師獎), National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan

❷ 2022: Outstanding Mentor Award (110年績優導師獎), National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan

❶ 2021: Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, Advance HE, UK

ACADEMIC SERVICES

• 2025 – Present | Associate Managing Editor, The Journal of Information Society (《資訊社會研究》副執行編輯)
  

I also review grant proposals for the National Science and Technology Council, and serve as an ad hoc reviewer for SSCI and TSSCI journals, including Information, Communication & Society, Gender & Society, Sociological Research Online, Convergence, Television & New Media, Taiwan Journal of Communication Research (《台灣傳播學刊》), Mass Communication Research (《新聞學研究》), Journal of Social Sciences and Philosophy (《人文及社會科學集刊》), Journal of Communication Research and Practice (《傳播研究與實踐》), Formosa Journal of Mental Health (《中華心理衛生學刊》), and others.

INVITED TALKS

2025

• November 26 – “Digital Intimacy and Gender Positionality: Reflections on Fieldwork and Methods” – Lecture delivered as part of the Graduate Seminar on Gender and the Internet, Graduate Institute for Gender Studies, Shih Hsin University.
  〈數位親密與性別位置：研究場域與方法的一些反思〉，世新大學性別研究所「性別與網路研究專題」。
• October 23 – “Dating Apps x Feminism: Exploring Digital Intimacy” – Lecture delivered as part of the NSYSU General Education Course: Feminisms Thoughts, National Sun Yat-sen University.
  〈交友軟體 x 女性主義：探索數位親密〉，中山大學通識課程「女性主義思潮」。
• September 15 & 18 – “AI and Contemporary Intimacy” – Lecture delivered as part of the Exploring Humanities and Social Sciences through Online Elective Courses, supported by the Ministry of Education’s K-12 Education Administration, National Taipei University, online.
  〈AI與當代親密關係〉，教育部國民及學前教育署「高中人文及社會科學多元選修線上課程計畫：呼嚕呼嚕～輕鬆拿捏人文與社會科學」，臺北大學，線上。【Live-20250915】【Live-20250918】
• September 13 – “AI and intimate relationships”  – Guest lecture delivered as part of the AI Popular Science Outreach Project Lecture Series – Being Human: The Day We Coexist with AI hosted by the Center for the Advancement of Science Education (CASE), National Taiwan University.
  〈AI與親密關係〉，臺灣大學科學教育發展中心AI科普論述計畫系列講座「Being Human：AI與人共生的那一天」，臺灣大學，思亮館國際會議廳。【Live-20250913】
• May 14 – “Post-screening Talk on The Favourite: Who’s in Charge Here? Power Games, Female Gaze, and Queer Desires”  – Guest talk delivered as part of the 2025 NYCU Gender-Friendly Week: Don’t Trick Me Out of the Cave!, hosted by the Student Union (Chiaotung Branch), National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University.
  〈誰說了算？權力遊戲、女性凝視與酷兒慾望：電影《真寵》映後座談〉，2025交大性別友善週「不要騙我出山洞！」，陽明交通大學學生會交通分會，光復校區人社二館人文電影館。
• April 30 – “Reflections on Gender and Intimacy in a Tech-Mediated World”  – Guest lecture delivered as part of the core course Arete To-be, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University.
  〈那些我所在意的事：科技中的性別和親密日常〉，百川學士學位學程核心必修課「百川學堂」，陽明交通大學，光復校區綜合一館212教室。
• April 26 – “Freedom in Relationships”  – Guest lecture delivered as part of the Inter-University Reading Series on the stage play Bubbly Sunkeen Place, hosted by The Gluttons Assemblage, online.
  〈關係中的自由〉，饕餮劇集《泡泡色地帶》校園計畫 – 跨校共讀會，線上。
• April 19 – “Revisiting mediated intimacy: How technology and consumption shape emotional experiences”  – NSTC-RIHSS Interdisciplinary Forum – From Materiality to Sociality: Technology, Practice, and Mediation, Tunghai University.
  〈再探中介的親密關係：科技與消費如何共構情感體驗？〉，國科會人社中心跨領域論壇「從物質性到社會性: 科技、實踐、媒介」，東海大學，語文館208室。
• April 16–17 – “How did the ‘love-struck’ mindset take shape?”  – Lecture delivered as part of the Exploring Humanities and Social Sciences through Online Elective Courses, supported by the Ministry of Education’s K-12 Education Administration, National Taipei University, online.
  〈戀愛腦是怎麼來的？〉，教育部國民及學前教育署「高中人文及社會科學多元選修線上課程計畫：平凡生活的我，意外轉生成社會觀察員」，臺北大學，線上。【Live-20250416】【Live-20250417】
• April 13 – “Keywords in emotion and gender culture for Generation Z”  – TASC Professional Development Course, Taiwan Association of Sex Counseling.
  〈Z世代的情感和性別關鍵字〉，台灣性諮商學會推廣課程，台灣性諮商學會，線上。
• April 11 – “Exploring intimacy and gender among Generation Z: Understanding and dialogue”  – Faculty Development Seminar by the CJCU Counseling Center, Chang Jung Christian University.
  〈Z世代的親密關係與性別：如何理解，如何對話？〉，長榮大學諮商中心教職員輔導知能研習，長榮大學，第二教學大樓T20523。
  

2024

• March 18 – “Philogyny and Mediated Intimacies”  – Lecture delivered as part of the NCKU General Education Course: Gender and Society, National Cheng Kung University.
  〈愛女與網路交友〉，成功大學通識課程「性別與社會」，成功大學，企業管理學系系館62229教室。
  

2023

• May 17 – “Portrait de la jeune fille en feu: Love beyond boundaries”  – NYCU-Yiyi Film Festival, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University.
  〈燃燒女子的畫像：跨越制度的愛情〉，2023一一電影節，陽明交通大學一一電影俱樂部，浩然圖書館六樓討論室。
  
• May 7 – “Data culture: The interplay of technology and emotion”  – TFSA 30th Anniversary Online Forum: Mediated Intimacy, Taiwanese Feminist Scholars Association.
  〈數據文化：科技與情感的交織〉，女學30 線上論壇＿數位中介下親密關係的結／解，台灣女性學學會，線上。
  
• April 4 – “Online dating: Navigating complex emotional situations”  – GisneyLand Peer Support Workshop, Northern Taiwan LGBTQ+ Service Center.
  〈網路交友：常常暈船怎麼辦？〉，GisneyLand風城部屋同儕講座，台灣北區同志服務中心。
  

2022

• November 25 – “Gender and media literacy”  – TAIS Annual Conference Special Forum: Media Literacy in Contemporary Civic Education, National Chengchi University.
  〈性別與媒體素養〉，台灣資訊社會研究學會年會暨論文研討會：專題論壇－媒體素養在當代公民教育中的角色與實踐，政治大學，大勇樓417演講廳。
  
• March 22 – “Exploring media and consumer cultures in the digital age”  – Lecture delivered as part of the Interdisciplinary Lecture Series, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University.
  〈媒介消費文化〉，陽明交通大學音樂研究所跨域系列講座，陽明交通大學，中正堂B1音樂論壇空間。
  

2021

• April 26 – “Contemporary imaginaries of intimate relationships”  – Lecture delivered as part of the Humanities, Society, and Technology Lecture Series, supported by the Ministry of Education’s UFO Program, Kaohsiung Medical University.
  〈當代親密關係的想像〉，教育部人文社會與科技前瞻人才培育計畫系列講座，高雄醫學大學，勵學大樓4樓會議室。