Graduate Institute of Public Affairs, NTU

Honors and Awards

• Best Journal Article Award, Taiwan Association of Schools of Public Administration and Affairs (TASPAA), 2019
• Grade A Research Grant, National Science Council (NSC), 2000

Journal Articles

1. Sun, W. (2024). The impact of Hakka bureaucrats’ representativeness on policy outcomes: A case study of Taoyuan City. Political Science Review, 102, 41–84.

2. Sun, W. (2022). Associative governance in outsourcing local ethnic cultural and art activities: The case of Taoyuan City. Taiwan Democracy Quarterly, 19(3), 87–130.

3. Sun, W. (2021). Polycentric governance in promoting urban neighborhood environmental conservation by voluntary community organizations. Taiwan Democracy Quarterly, 18(3), 99–145.

4. Sun, W. (2020). Governance models of participatory budgeting by grassroots bureaucrats in Taiwan: A case study of Taoyuan City. Political Science Review, 85, 139–178.

5. Sun, W. (2019). The impact of government-funded local ethnic nonprofits: Multiple case studies of Hakka associations. Taiwan Democracy Quarterly, 16(3), 113–154.

6. Sun, W. (2019). Public empowerment through deliberative citizen participation: Civic innovation in Taoyuan’s participatory budgeting. China Nonprofit Review, 23(1), 149–171.

7. Sun, W. (2018). Performance perceptions of local cultural outsourcing in Taiwan: Stakeholder views on Hakka festivals. Journal of Public Administration and Policy, 66, 1–38.

8. Sun, W., & Hsu, Y. H. (2017). Theoretical foundation and institutional design for ethnic impact assessment. Civil Service Quarterly, 9(4), 29–68.

9. Sun, W. (2016). Performance and competition in local social service outsourcing in Taiwan. Journal of Public Administration, 51, 1–33.

10. Sun, W., Huang, C. T., & Hsu, Y. H. (2016). Minority resource allocation policies: Theoretical foundations and cross-national experiences. Civil Service Quarterly, 8(3), 21–54.

11. Sun, W. (2014). Accountability structures in quasi-governmental organizational governance: Lessons from Taiwan’s public foundations. Fudan Public Administration Review, 11, 71–100.

12. Sun, W., & Hsiao, C. C. (2013). Institutional arrangements of hybrid public-private partnerships under globalization: The case of Taiwan. Political Science Review, 58, 109–138.

Book Chapters

1. Sun, W. (2023). Hakka ethnic identity in urban environmental conservation efforts by Hakka communities: Institutional analysis and development framework. In H. B. Chang & F. F. Tsai (Eds.), Dialogue between Hakka Studies and Ethnic Studies (pp. 197–237). Kaohsiung: Chuliu.

2. Sun, W. (2021). Bureaucratic politics model of participatory budgeting in Hakka villages: Local perceptions of street-level bureaucrats. In C. H. Chou (Ed.), Institutional Design and Hakka Development in Taiwan (pp. 69–98). Taipei: Wunan.

3. Sun, W. (2018). Contemporary Hakka public affairs: Meaning, scope, and prospects. In W. Sun (Ed.), Hakka Public Affairs (pp. 1–20). Taipei: Chih Sheng.

4. Sun, W. (2017). Research design and conceptual framework for collaborative governance between nonprofits and local governments. In C. T. Chiu & Y. C. Liu (Eds.), Nonprofit Organizations and Social Care (pp. 25–48). Taipei: Shang Ding.

5. Sun, W. (2016). Hybrid transformation of service-oriented nonprofit organizations in Taiwan: Crisis or opportunity for civil society? In Y. L. Wang (Ed.), Reflections and Prospects on Taiwan’s Democracy (pp. 223–252). Taipei: Taiwan Foundation for Democracy.

6. Sun, W. (2014). Contractual governance of local government social welfare services in Taiwan. In T. C. Su (Ed.), Trends and Challenges of Local Governance: Taiwan’s Experience (pp. 271–319). Taipei: Taiwan Foundation for Democracy.