Chong Chen

Academic Appointments

Tsinghua University, School of Social Sciences, Beijing, China

Associate Professor (untenured) of International Relations (December 2021 – Present)

Assistant Professor of International Relations (February 2020 – December 2021)

Education

Duke University, Durham, NC, United States

Ph.D., Political Science (December 2019)

Utah State University, Logan, UT, United States

M.S., Political Science (May 2015)

Nankai University, Tianjin, China

M.A., International Relations (June 2012)

B.A., International Politics (June 2010)

Research & Teaching Interests

Substantive: Interstate Conflict; Civil War; Political Violence; Conflict Management; Foreign Policy Analysis

Methodological: Applied Statistics; Geospatial/Network Analysis; Predictive Modeling

Research

Peer-reviewed Articles in English

Laia Balcells, Chong Chen, and Costantino Pischedda, “Do Birds of a Feather Flock Together? Rebel Constituencies and Civil War Alliances,” International Studies Quarterly, Vol.66, No.1, March 2022, sqab095, https://doi.org/10.1093/isq/sqab095.

Chong Chen, and Kyle Beardsley, “Once and Future Peacemakers: Continuity of Third-Party Involvement in Civil War Peace Processes?” International Peacekeeping, Vol. 28, No. 2, 2021, pp. 285-311.

Kaitlyn Webster, Priscilla Torres, Chong Chen, and Kyle Beardsley, “Ethnic and Gender Hierarchies in the Crucible of War,” International Studies Quarterly, Vol. 64, No. 3, 2020, pp. 710–722.

Kaitlyn Webster, Chong Chen, and Kyle Beardsley, “Conflict, Peace, and the Evolution of Women’s Empowerment,” International Organization, Vol. 73, No. 2, 2019, pp. 255-289.

Chong Chen, “Territorial Dispute Initiation by Weaker States,” The Chinese Journal of International Politics, Vol. 11, No. 3, 2018, pp. 339-372.

Peer-reviewed Articles in Chinese (selected)

Zhusong Yang, Chong Chen, and Jingxi Yang, “The Conditional Impact of the Belt and Road Initiative on National Governance,” World Economics and Politics (世界经济与政治), Forthcoming.

Chong Chen and Jingtian Hu, “Spatial Dependence and Armed Conflict Prediction,” Quarterly Journal of International Politics (国际政治科学), Forthcoming.

Chong Chen, “Explaining the Formation of Global Diplomatic Networks: New Evidence from Network Analysis of Large-scale Event Data,” Foreign Affairs Review (外交评论), Vol. 38, No. 4, 2021, pp. 120-154.

Chong Chen, “Armed Conflict and Women’s Empowerment: Evidence from Two Natural Experiments,” Journal of International Security Studies (国际安全研究), Vol. 39, No. 4, 2021, pp. 103-127.

Yao Wen, Mengying Xie, and Chong Chen, “Explaining the Wave of Foreign Participation in Chinese Belt and Road Initiative: Evidence from Spatial Analyses,” World Economics and Politics (世界经济与政治), No. 2, 2021, pp. 134-154.

Xun Pang and Chong Chen, “The Hirschman Effect of International Finance: How China’s Currency Swap Agreements Affect Foreign Policy Convergence,” World Economics and Politics (世界经济与政治), No. 6, 2020, pp. 132- 155.

Chong Chen, and Xun Pang, “Predicting the Timing and Location of Terrorist Attacks in Africa in the Age of Big Data: Combing GIS and Split Population Duration Models,” Foreign Affairs Review (外交评论), No. 2, 2020, pp. 121-154.

Chong Chen, “Rethinking Opportunity, Greed, Grievance and Internal Conflict: A Spatio-Temporal Analysis of African Political Violence,” World Economics and Politics (世界经济与政治), No. 8, 2018, pp. 94-127.

Op-Eds

Priscilla Torres, Katie Webster, Chong Chen, and Kyle Beardsley, “Might COVID-19 Upend Social Hierarchies?,” Political Violence at a Glance, September 30, 2020.

Presentations

Conferences

American Political Science Association (APSA) Annual Conference: 2017, 2019, 2020

International Studies Association (ISA) Annual Conference: 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019

Peace Science Society (International) Annual Conference: 2016, 2018

Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA) Annual Conference: 2014, 2015

Southern Political Science Association (SPSA) Annual Conference: 2015, 2018

The Association of Chinese Political Studies (ACPS) Annual Conference: 2017

ISA–West Annual Conference: 2014

Chinese Community of Political Science and International Studies (CCPSIS): 2010, 2011, 2012, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021

National Forum for Computational Social Science Annual Conference: 2020, 2021

Invited Talks & Workshops

Beijing Foreign Studies University, School of International Relations, November 20, 2021

University of International Business and Economics, School of International Relations, November 20, 2021

Sun Yat-Sen University, School of International Relations, November 3, 2021

Shanghai International Studies University, Shanghai Academy of Global Governance & Area Studies, October 16, 2021

Renmin University of China, School of International Studies, October 10, 2021

Nankai University, Department of International Relations, July 10-11, 2021

Shanghai International Studies University, Shanghai Academy of Global Governance & Area Studies, May 20, 2021

Beijing Foreign Studies University, School of International Organizations, May 13, 2021

Renmin University of China, Center for Data Science, April 22, 2021

Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Institute of World Economics and Politics, April 9, 2021

Renmin University of China, School of International Studies, March 20, 2021

Shanghai Institute for International Studies, March 4, 2021

Shanghai International Studies University, Shanghai Academy of Global Governance & Area Studies, December 5, 2020

Xi’an Jiaotong University, Department of Social Sciences Research, November 26, 2020

Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Institute of World Economics and Politics, November 21, 2020

Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, Institute of International Relations, November 6, 2020

Shanghai University of Political Science and Law, November 5, 2020

Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of International and Public Affairs, November 4, 2020

Tsinghua University, Tsinghua Computational Social Science Institute, May 28, 2020

Tsinghua University, Department of International Relations, December 20, 2018

Lanzhou University, School of Politics and International Relations, December 7, 2018

University of Pennsylvania, China and International Relations Graduate Research Workshop, November 3, 2018

Tsinghua University, Institute of International Relations, July 7, 2018

Nankai University, Department of International Relations, December 23, 2017

Grants, Fellowships & Awards

Tang Scholarship, Tsinghua University & Cyrus Tang Foundation (2022 – 2024)

Young Scholars Grant, National Social Science Fund of China, ¥200,000 RMB (2021–2023)

Start-Up Research Fund, Tsinghua University, 300,000 RMB (2020–2022)

Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad (2019–2020)

Graduate Fellowship, Duke University (2015–2020)

Travel Grant, ISA (2019)

Summer Research Fellowship, Graduate School, Duke University (2016–2019)

Bradley Fellow, The Bradley Foundation (2016–2018)

Conference Travel Award, Graduate School, Duke University (2017–2019)

Summer Fellowship to Visit University of Konstanz, Department of Political Science, Duke University (2017)

Travel Grant, ISA–West (2014)

Full Tuition Waiver Award & Graduate Assistantship, Utah State University (2013–2015)

RGS Graduate Student Travel Award, Utah State University (2013–2015)

Graduate Research and Projects Grant, Utah State University (2015)

The Prestage-Cook Travel Award, SPSA (2014)

Best B.A. Thesis Award, Nankai University (2010)

National Scholarship, Ministry of Education of China (2007–2009)

Teaching Experience

Instructor

Intro to Quantitative Methods in International Relations (Undergraduate-level), Tsinghua University

Introduction to International Security (Undergraduate-level), Tsinghua University

Spatial Analysis for Social Sciences with R (Graduate-level), Tsinghua University

Civil Wars (Graduate-level), Tsinghua University

Teaching Assistant

PS233: Nuclear Weapons, Duke University (Spring 2019)

PS146: Politics and Economics, Duke University (Spring 2018)

PS329S: Politics in Violence, Duke University (Fall 2017)

POLS 3000: Research Methods in Political Science, Utah State University (Fall 2014–Spring 2015)

Service

Department Service

Executive Director, International Relations Data and Computing Lab, Tsinghua University (2020 – Present)

Graduate Admissions Committee, Department of International Relations, Tsinghua University (2020–2021)

PhD Students Qualifying Examination Committee, Department of International Relations, Tsinghua University (2020–2021)

Faculty Committee, Graduate Conference in Social Sciences, Tsinghua University (2020)

Security, Peace, and Conflict Workshop Series, Student Organizer, Duke University (2018–2019)

Security, Peace, and Conflict Job Search Committee, Graduate Student Member, Duke University (2017–2018)

Disciplinary Service

Editor, The Chinese Journal of International Politics (2020 – Present)

Co-Organizer, Chinese Community of Political Science and International Studies (2021 – Present)

Co-Organizer & Host, Tsinghua Biannual Workshop on Empirical International Relations (2020 – Present)

Co-Organizer & Host, Tsinghua Annual Workshop on Innovations in International Relations Theory (2021 – Present)

Volunteer, The 59th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association (2018)

Discussant, The 18th Annual New Faces Conference of the Triangle Institute for Security Studies (2017)

Anonymous Reviewer for Chinese Journal of International Politics, Contemporary Asia-Pacific Studies, International Organization, International Peacekeeping, Journal of Conflict Resolution, Journal of International Security Studies, Quarterly Journal of International Politics, World Economics and Politics, World Politics Studies

Professional Membership

American Political Science Association

International Studies Association

Peace Science Society (International)

The Society for Political Methodology

Affiliations & Additional Academic Training

Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, Visiting Scholar (Summer 2018)

University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany, Visiting Scholar (Summer 2017)

ICPSR Summer Program in Quantitative Methods, University of Michigan–Ann Arbor, MI (Summer 2014)

Semester At Sea, Spring 2012 Voyage (105 Days, 12 Countries, and 25,000 Nautical Miles around the World)

Languages & Computer Skills

Languages: Chinese (native), English

Computer: R, STATA, SAS, SPSS, latex, Python, Git/GitHub, Gephi, ArcGIS, HTML

Last Updated: February 2022