312 Mingzhai Hall
Department of International Relations
School of Social Sciences
Tsinghua University
Beijing, 100084, China
Email: chongchen@tsinghua.edu.cn
Web: https://cc458.github.io/
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
Chong Chen, “The Contagion of Foreign Policy Change: Spatio-temporal Dynamics of Chinese Leadership Visits, 1978-2014” The Chinese Journal of International Politics, Vol.16, No. 2, 2023, DOI: 10.1093/ cjip/poad003.
Chong Chen, Jordan Roberts, Shikshya Adhikari, Victor Asal, Kyle Beardsley, Edward Gonzalez, Nakissa Jahanbani, Patrick James, Steven Lobell, Norrin M. Ripsman, Scott Silverstone, and Anne van Wijk, “Tipping Points: Chal- lenges in Analyzing International Crisis Escalation,” International Studies Review, Vol. 24, No. 3, 2022, viac024, DOI: 10.1093/isr/viac024.
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, DOI: 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)
Xiaoyu Si and Chong Chen, “Compositions of UN Troop Contributing Countries and Civilian Protection: Micro- Level Evidence from Peacekeeping Missions in Africa,” World Economics and Politics (世界经济与政治), No. 6, 2023, pp. 74-102.
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), No. 3, 2022, pp. 4-29 [Lead article].
Chong Chen and Jingtian Hu, “Spatial Dependence and Armed Conflict Prediction,” Quarterly Journal of International Politics (国际政治科学), No. 2, 2022, pp. 86-123.
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, 2021
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, 2022
National Forum for Computational Social Science Annual Conference: 2020, 2021
Invited Talks & Workshops
2023: Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of International and Public Affairs; Lanzhou University, School of Politics and International Relations (twice); Nanjing University, Centre for Asia-Pacific Development Studies; Sun Yat- Sen University, School of International Relations; University of International Business and Economics, School of International Relations
2022: Sun Yat-Sen University, School of International Relations(twice); Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Institute of World Economics and Politics (twice); Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of International and Public Affairs; Lanzhou University, School of Politics and International Relations (twice); Xi’an Jiaotong University, Center for Asia-Europe Studies; Fudan University, School of International Relations & Public Affairs; Nanjing University, Centre for Asia-Pacific Development Studies; Shanghai Institute for International Studies; Peking University, School of International Studies; Peking University, Center for Social Research
2021: Beijing Foreign Studies University, School of International Relations and Diplomacy; University of International Business and Economics, School of International Relations; Sun Yat-Sen University, School of International Rela- tions; Shanghai International Studies University (twice); Renmin University of China, School of International Stud- ies (twice); Nankai University, Department of International Relations; Beijing Foreign Studies University, School of International Organizations; Renmin University of China, Center for Data Science; Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Institute of World Economics and Politics; Shanghai Institute for International Studies
2020: Shanghai International Studies University; Xi’an Jiaotong University, Department of Social Sciences Research; Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Institute of World Economics and Politics; Shanghai Academy of Social Sci- ences, Institute of International Relations; Shanghai University of Political Science and Law; Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of International and Public Affairs; Tsinghua University, Tsinghua Computational Social Sci- ence Institute
2019 and earlier: Tsinghua University, Department of International Relations; Lanzhou University, School of Poli- tics and International Relations; University of Pennsylvania, China and International Relations Graduate Research Workshop; Nankai University, Department of International Relations
Grants, Fellowships & Awards
Initiative Scientific Research Program, Tsinghua University,¥160,000 RMB (2022–2023)
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 Undergraduate 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
University & Department Service
Faculty Advisor for Practice Education, Tsinghua University (2023–2026)
Executive Director, International Relations Data and Computing Lab, Tsinghua University (2020 – 2022)
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
Associate Editor, The Chinese Journal of International Politics (2022 – Present)
Youth Editorial Board, Asian Review of Political Economy (2023 – 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 American Political Science Review, International Organization, International Peacekeeping, Journal of Conflict Resolution, Conflict Management and Peace Science, Chinese Journal of International Politics, Con temporary Asia-Pacific Studies, Journal of International Security Studies, Quarterly Journal of International Politics, Pacific Journal, 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: June 2023
