Malte Philipp Kaeding

Dr. Malte Philipp Kaeding is a Lecturer in International Politics at the University of Surrey, Guildford, England. He holds a Ph.D. from the Department of Government and International Studies (GIS) at Hong Kong Baptist University, with earlier studies at the University of Heidelberg, Sun Yat-sen University (Kaohsiung), Cheng Kung University (Tainan), and the University of Hong Kong. His research focuses on identity politics, elections, political marketing, democratization, and youth politics in the Greater China region. He is an Associate Fellow at the European Research Center on Contemporary Taiwan and a member of the Hong Kong Transition Project.

• Education:
• Ph.D., Government and International Studies, Hong Kong Baptist University
• Magister in Chinese Studies & Political Science, University of Heidelberg
• Studies at Sun Yat-sen University, Cheng Kung University, and University of Hong Kong
• Research Projects:
• PhD thesis: 'Identity Construction in Election Campaigns in Taiwan and Hong Kong'
• Hong Kong Transition Project (longitudinal analysis of Hong Kong's political evolution)
• Affiliations:
• University of Surrey (primary)
• European Research Center on Contemporary Taiwan (Associate Fellow)

His work explores identity construction in electoral contexts, comparing Taiwan and Hong Kong through content analysis of party platforms, campaign materials, and survey data. He investigates how political actors frame national and sub-national identities, with implications for democratic development in the region.