Chou Meng-Hsuan

Chou Meng-Hsuan serves as Associate Professor and Provost’s Chair in Public Policy and Global Affairs at Nanyang Technological University's School of Social Sciences, where she joined as a Nanyang Assistant Professor in 2013. Her academic career spans prestigious institutions including Princeton University, Waseda University, and the University of Oslo, with visiting positions at Stanford, SciencesPo, and Oxford.

Her educational foundation includes:

• Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, University of California, Berkeley
• Master of Arts in European Public Administration, Leiden University
• Master of Philosophy in European Politics and Society, University of Oxford
• Doctor of Philosophy in Politics and International Studies, University of Cambridge

Professor Chou's research examines state transformation through transnational policy cooperation, focusing on migration governance, academic mobility systems, higher education regionalisms in Asia/Europe, and food delivery policy impacts. Her work bridges Politics and Public Administration with Science and Technology Studies, emphasizing contemporary challenges in global talent competition and cross-border governance.

Her distinguished recognitions include:

• Fung Global Fellowship at Princeton (2018-2019)
• Japan Foundation Fellowship at Waseda University (2019-2020)
• Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Studies Writing Fellowship (2018)

At NTU, she teaches courses including Borderless Migration?, Food Politics and Policies, and Knowledge Politics while co-editing the Transnational Administration and Global Policy book series for Bristol University Press. Her leadership extends to coordinating international research networks on European studies and knowledge governance.