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Dafydd J. Fell (born 14 May 1970) is a Britishpolitical scientist who has written extensively onpolitics of Taiwan. He is aprofessor incomparative politics and the director of the Center of Taiwan Studies (CTS) at theSchool of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS),University of London.^[1][2] Fell is the convenor of theMATaiwan Studies programme of the SOAS. Under his direction, this school's Taiwan-related courses, conferences and publications on Taiwan increased.^[3] He is the book series editor for theRoutledge Research on Taiwan Series^[4] and an editor ofInternational Journal of Taiwan Studies.^[5]

In 1992, Fell graduated from theUniversity of Leeds with abachelor's degree inChinese Studies. When he was an undergraduate, from 1989 to 1990, Fell learnedChinese language atNational Chengchi University inTaipei, Taiwan.^[6] After graduating, he spent most of the 1990s working inTaiwan.

In 1999, Fell joined the SOAS Politics Department as adoctoral student and has been teaching there since 2003.

From 2003 to 2012, Fell was asenior lecturer.

In 2004, Fell participated in establishing the European Association of Taiwan Studies.^[4]

From 2012 to 2022, he was aReader.

Since September 2022, he has been a professor.

Fell has aChinese name, 羅達菲 (Luo Dafei).^[7]

• Party Politics in Taiwan (Routledge, 2005)
• Government and Politics in Taiwan (Routledge, 2011)
• Government and Politics in Taiwan, Second Edition. (Routledge, 2018)
• Taiwan's Green Parties (Routledge 2021)^[8]

• What Has Changed? Taiwan Before and After the Change in Ruling Parties (2006)
• Politics of Modern Taiwan (2008)
• Migration to and From Taiwan (2014)
• Taiwan's Social Movements under Ma Ying-jeou (2017)
• Taiwan Studies Revisited (2019)
• Taiwan's Economic and Diplomatic Challenges and Opportunities (2021)
• Taiwan's Contemporary Indigenous Peoples(2021)

Fell has published numerous articles on academic journals such asAmerican Journal of Chinese Studies, Asian Journal of Political Science,Asian Politics and Policy,Asian Survey,Harvard Asia Pacific Review,International Migration,Journal of Current Chinese Affairs,Journal of East Asian Studies,Parliamentary Affairs,Taiwan Journal of Democracy andThe China Quarterly.

Selected Articles

• Fell, D. (2016). "Small Parties in Taiwan's 2016 National Elections: A Limited Breakthrough?".American Journal of Chinese Studies, 23(1), 41–58.
• Fell, D., & Cheng, I. (2014). "The Change of Ruling Parties and Taiwan's Claim to Multiculturalism before and after 2008".Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, 43(3), 71–103.
• Fell, D. (2010). "Taiwan's Democracy: Towards a Liberal Democracy or Authoritarianism?".Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, 39(2), 187–201.
• Fell, D. (2006). "Democratisation of Candidate Selection in Taiwanese Political Parties".Journal of Electoral Studies, 13(2), 167–198.
• Fell, D. (2005)."Political and Media Liberalization and Political Corruption in Taiwan"(PDF).The China Quarterly.184: 893. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 2024-09-15 – via SOAS Research Online.

• Dafydd Fell's profile fromSOAS University of London.

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