Hans H. Tung
@hanshtung.bsky.social
Political economy, political communication; University Excelsior Chair Professor, Yageo Prof of Political Economy/Associate Dean, School of Political Science and Economics @NTU_TW; formerly @Harvard
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As a member of this community, I believe that studying ourselves is essential to recognizing our blind spots, correcting our biases, and improving the quality of our scholarship.
November 7, 2025 at 2:05 PM
As a member of this community, I believe that studying ourselves is essential to recognizing our blind spots, correcting our biases, and improving the quality of our scholarship.
I’m especially thankful to colleagues in the China studies community around the world who generously responded to our requests and made this research possible.
November 7, 2025 at 2:05 PM
I’m especially thankful to colleagues in the China studies community around the world who generously responded to our requests and made this research possible.
I was honored to be photographed with KDF President Lee Jae-oh, former Minister for Government Legislation and Special Affairs and a longtime democracy advocate who was once imprisoned in the facility that now houses the National Museum of Korean Democracy.
November 2, 2025 at 12:31 PM
I was honored to be photographed with KDF President Lee Jae-oh, former Minister for Government Legislation and Special Affairs and a longtime democracy advocate who was once imprisoned in the facility that now houses the National Museum of Korean Democracy.
The results are robust to alternative modeling assumptions and yield clear, testable empirical implications. It also opens the door to reexamining the responsiveness–stability nexus in authoritarian regimes. The paper can be accessed here:
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When State Concessions Backfire: Information Cascades, Protest Mobilization, and Authoritarian Survival
Do a dictator's concessions demobilize protests or instead fuel mobilization that threatens regime survival? To address this question, we develop a two-period m
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October 26, 2025 at 1:22 AM
The results are robust to alternative modeling assumptions and yield clear, testable empirical implications. It also opens the door to reexamining the responsiveness–stability nexus in authoritarian regimes. The paper can be accessed here:
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
My special thanks to Danny Quah for the kind recommendation to Dr Mohan. This experience also reminds me of the importance of balancing my academic work with a stronger policy engagement. (Pretty impressive—they handed me a framed photo of myself speaking right after the panel!)
October 3, 2025 at 12:06 PM
My special thanks to Danny Quah for the kind recommendation to Dr Mohan. This experience also reminds me of the importance of balancing my academic work with a stronger policy engagement. (Pretty impressive—they handed me a framed photo of myself speaking right after the panel!)
Thank you, Haakon! This should allow me to visit Oslo again soon. I am still working on that Taipei conference I told you about and will keep you posted!
September 29, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Thank you, Haakon! This should allow me to visit Oslo again soon. I am still working on that Taipei conference I told you about and will keep you posted!
I’m thrilled to be part of this fantastic team and to push my work on authoritarian politics into new territory—especially tackling the urgent problems of AI-powered authoritarianism!
September 27, 2025 at 8:52 AM
I’m thrilled to be part of this fantastic team and to push my work on authoritarian politics into new territory—especially tackling the urgent problems of AI-powered authoritarianism!
In addition to deriving conditions under which the commitment problem may or may not be present, we also provide some empirical strategies for applied researchers on public opinion to deal with potential biases due to self-censorship.
February 3, 2025 at 3:55 PM
In addition to deriving conditions under which the commitment problem may or may not be present, we also provide some empirical strategies for applied researchers on public opinion to deal with potential biases due to self-censorship.
Through a formal model, we problematize in this paper the dictator's commitment to media freedom as an information collecting strategy and self-censorship among media outlets under dictatorships.
February 3, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Through a formal model, we problematize in this paper the dictator's commitment to media freedom as an information collecting strategy and self-censorship among media outlets under dictatorships.
Another recent publication of ours, "Tell me the truth? Dictatorship and the commitment to media freedom" in the Journal of Theoretical Politics (journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...) sheds some light on this question.
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February 3, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Another recent publication of ours, "Tell me the truth? Dictatorship and the commitment to media freedom" in the Journal of Theoretical Politics (journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...) sheds some light on this question.
Of course, theoretically speaking, media freedom as a commitment device under dictatorships should not be treated merely as a given.
February 3, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Of course, theoretically speaking, media freedom as a commitment device under dictatorships should not be treated merely as a given.
I believe there will be more to come along this line of thought to enrich our understanding its empirical effects.
February 3, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I believe there will be more to come along this line of thought to enrich our understanding its empirical effects.