Dr. Julia Shu-Huah Wang is an Associate Professor at Department of Social Work, National Taiwan University. Her research focuses on social welfare policies, poverty alleviation interventions, immigration policies, and the well-being of families. She is currently working on several research projects, including global welfare regimes; social safety nets in East Asia; social welfare policies during COVID-19; social service delivery, impacts of social policies on families; and impacts of migration policies.

Dr. Wang’s research is funded by Taiwan National Science and Technology Council, the Hong Kong Research Grant Council, Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy, UC Davis Center for Poverty Research, etc. Her research has appeared in several leading journals, such as the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Journal of Social Policy, Health Policy and Planning, Demography, American Journal of Public Health, Social Science and Medicine, International Migration Review, and The China Quarterly. She was invited to give a keynote address by the Foundation for International Studies on Social Security in 2022 in Sigtuna, Sweden.

Dr. Wang is a Board of Governor for the Foundation for International Studies of Social Security (since 2024), a Board Member for the East Asian Social Policy Research Network (since 2023), and a committee member for Membership Committee of the Society of Social Work and Research, USA (since 2024). Dr. Wang is currently an Honorary Associate Professor for Department of Social Work and Social Administration, the University of Hong Kong. She is also an affiliate for research centers at Columbia University, Washington University in St. Louis, and Tokyo Metropolitan University. Dr. Wang currently serves as the associate editor for International Journal of Social Welfare. Dr. Wang also has served as a peer reviewer for more than 40 journals.

Dr. Wang has practice experience working with families and children, and she also has experience in advocacy, policy analysis, and program evaluation. Prior to joining National Taiwan University, Dr. Wang was an assistant professor at the University of Hong Kong. She holds a BS in social work from National Taiwan University, an MS in marriage and family services from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, an MSW from the Columbia University School of Social Work (CSSW), and a PhD in Social Policy and Policy Analysis from the CSSW. 

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