Degrees

• PhD in Environmental Studies, School of Applied Social Studies, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, UK
• MSc Environment, Culture and Society, Department of Geography, University of Edinburgh, UK
• BA Geography, National Kaohsiung Normal University, Taiwan

Experiences

• Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Sociology, National Taiwan University (Jul. 2022 - Apr. 2025)
• Research Assistant, The Open University, UK (Jan. 2022 - Mar. 2022)
• Assistant Editor, Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Journal (Feb. 2016 - Jan. 2018)

Research Interests

• Environment and Society
• Local Sustainability
• Human Geography
• Energy Transition
• Mobility Justice

Courses

• Seminar in emerging public issues
• Environment and resources management
• Qualitative data analysis and writing

Publications

I.Journal Articles

• Huang, Y. C.* (2024). Understanding motorcycle riding as a social practice to speed up the low-carbon transport transition in Taipei, Taiwan. Energy Research & Social Science, 111, 103464. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2024.103464 (SSCI)
• Liu, J.C.E.*, Chiang, S.N., Huang, Y. C. & Yang, Wei (2024). Just Transition: Conceptual Histories, Theoretical Discussions, and the Prospect of Localization, Taiwanese Journal of Sociology (in Chinese) (TSSCI)
• Huang, Y. C., & Mabon, L.* (2022). Making sense of how proponents conspire to thwart environmental impact assessment processes: insights from the Miramar Resort controversy in Taiwan. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 65(9), 1685-1707. https://doi.org/10.1080/09640568.2021.1944846 (SSCI)
• Huang, Y. C.*, & Mabon, L. (2021). Coastal landscapes, sustainable consumption and peripheral communities: Evaluating the Miramar Resort controversy in Shanyuan Bay, Taiwan. Marine Policy https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2020.104283 (SSCI)
• Huang, Y. C., Fan, M. F., Yang, C. Y., & Mabon, L.* (2020). Social science studies of the environment in Taiwan: what can the international community learn from work published within Taiwan? Local environment https://doi.org/10.1080/13549839.2019.1693987 (SSCI)
• Mabon, L.*, Kawabe, M., Huang, Y. C., Moller, L., Gu, J., Wakamori, D., Narita, K., Ito, T., Matsumoto, A., Niizeki, K., Suzuki, S. & Watanabe, M. (2020). Inherent resilience, major marine environmental change and revitalisation of coastal communities in Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2020.101852 (SCIE)
• Mabon, L.*, Kita, J., Onchi, H., Kawabe, M., Katano, T., Kohno, H., & Huang, Y. C. (2020). What natural and social scientists need from each other for effective marine environmental assessment: Insights from collaborative research on the Tomakomai CCS Demonstration Project. Marine pollution bulletin https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111520 (SCIE)

II.Reports

• Mabon, L., Chapman, A., McLellan, B., & Huang, Y. C. (2022). Just Transitions in Japan. The British Academy. Online: https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/publications/just-transitions-in-japan/

​​​​​​​III.Thesis

• Huang, Y. C. (2022). From government-led behaviour change to bottom-up understanding: The transition to low-carbon transport on motorcycles in Taipei, Taiwan (Doctoral dissertation, Robert Gordon University).

​​​​​​​IV.Conference Papers

• Huang, Y. C. (2023). Towards sustainable transport in Taiwan: Understanding the challenges of the low-carbon transport transition for two-wheelers. The 9th International Symposium on Environmental Sociology in East Asia (ISESEA-9) 2023 in Yokohama. 4-6 November

V.Conference Presentations

• Huang, Y. C. (2021). From government-led behaviour change to bottom‐up understanding: the transition to low-carbon transport on motorcycles in Taipei, Taiwan. Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) – Annual International Conference 2021 (Virtual). 31 August-3 September
• Huang, Y. C. (2019) Understanding the practice of motorcycle riding from a bottom-up dimension: The motorcycle issue in Taipei City and New Taipei City. Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) – Annual International Conference 2019 in London. 27-30 August
• Huang, Y. C. & Mabon, L. (2018) Contested understandings of social and environmental impact in a peripheral coastal landscape: the case of the Miramar resort development project in Shanyuan Bay, Taiwan. Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) – Annual International Conference 2018 in Cardiff. 28-31 August

​​​​​​​VI. Outreaches

• Huang, Y. C. (2023)“The low-carbon and net-zero transition may inevitably lead to unemployment. Is Taiwan ready to accept the challenge of a just transition?”, CSR@天下, (in Mandarin) Online: https://csr.cw.com.tw/article/42997

VII.Awards and Honours

• Robert Gordon University PhD Scholarship - ‘Social Dimensions of Environmental Change in East and South-East Asia’