Shiping Tang

The native form of this personal name is Tang Shiping. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
In this Chinese name, the family name is Tang (唐).
Shiping Tang
唐世平
Tang in 2022
Born (1967-01-24) January 24, 1967 (age 57)
Hunan, China
Alma mater
Children1 son
Scientific career
Fields
  • International Relations
  • Comparative Politics
  • Institutional Economics
  • Philosophy of Social Sciences
InstitutionsFudan University
Philosophy career
Era21st century
SchoolScientific Realism
Notable ideas
Social Evolution Paradigm
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Shiping Tang (born 24 January 1967) is a Chinese Molecular Biologist,[1][2] political scientist, political economist, computational social scientist, and philosopher of social sciences.[3] He is the Fudan Distinguished professor (2013–) & Dr. Seaker Chan Chair Professor (2014–) at Fudan University and also the Cheung Kong Distinguished Professor (2016–) in the Chinese Ministry of Education.[4] He is an editor of International Relations (2021–), International Security (2021–),[5][6] Small Wars and Insurgencies (2019–), Chinese Journal of International Politics (2018–) and Security Studies (2015–), and was an editor of International Studies Quarterly (2015–2020).[4]

In 1985, Tang received a BSc in Paleontology from China University of Geosciences, Wuhan. In 1988, he completed his MSc in Molecular biology at the University of Science and Technology of China. In 1995, he received his PhD in Molecular Biology and Genetics from the Wayne State University, Detroit, US.[4]

However, believing in scientific realism, Tang decided to apply his knowledge of natural sciences, especially evolution theory, to social sciences and received a Master's degree in International relations (IR) from the University of California at Berkeley in 1999.[4] He is known for his multi-disciplinary works on the Social Evolutionary Paradigm in IR.[7]

  1. ^ Tang, Shiping (2020). "Pre-Darwinian Evolution Before LUCA". Biological Theory. 15 (4): 175–179. doi:10.1007/s13752-020-00359-2. S2CID 225194044.
  2. ^ Tang, Shiping (2021). "The Origin (s) of Cell (s): Pre-Darwinian Evolution from FUCAs to LUCA". Journal of Molecular Evolution. 89 (7): 427–447. doi:10.1007/s00239-021-10014-4. PMID 34173011. S2CID 235646641.
  3. ^ "Idea, Action, and Outcome: The Objects and Tasks of Social Sciences". University of Hong Kong. October 2018.
  4. ^ a b c d "Tang, Shiping CV" (PDF). Fudan University. August 2021.
  5. ^ "Staff & Editorial Board". Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. Retrieved 2022-11-25.
  6. ^ "Editorial Information International Security MIT Press". MIT Press. Retrieved 2022-11-25.
  7. ^ "生物男指点江山：匪夷所思的跨界 [A biologist researching international politics: an unthinkable crossover]". 中国科学技术大学新创校友基金会. Retrieved 2023-01-18.