This research project investigates the diverse approaches taken by Asia Pacific countries in addressing mental health, examining the multifaceted impact of political, cultural, and socioeconomic factors on the conceptualization of mental health within government policies, healthcare systems, and public perceptions.

Event details | Event recording 2023-03-23 StanShih Foundation After attending a speech by Richard Bush, former Chairman of the American Institute in Taiwan, founder of Acer Group Stan Shih stated, “Although competitive vote seeking is a drawback of democratic politics, I am fully confident in Taiwan’s future democracy. Even though politics can be chaotic, the […]

Event details | Event recording March 22, 2023 Thank you CAPRI and the National Taiwan University College of Law for inviting me today. It is an honor to share the stage with distinguished academics and experts, Professor Alicia Garcia Herrero, Professor Yeh, and I’m particularly grateful to Dr. Richard Bush for graciously giving me the […]

For this project, a CAPRI-led group of public health experts from Australia, India, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan produce policy memos on how these democracies addressed public health challenges during COVID-19 through technological innovation while protecting personal privacy.

Taiwan needs to be able to endure challenges of health, economy, and sustainability and emerge even more resilient. Taiwan needs interdisciplinary thinking, talent cultivation, and a more international mindset to accomplish this.

Taiwan is important to the world because it is an example of good democratic governance, more sustainable business, and improved quality of life that transcend the geopolitical challenges of our day.

With the arrival of the Omicron variant, news outlets have exploded into a discussion about the dangers of vaccine inequity. Many experts have pointed to the fact that the variant was discovered in South Africa as evidence of the long-anticipated possibility of a new variant developing in regions that have low vaccination rates. In contrast, an Economist […]

Developed for a broad global audience, this report focuses on vaccines as key to resilience in the Asia Pacific. In what is still a fast-moving environment, this report draws on interviews with regional experts and additional research in late 2021 to identify factors in the Asia Pacific that have affected vaccine equity and rollout during the pandemic and actions that will contribute to resilience in the future.

Building on insights from the Commission’s first summit in November 2020 and an initial call for evidence, the Commission released its Call for Evidence in February 2020. The Commission Research Report brings together the submissions and sets out a vision for a new definition and conception of resilience, with policies for both resilience by-design and […]

Although vaccine development has been remarkable during the pandemic, at both national and international level, there have been significant challenges in manufacturing,  vaccine rollouts and equitable distribution across countries. In June 2021, these challenges were the subject of an open call to the G7 for action by Professor Chang-Chuan Chan in the Research Report released […]