Yuh Yuh Li

PhD Ohio State University

MA National Taiwan University

BA National Taiwan University

2015-        assistant researcher of Center for General Education

2014-present  adjacent assistant professor of Center for General Education

2011-present  research fellow of Center for Promoting Civic Literacy

2014/6-7       visiting scholar, London School of Economic and Political Science LSE

2013/6-7       visiting scholar, London School of Economic and Political Science LSE

2012/9-10      visiting scholar, London School of Economic and Political Science LSE

Yuh-Yuh Li studied sociology and community development (USA). He got his PhD in Rural Sociology in The Ohio State University. Dr. Li current is a senior researcher of the Center for Promoting Civic Literacy (CPCL). He has been a senior researcher of public communication and survey of public opinion in Shih-Shin University, Taipei. His research focuses on: the study of learning in free-choice learning settings (with particular focus on museums and cross-disciplinary activity); science culture cross social contexts; public engagement with science and technology, and investigating how community residents utilize scientific technology to improve their wellbeing.

Working projects:

1.Mobilisation for public Engagement, Taiwan: This is an approval project of the investigation of Public Engagement for RIs in Taiwan and also working internationally with MORE-PE Project (conducted by Dr. Marta Entradas (Portugal) and Dr. Martin Bauer(UK)).

2.Social force study of science and technology: This is an international collaborative project between Taiwan and Bulgaria in the examination of the relationship between the structure of science and societal structure of GDP/Democracy and also working with Dr. Martin Bauer(UK) and Dr. Kristina Petkova (Bulgaria).

3. International comparison study of museum impacts: This is a research working with Dr. John Falk (USA) and Dr.Paichi Pat Shein (Taiwan) of the impacts of museum through the analysis a cross contextual data of 10 museums around the world.

4. Fundamental attitude of science and technology project: This is a four countries’ comparison of public understanding of science and technology and also working with Dr. M.W. Bauer (UK), Dr. B.A. Falade (Nigeria), and Dr. A.G. Jonsdottir (Iceland).

Recent Publications  

Paichi Pat Shein, Yuh-Yuh Li* (2015). The four cultures: public engagement with science only, art only, neither, or both museums. Public Understanding of Science. doi:10.1177/0963662515602848.

Paichi Pat Shein,Yuh-Yuh Li,Tai-Chu Huang (2014). Relationship between scientific knowledge and fortune-telling . Public Understanding of Science. 23(7), 780-796.

Books

2012. Survey of environment literacy, 2012. Taiwan, Kaohsiung: Center for Promoting Civic Literacy, National Sun Yat-Sen University. (Committee of editor) ISBN 978-986-03-5012-8

2012. Survey of health literacy, 2012. Taiwan, Kaohsiung: Center for Promoting Civic Literacy, National Sun Yat-Sen University. (Committee of editor) ISBN 978-986-03-5010-4

2012. Survey of natural resource literacy, 2012. Taiwan, Kaohsiung: Center for promoting civic literacy, national, Sun Yat-Sen University. (Committee of editor) ISBN 978-986-03-5011-1

2012. Survey of risk literacy, 2012. Taiwan, Kaohsiung: Center for Promoting Civic Literacy, National Sun Yat-Sen University. (Committee of editor) ISBN 978-986-03-5013-5

2012. Survey of high-end technology literacy, 2012. Taiwan, Kaohsiung: Center for Promoting Civic Literacy, National, Sun Yat-Sen University. (Committee of editor) ISBN 978-986-03-5014-2

2013. Report of Taiwan civic scientific literacy, 2008. Taiwan, Kaohsiung: Center for Promoting Civic Literacy, National Sun Yat-Sen University. (Committee of editor)

2014. Report of Taiwan civic scientific literacy, 2012. Taiwan, Kaohsiung: Center for Promoting Civic Literacy, National Sun Yat-Sen University. (Committee of editor) ISBN 978-986-04-1713-5

2015.Report of Taiwan civic scientific literacy, 2015. Taiwan, Kaohsiung: Center for Promoting Civic Literacy, National Sun Yat-Sen University. (Committee of editor)

2016. Survey of Taiwan high school students’ sustainability literacy, 2016. Taiwan, Kaohsiung: Center for Promoting Civic Literacy, National, Sun Yat-Sen University. (editor) ISBN 978-986-04-7036-9

2016. Report of Taiwan high school students’ sustainability literacy, 2016. Taiwan, Kaohsiung: Center for Promoting Civic Literacy, National, Sun Yat-Sen University. (editor) ISBN 978-986-04-7719

Conference papers

Li, Y.-Y., Petkova,K., Huang,T.-C., Boyadjieva, P.(2015, November). Public understanding of science and technology in Bulgaria, Taiwan and UK. Paper presented at the 2015 The International Conference of Civic Science Literacy and Science Culture, National Sun Yat-sen University,Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

Bauer, M.W., Li, Y.-Y., Falade, B.A., & Jonsdottir, G.A. (2015, November). Fundamental Attitudes to Science and Technology – Exploring a New Measure in Iceland, Taiwan, UK and Nigeria. Paper presented at the 2015 The International Conference of Civic Science Literacy and Science Culture, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Li, Y.-Y. (2015, September). Public understanding of science and paranormal belief in Taiwan: Late generation and its impact on cognitive polyphagia. Paper presented at the meeting of 2015 The Cultural Authority of Science–Common Sense in Comparison (WORKSHOP), Cape Town, South Africa.

Li, Y.-Y., & Huang, T.-C. (2015, October). An examination of the mediational knowledge-attitude model in public understanding of science and technology. Paper presented at the 2015 International Conference of the East-Asian Association for Science Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.

Shein, P.-P., Li, Y.-Y., & Huang, T.-C. (2015, October). Promoting interests in pursuing science and technology. Paper presented at the 2015 International Symposium on Education and Psychology, Kyoto, Japan.

Li, Y-Y, (2015).Does reading literature play a role in narrowing the gap between the knowledge and behavior on preserving marine environment? 2015 World Environmental Education Congress Gothenburg Sweden.

Li, Y-Y (2015)：The trend, and the suggestion of key word extraction of Taiwan corpus in Chinese science news from 1990 to2010.MACAS – Mapping the Cultural Authority of Science . Istanbul 3,6-9, 2015.

Li, Y-Y, G-W Sun, H-J S, T-C Huang (2013)：Length of Survey and Quality of Response, The 2013 International Conference on Survey Research Methodology. Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Li, Y-Y, T-C Huang(2013)：Scientific literacy, attitude to science and paranormal belief, 5th Conference of European Survey Association.

Li, Y-Y, D. Chao,Y-Y Cheng, T-C Huang(2012)：Public interest in science and technology from scientific literacy survey in Taiwan,28^th international conference of science education. Taiwan.

Li, Y-Y, T-C Huang(2012)：Para-scientific beliefs and science literacy in Taiwan, Mapping The Cultural Authority Of Science Across Europe And India. New Delhi, India.

Li, Y-Y, T-C Huang (2012, Jul). Public interest and informed knowledge of agriculture in rural and urban Taiwan. 75th Annual Meeting of the Rural Sociological Society, Chicago, US. NSC 99-2511-S-011-007-MY2 .