Retrospect 2025
At the end of the project, TAP published the report book „Taiwan as a Pioneer: Local Innovation in the Dynamics of Global Megatrends“ with a selection of contributions from the fourth annual International workshop, which took place from September 1-4, 2025 at Trier University.
Thomas Fliß, Amélie-Keyser-Verreault and Josie-Marie Perkuhn present their joint synergy collaboration, in which they examine Taiwan’s responses to innovation under the umbrella concept of the Anthropocene.
Table of Contents

TAP: An Introduction
TAP Postdoc Team
TAP Team Assistants
From Workshop to Proceedings
What about the era of human interference in Taiwan? How diverse is the reception
of innovation and ecological consciousness regarding the Anthropocene?
Keynote: Turning Points between Taipei and Beijing: A GERMAN Approach
Beyond the Silicon Shield: Taiwan’s Semiconductor GVCs and Emerging Tech Diplomacy
The Role of Quotas in Transforming Women’s Political Participation in 21st Century Taiwan
After the Ballots, Before the Storm: Emotional Framing of Cross-Strait Issues in
Post-Election Short Videos from Taiwan
Justice, at last? Transitional Justice as Identity-Building under Tsai Ing-wen
Taiwan Studies across Europe
Retrospect 2025
Josie-Marie Perkuhn: On tour with my colleagues in 2025
Amélie Keyser-Verreault: Final Reflections as part of TAP & as an ERCCT Fellow
Thomas Fliß: Mapping the Literary Anthropocene
Yu-yin Hsu: Rethinking Educational History, Knowledge Transfer and Interdisciplinary Cooperation
Research, Public Outreach & Collaborations
Going Out: Invited Presentations & Fieldwork
Showcase: Contributions to the Field
Behind the Scenes: Internal Workshops & Meetings
TAP Travel Grant Research & Contributions
TAP Public Relations, Media and Press (selection)
Outro and Outlook: “We Made It!”
Citation
Perkuhn, Josie-Marie & TAP Team. Taiwan as a Pioneer Local Innovation in the Dynamics of Global Megatrends 台灣做頭陣:在全球大勢挑戰中的地方創新 Retrospect 2025: Proceedings of the International Workshop “Taiwan’s Responses to Global Megatrends”. 1. Ed..FB II Sinologie University Trier. FB II Sinologie (Eds): University Trier, 2026.