$$ \large \textbf {柯亮宇 Louis Ko (Liang-Yu)} \\ \text{\small M.A. Student in National Taiwan University}\\ \text{\small Incoming PhD Student in Stanford University} $$
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Louis Liang-Yu Ko is a first-year Ph.D. student at Stanford Sociology. His research centers on political sociology, with a focus on state-society relations, political culture, and public opinion. Specifically, he investigates how political trends such as polarization or nationalism interact with cultural and institutional factors in East Asian democracies using mixed methods. He is also interested in areas such as immigration, organization, and is always open to connection and collaborative research. If interested, please feel free to reach out.
2023 - 2025
Master of Art (Sociology) - National Taiwan University
Quantitative Research Lab at NTU Sociology 🌐
2018 - 2022
Bachelor of Art (Sociology) - National Taiwan University
With a special second field in Social Design Dean's List, 6 out of 8 semesters Honorable Mention, NTU Bachelor’s thesis Award
2020 - 2022,
2023 - 2025
Research Assistant
National Taiwan University
Project: “Taiwanese Perceptions on Work Migrants’ Rights and Naturalization: An Intersectional Lens”
Project: “Learning Portfolio and Social Inequality: The Influence of School Organization and Cultural Capital.”
Project: “Institutional Logic and Teaching Practices: How Do High School Organizations, Teachers, and Students Respond to the New Curriculum Guidelines and Learning Portfolios?”
2023 - 2025
Teaching Assistant
National Taiwan University
Social Research Method (Quantitative and Qualitative); Introduction of Sociology
2022 - 2023
Project Manager / Curatorial Assistant
Social Design Studio.co, Taipei and Matsu, Taiwan
2021
Legislative Assistant (internship)
Taipei City Council, Taipei, Taiwan
Liang-Yu Ko. 2025. “Cultural Polarization and Issue partisanship in Taiwan: The Dynamics of Political Cleavages, 2000-2024.” Oral Presentation at the World Congress of International Political Science Association. Seoul, Korea, Jul.
Liang-Yu Ko. 2025. “Moral Cleavage: The Politicization of Family and Ethical Issues in Taiwan, 2000-2020.” Oral Presentation at the Annual Meeting of Life Course Transitions in East Asia. Tokyo, Japan, Jun.
Ka U Ng, Hugo Po-Chien Lin, Yi-Chieng Hsieh, Ting-Syuan Lin, Liang-Yu Ko. 2025. “Reactive Ethnicity or Mainstream Acculturation? Explaining the Intergenerational Transmission Process of Gender and Sexual Ideologies in the German Migrant Context.” Oral Presentation at the Annual Meeting of Population Association of America.
Ko, Liang-Yu. 2024. "State, Teacher Communities, and Teaching Practices: How Teachers Assist Students in Developing Learning Portfolios." Oral Presentation at the NTU Learning Portfolio Conference, Taipei, Taiwan, Dec. (In Chinese)