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Joel Atkinson
Position : Visiting Research Fellow; Asian Development Perspectives
| Degree : | Ph.D. in Politics (Monash University) |
E-mail : joel.atkinson@hufs.ac.kr
| Research Area : | East Asian foreign aid policies |
Career
- Associate Professor, Graduate School of International and Area Studies, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies,
2016 - Present
- Research Fellow, IPAID, 2014 - 2016
-Assistant Professor, Monash University, 2011 - 2014
Journal Articles
- Atkinson, J. (2019). Aid vs. “Aid”: Foreign Aid in Mao-Era China’s Public Diplomacy. Australian Journal of Politics and
History 65(2): 196-214
- Atkinson, J., Chhabi, L. R., Park, M.-b., Kim, C.-b., & Jakovljevic, M. (2018). The Influence of Universal Health Coverage
on Life Expectancy at Birth (LEAB) and Healthy Life Expectancy (HALE): A Multi-Country Cross-Sectional Study. Frontiers
in Pharmacology 9: 960.
- Atkinson, J. (2018). The Real East Asian Aid Model: Development Assistance as an Instrument of Comprehensive
Security in Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. Development Policy Review 36(3): 265-284.
- Atkinson, J. (2018). Human Security as an Instrument of (Traditional) Comprehensive Security in Japan, South Korea
and Taiwan. International Journal of Asia Pacific Studies 14(1): 1-25.
- Atkinson, J. (2017). How Does Taiwan Compare to the East Asian DAC Donors—Japan and South Korea? Journal of the
Asia Pacific Economy 22(2): 253-272.
- Atkinson, J. & Cools, L. (2017). Sustainability of Capture Fisheries and SDG 14: Life Below Water. Asian International
Studies Review 18(1): 23-50.
- Atkinson, J., Abafita, J., & Kim, C. (2016). Smallholder Commercialization in Ethiopia: Market Orientation and
Participation. International Food Research Journal 23(4): 1797-1807.
- Atkinson, J., Nam, S., Jang, D. & Joo, Y. (2016). The Influence of Socio-Economic Characteristics on Crop Choice: Evidence
from Rural Ethiopia. Journal of Regional Studies and Development 25(3): 245-267.
- Atkinson, J., Jang, D. & Park, K. (2016). Can Informal Social Institutions Mediate Risk Preferences among Smallholder
Farmers? Evidence from Rural Ethiopia. Journal of Agricultural Extension & Community Development 23(2): 169-180.
- Atkinson, J. (2015). Development Assistance and Geopolitics in Australia-China-Taiwan Relations. Asian International
Studies Review 16(2): 1-23.
- Atkinson, J. (2014). Aid in Taiwan’s Foreign Policy: Putting Ma Ying-jeou’s Aid Reforms in Historical Perspective. The
Pacific Review 27(3): 409-431.
- Atkinson, J. (2011). Australian Support for an Independent Taiwan Prior to the Recognition of the People’s Republic of
China. Australian Journal of Politics and History 57(1): 68-85.
- Atkinson, J. (2010). China-Taiwan Diplomatic Competition and the Pacific Islands. The Pacific Review 23(4): 407-427.
- Atkinson, J. (2009). Big Trouble in Little Chinatown: Australia, Taiwan and the April 2006 Post-Election Riot in Solomon
Islands. Pacific Affairs 82(1): 47-65.
- Atkinson, J. (2007). Vanuatu in Australia-China-Taiwan Relations. Australian Journal of International Affairs
61(3): 351-366.
Publication
-Atkinson, J. (2013). Australia and Taiwan: Bilateral Relations, China, the United States, and the South Pacific. Leiden and
Boston: Brill. ISBN-10: 9004223460
- Atkinson, J. (2016). The Governance of Capture Fisheries and the Sustainable Development Goals. In C. Kim (Ed.),
MDGs의 성과와 SDGs의 미래 [Performance of the MDGs and the Future of the SDGs]. Seoul: Kyobo, pp. 277-310. ISBN:
9788924039412
- - Atkinson, J. (2015). The Emerging Post-2015 Development Aid Landscape: A Comparison of Japan and the United
- Kingdom. In C. Kim (Ed.), in빈곤퇴치 및 국제개발을 위한 다학제적 노력 [Multidisciplinary Efforts for Poverty Reduction and
- International Development]. Seoul: Jomyeong Munhwasa, pp. 309-357. ISBN: 9788972574446
- Atkinson, J. (2010) Big Trouble in Little Chinatown: Australia, Taiwan and the April 2006 Post-Election Riot in Solomon
Islands. In A. Brady (Ed.), Looking North, Looking South: China, Taiwan, and the South Pacific. Singapore: World
Scientific [Re-print of Pacific Affairs article above]. ISBN: 9789814304382
- Atkinson, J. (2008) Aozhou dui Zhonguo—Taiwan wenti de “liangge guojia” jiejue fang’an 澳洲對中國–台灣問題的
「兩個國家」解決方案 [Australia’s “Two-State” Solution to the China-Taiwan Problem]. In M. Wakabayashi, M. Matsunaga
& H.-y. Hsueh (Eds.), 跨域青年學者臺灣史研究論集 [Collected Interdisciplinary Research on Taiwan by Young Scholars].
Taipei: Daw Shiang, pp. 319-340. ISBN13: 9789866913396
Conference Papers
- Atkinson, J. & Cools, L. (2016). Sustainability of Distant Water Fishing and SDG 14: Life Below Water. Moving from the
MDGs to the SDGs conference, Yonsei University, Wonju, South Korea, May 20.
- Atkinson, J. (2016). Policy Making in Japan, South Korea and Taiwan as a Search for Comprehensive Security: The Case
of Foreign Aid and the Future of the Human Security Paradigm in East Asia. First Asian Conference on Human Security,
Overseas Chinese University, Taichung, Taiwan, May 5-6.
- Atkinson, J., Lee, T., & Kim, C. (2014). Impact of Integrated Village-Level Interventions: Evidence from Millennium Village
and Non-Millennium Village Households in Hawzen, Ethiopia. The First Conference on Poverty Alleviation
and International Development, Yonsei University, Wonju, South Korea, Sept. 26.
- Atkinson, J. (2013). Australia-Taiwan Relations in the South Pacific and the Cross-Strait Diplomatic Truce, 2008-2013.
Workshop on Contests over Foreign Aid in the Indo-Pacific Region, The Indo-Pacific Governance Research Centre,
University of Adelaide, Australia, Dec. 6.
- Atkinson, J. (2011). China-Taiwan Diplomatic Competition and the Pacific Islands. 鉅變下的反思:戰後台灣政治與外交學
術工作坊 (Workshop on Post-War Taiwan’s Politics and Diplomacy), National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan,
April 24.
- Atkinson, J. (2010). Australian Peacekeeping: Implications for Korea. 2010 DMZ Peace Congress, Seoul, South Korea,
Aug. 12-14.
- Atkinson, J. (2010). Taiwan in Australia-China Relations. American University-University of Seoul Shuttle Conference,
Seoul, South Korea, Jul. 21-23.
Aritcles
- Atkinson, J. (2021). Chinese Foreign Aid Belief Systems: Comparing 1958–1961 and Today.
Asian International Studies Review, 22(1): 115-142.
Asian International Studies Review, 22(1): 115-142.
- Atkinson, J., Jang, D. (2021) The influence of income inequality aversion on redistribution in a democratic
context. International Journal of Economic Theory. 17: 325– 339.

