C W Chen
Biographic Data
| ID | 29957 |
|---|---|
| NAME | C W Chen |
| GIVEN NAMES | C W |
| FAMILY NAME | Chen |
| SIGNATURE | CHEN C W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Department of Cultural and Creative Industries National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology Kaohsiung City Taiwan |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8688-223X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1974 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Sustainable Happiness or Exploitative Happiness? A Global Justice Perspective on Cross‐Border Spillover Effects
National happiness levels are often attributed to domestic environmental and socioeconomic conditions or policies, yet how one country's pursuit of happiness affects others through global trade remains underexplored. This study adopts a global justice lens to examine negative spillover effects—harmful environmental and social impacts that countries impose on others via transnational supply chains and production networks. Using cross‐sectional glo…
Low-tech serious games in higher education: Bridging the digital divide and enhancing student thinking and performance
Serious games in education are often tied to digital learning environments, which require complex gamified content and systems to enhance students’ motivation. However, such digital-focused approaches risk widening the digital divide and may lead to digital addiction. Additionally, games rooted in behaviorism may not meaningfully improve student performance. This paper argues that inquiry-based methods can better engage college students by stimul…
Advancing Integrated Transboundary Watershed Management Through Recreational Services Assessment: A Supply and Demand Framework Analysis
Neglecting integrated management may exacerbate the imbalance between the supply and demand of ecosystem services (ESs) in transboundary watersheds. Although management strategies such as payments for watershed services (PWS) have been implemented to mitigate the externalities and imbalance of ESs, the complexity of transboundary watersheds is often underestimated, diminishing their effectiveness. This study proposed a comprehensive transboundary…
Can Happiness Be Sustainable? Monitoring Global Consumption Footprints From 2015 to 2024
Understanding how happiness relates to resource consumption requires considering not only domestic environmental impacts but also the broader transnational effects embedded in global trade. To address this gap, this study introduces the Consumption Footprint–Happiness Ratio ( CHR ), a visual analytic metric that captures the intensity of complete resource use required to sustain a unit of happiness. CHR draws an analogy between excessive resource…
Design Pedagogy for Enhancing Peer Learning and Creative Thinking
This reflective statement of practice presents pedagogy and experiences for cultivating creativity for first-year students in design education. My emphasis is on improving classroom engagement and open communication, especially helping introverted or less-engaged students embrace ideation practices more confidently and actively via teamwork and peer learning. Based on continual observations and adjustments, I suggest that diverse team composition…
Who wins and who loses in global SDGs rankings? Clarifying the influence of the North‐South divide and foreign direct investment on spillover effects
The Sustainable Development Report (SDR) provides comprehensive global rankings based on countries’ performance and efforts toward the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). However, the spillover effects reflecting how one country’s actions influence others remain underexplored, especially regarding their interplay with SDGs performance. This paper delves into the cross‐border adverse impacts on the environment and society arising from these s…
From smart cities to a happy and sustainable society: Urban happiness as a critical pathway toward sustainability transitions
While smart cities have great potential to contribute to urban sustainability, related discussions and applications are often criticised as highly technocentric rather than people-centric. To ensure smart city policies align with the path of sustainability transitions, citizen well-being and social values should be carefully considered in urban planning. This viewpoint article argues that urban happiness associated with welfare, health, and quali…
Approaching sustainable development goals: Inspirations from the Arts and Crafts movement to reshape production and consumption patterns
Contemporary profit‐oriented development and consumption cultures have led to unsustainable behaviours and lifestyles and prevented our achievement of the sustainable development goals (SDGs). This article explores how arts and aesthetics could form a trend of thought to reshape current production and consumption patterns. I argue that the Arts and Crafts movement of 19th‐century Britain provides many clues for today's industries and societies to…
Clarifying rebound effects of the circular economy in the context of sustainable cities
Cross-cultural visual communication at the Wanchin Church in Taiwan
This visual essay presents seven photos taken at the Wanchin Church and a nearby place during my fieldwork in Wanchin Village in southern Taiwan. While Wanchin Church serves as a working Catholic church, it does not propagate its faith in conventional ways. To facilitate cross-cultural exchange with local communities, it has integrated Taiwanese folk traditions into its missionary work. Rather than comment on Catholic doctrine and its religious v…
An Innovative Board Game Design Based on Cross-Cultural Communication
Different board games reflect different cultural contexts, including various beliefs, social norms, and values hiding behind the rules of play and design of products. What if a board game could engage multiple thought patterns at once, thus facilitating cross-cultural exchange? This article presents a design for such a game, here called “cochess.” Cochess is an innovative board game that brings together players of chess and xiangqi (Chinese chess…
Growth of the trunk width in Hong Kong Chinese preschool children
Approaching sustainable development goals: Inspirations from the Arts and Crafts movement to reshape production and consumption patterns
Contemporary profit‐oriented development and consumption cultures have led to unsustainable behaviours and lifestyles and prevented our achievement of the sustainable development goals (SDGs). This article explores how arts and aesthetics could form a trend of thought to reshape current production and consumption patterns. I argue that the Arts and Crafts movement of 19th‐century Britain provides many clues for today's industries and societies to…
Growth of the trunk width in Hong Kong Chinese preschool children
An Innovative Board Game Design Based on Cross-Cultural Communication
Different board games reflect different cultural contexts, including various beliefs, social norms, and values hiding behind the rules of play and design of products. What if a board game could engage multiple thought patterns at once, thus facilitating cross-cultural exchange? This article presents a design for such a game, here called “cochess.” Cochess is an innovative board game that brings together players of chess and xiangqi (Chinese chess…
Clarifying rebound effects of the circular economy in the context of sustainable cities
Cross-cultural visual communication at the Wanchin Church in Taiwan
This visual essay presents seven photos taken at the Wanchin Church and a nearby place during my fieldwork in Wanchin Village in southern Taiwan. While Wanchin Church serves as a working Catholic church, it does not propagate its faith in conventional ways. To facilitate cross-cultural exchange with local communities, it has integrated Taiwanese folk traditions into its missionary work. Rather than comment on Catholic doctrine and its religious v…
From smart cities to a happy and sustainable society: Urban happiness as a critical pathway toward sustainability transitions
While smart cities have great potential to contribute to urban sustainability, related discussions and applications are often criticised as highly technocentric rather than people-centric. To ensure smart city policies align with the path of sustainability transitions, citizen well-being and social values should be carefully considered in urban planning. This viewpoint article argues that urban happiness associated with welfare, health, and quali…
Approaching sustainable development goals: Inspirations from the Arts and Crafts movement to reshape production and consumption patterns
Contemporary profit‐oriented development and consumption cultures have led to unsustainable behaviours and lifestyles and prevented our achievement of the sustainable development goals (SDGs). This article explores how arts and aesthetics could form a trend of thought to reshape current production and consumption patterns. I argue that the Arts and Crafts movement of 19th‐century Britain provides many clues for today's industries and societies to…
Who wins and who loses in global SDGs rankings? Clarifying the influence of the North‐South divide and foreign direct investment on spillover effects
The Sustainable Development Report (SDR) provides comprehensive global rankings based on countries’ performance and efforts toward the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). However, the spillover effects reflecting how one country’s actions influence others remain underexplored, especially regarding their interplay with SDGs performance. This paper delves into the cross‐border adverse impacts on the environment and society arising from these s…
Design Pedagogy for Enhancing Peer Learning and Creative Thinking
This reflective statement of practice presents pedagogy and experiences for cultivating creativity for first-year students in design education. My emphasis is on improving classroom engagement and open communication, especially helping introverted or less-engaged students embrace ideation practices more confidently and actively via teamwork and peer learning. Based on continual observations and adjustments, I suggest that diverse team composition…
Low-tech serious games in higher education: Bridging the digital divide and enhancing student thinking and performance
Serious games in education are often tied to digital learning environments, which require complex gamified content and systems to enhance students’ motivation. However, such digital-focused approaches risk widening the digital divide and may lead to digital addiction. Additionally, games rooted in behaviorism may not meaningfully improve student performance. This paper argues that inquiry-based methods can better engage college students by stimul…
Advancing Integrated Transboundary Watershed Management Through Recreational Services Assessment: A Supply and Demand Framework Analysis
Neglecting integrated management may exacerbate the imbalance between the supply and demand of ecosystem services (ESs) in transboundary watersheds. Although management strategies such as payments for watershed services (PWS) have been implemented to mitigate the externalities and imbalance of ESs, the complexity of transboundary watersheds is often underestimated, diminishing their effectiveness. This study proposed a comprehensive transboundary…
Can Happiness Be Sustainable? Monitoring Global Consumption Footprints From 2015 to 2024
Understanding how happiness relates to resource consumption requires considering not only domestic environmental impacts but also the broader transnational effects embedded in global trade. To address this gap, this study introduces the Consumption Footprint–Happiness Ratio ( CHR ), a visual analytic metric that captures the intensity of complete resource use required to sustain a unit of happiness. CHR draws an analogy between excessive resource…
Sustainable Happiness or Exploitative Happiness? A Global Justice Perspective on Cross‐Border Spillover Effects
National happiness levels are often attributed to domestic environmental and socioeconomic conditions or policies, yet how one country's pursuit of happiness affects others through global trade remains underexplored. This study adopts a global justice lens to examine negative spillover effects—harmful environmental and social impacts that countries impose on others via transnational supply chains and production networks. Using cross‐sectional glo…
Economics (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Sustainability (4 works) · Sustainable development (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Energy, Environment, Economic Growth (3 works) · Happiness (3 works)