Dr. Chyong-Fang Ko, Research Fellow of the Institute of European and American Studies, has been appointed Director of the Institute from August 1, 2012 to July 31, 2015.

Dr. Yu-Shan Wu, Distinguished Research Fellow of the Institute of Political Science, has been appointed Director of the Institute from August 1, 2012 to July 31, 2015.

Dr. Lun-Wei Ku has been appointed Assistant Research Fellow of the Institute of Information Science, effective August 1, 2012.

Dr. Yu-Chin Hsu has been appointed Assistant Research Fellow of the Institute of Economics, effective August 15, 2012.

Dr. Ta-Chien Chan has been appointed Assistant Research Fellow of the Research Center for Humanities and Social Sciences, effective August 1, 2012.