03/12/2025
【訊息代轉】中研院社會所 12/12 火炬演講《我學故我在：從研究美國的去工業化轉為關切台灣勞工處境》 演講
【講題】我學故我在：從研究美國的去工業化轉為關切台灣勞工處境
【講者】張晉芬 (中央研究院社會學研究所兼任研究員)
【主持】陳志柔（中研院社會所研究員兼所長）
【時間】2025-12-12 14:30~ 16:30
【地點】中央研究院社會學研究所802會議室（人文館南棟8樓）
【報名連結】https://forms.gle/Th3eAJeB3S8NG3sS9
【活動聯絡】陳怡雯 (carol0110@gate.sinica.edu.tw)
演講簡介
講者的研究取向，初期是延續博士論文的主題，分析處於第一波去工業化時期、美國製造業工人的經濟報酬。之後隨著社會學和女性主義理論的啟發、多元調查資料的出現、以及統計分析方法與軟體的演進，研究領域趨向於專注台灣勞工的困境與性別差異，及東亞地區的跨國比較。呼應並同時與國外及本土學者已發表之文獻對話，講者根據長期累積的研究成果，認為形成女性在勞動市場困境的癥結是私領域勞務分工的性別不平等，造成她們長期處於家庭與職場需求的衝突中。女性技藝和性別特質在職場上受到貶抑與職業的同值不同酬，使得性別間薪資差距難以大幅縮小。再加上工作環境的不友善，包括薪資成長遲緩、長工時、性騷擾等，這些因素共同形成台灣特殊的中高齡女性低度勞動參與現象。講者以為，從事實證研究的目的不只是提出發現、說出故事，更重要的是找出造成社會不平等背後的機制；同時也是在實踐公共社會學，期許能夠對於改善女性與勞工處境發揮倡議作用。
講者簡介
張晉芬現為中央研究院社會學研究所兼任研究員。主要研究領域為勞動社會學、性別研究、社會階層化。著有《「沒有公婆的一代」：解析1940/50年代來台外省女性的逃難與成家》、《勞動待遇與代價：從性別觀點分析台灣醫護工作》、《勞動社會學》與《台灣公營事業民營化：經濟迷思的批判》，合編有《工作的身體性：服務與文化產業的性別與勞動展演》。已發表中英文期刊及專書論文60餘篇。
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[Topic] Learning through My Professional Career: From Studying Deindustrialization in the U.S. to Focusing on the Labor Market Conditions of Taiwanese Workers
[Speaker] Chang Chin-Fen (Adjunct Research Fellow, Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica)
[Host] Chen, Chih-Jou Jay (Director, Research Fellow, Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica)
[Venue] 8F, Room802, Institute of Sociology, South Wing, Humanities and Social Sciences Building, Academia Sinica
My professional career as a sociologist began with a doctoral dissertation studying the economic compensation of manufacturing workers in the United States under the context of deindustrialization. After becoming a sociological researcher in Taiwan, inspired by various sociological and feminist theories, having access to diverse survey data and the advanced statistical methods and software, the research focus shifted toward the labor market conditions of Taiwanese workers and gender differences.
Align with the findings of both international and Taiwanese studies, the speaker’s research suggests that the difficulties women facing in the labor market primarily are results of gender inequality in the division of labor within the private sphere. This factor—together with unfriendly workplace conditions such as stagnant wage growth, long working hours, and sexual harassment—contributes to the especially low labor force participation rate among middle-aged and older women in Taiwan comparing to other countries.
The devaluation of feminine skills and gender-specific characteristics in the workplace and the persistence of unequal pay for work of equal value have made it difficult to significantly reduce the gender wage gap. The speaker believes that empirical research is not only about presenting findings and telling stories, but more about uncovering the mechanisms underlying social inequality. From the perspective of public sociology, the speaker wishes research results to help improve the working conditions of women and ordinary workers in Taiwan.
About the author:
Chin-fen Chang is the Adjunct research fellow of the Institute of Sociology. Research areas include sociology of labor, gender studies, and social stratification. She is the author of the following books: The Generation Without In-laws: Analyzing the Exodus and Family-Building of Female Mainlanders Migrating to Taiwan in the 1940s/50s, Salary and Sacrifices: Analyzing Labor Outcomes of Medical Personnel from a Gender Perspective, Sociology of Labor, and The Privatization of State-Owned Enterprises in Taiwan: A Critique of the Economic Myth, as well as more than 60 journal papers and book chapters. She also coedited the book: Embodiment in Work: Performing Gender and Labor at the Workplace in Taiwan.
所網連結：https://www.ios.sinica.edu.tw/colloquium.php?id=144
臉書連結：https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1KJzBPsQJx/
