Visiting scholar, Dr. Alexandre Gandil has registered at Center for Chinese Studies on May 13, 2025. He is a French scholar who is an associate researcher at the CERI (Sciences Po), France. Dr. Gandil’s research period in Taiwan is from May to August, at the Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica. His research topic is "Taiwan Beyond Its Own Strait: State Formation and Nation Building Through Sovereignty Claims Over the South China Sea".