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Our people

Meet the team at the China Studies Centre
The Centre provides a platform for interdisciplinary operation across the university supporting research on and about China and Chinese society and cultures.

Professor David S G Goodman

Professor of Chinese Politics
Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia

is Emeritus Professor in the Discipline of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney; Emeritus Professor in the Department of China Studies, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, in Suzhou, China; and Emeritus Professor in the Australia-China Relations Institute, University of Technology, Sydney. During 2017-21 he was Vice President for Academic Affairs at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, where he had previously established the Department of China Studies. 2012-2016 he was a PRC Ministry of Education Distinguished Overseas Academic at Nanjing University in the School of Social and Behavioural Sciences. 2004-2009 he was DVC International at University of Technology, Sydney, where he had previously established the International Studies Program.

Professor Yingjie GuoÌý

Professor of Chinese StudiesÌý
Fellow of the Australian Academy of Humanities

GuoÌýis Professor of Chinese Studies. He received his BA and MA from Shanghai International Studies University, China and PhD from the University of Tasmania, Australia. Before joining the University of Sydney in 2014, he had taught at Shanghai International Studies University, the University of Tasmania, the University of New England, and the University of Technology, Sydney. His research focuses on cultural nationalism, cultural identities, and discourses of class in contemporary China.Ìý

Associate Professor Ying Zhang

MBBS, MMedSci, MSust, MEdu, PhD, ISEE FellowÌý
Associate Professor
Sydney School of Public Health
Faculty of Medicine and Health

ÌýÌýis a senior epidemiologist, a dedicated researcher and educator on climate change and global health. She has led national and international research projects in the field with over 130 publications. Ying's research aims to build community resilience to changing climate and environment, focusing on the most vulnerable populations in the Asia Pacific Region. Ying has been the Co-Director of the MJA-Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change in Australia since 2017, which produces annual reports to track progress on health and climate change in the country until 2030. Ying is the Founder and Co-Chair of theÌýSustainability, Climate and Health Collaboration, and Deputy Director of theHeat and Health Research Incubatorat the University of Sydney. Ying is keen on promoting research translation and policy advocacy to address health and climate change issues and is Chair of the Capacity Building Committee of the WHO Civil Society Working Group on Climate Change and Health. She has been awarded prestigious fellowships, such as the Australian Prime Minister Endeavor Fellowship and the Homeward Bound Fellowship, which included a three-week trip to Antarctica in 2019. Ying has demonstrated professional excellence and a significant level of experience in environmental epidemiology, which has been recognised by the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE) with an ISEE Fellow Award.

Associate Professor Josh Stenberg

PhD (Nanjing)
Associate Professor in Chinese Studies

Ìýis aÌýsenior lecturer in Chinese Studies at the University of Sydney. He has published the monographsÌýMinority Stages: Sino-Indonesian Performance and Public DisplayÌý(2019) andÌýLiyuanxi: Chinese 'Pear Garden' TheatreÌý(2022), as well as the edited volumeÌýKunquÌýMasters on Chinese Theatrical PerformanceÌý(2022).Ìý In addition to his research on Chinese theatre and literature, he has translated or edited several volumes of contemporary Chinese literature.

Name

Position

(Chair) Mr Kevin Hobgood-Brown AM Chair, Foundation for Australian Studies In China

Mr Dan Tebbutt

Austrade Sydney

Mr Robert Kok

Sydney City Council

Ms Glenda Korporaal

Associate Editor (Business)

Dr. Kate Smith

Environmental Engineer
Aurecon

Mr George Su

CEO & Managing Director
Richlink Capital
Ms Shirley Gao

Senior Associate

BBI Group, Sydney, Australia

Ms Helen Zhi Dent

PartnerÌý

China Business Practice, KPMG

Name

Position

Portfolio

Professor

Edwin Cuthbert Hall Chair of the Archaeology and Mythology of the Ancient Near EastÌýDiscipline of Archaeology
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Research Groups

Dr

Senior Lecturer
DisciplineÌýof Government and International Relations, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Local China Project

Professor

Professor of Chinese Business and Management
The University of Sydney Business School

Engagement & OutreachÌý

Associate Professor

Senior Lecturer
DisciplineÌýof Chinese Studies, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

HDR Support

Dr

Lecturer in Strategic Public Relations,ÌýDiscipline of Media and Communications

Research Presentations & Events

Professor

Professor, SOAR Fellowship
School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Director of the Laboratory for Catalysis Engineering

Liaison: MDIs, China partners, internationally

Professor

Professor in Soil-Landscape Modelling
School of Life and Environmental Sciences

Liaison: MDIs, China partners, internationally

Associate Professor

Associate Professor
Sydney School of Public Health
Faculty of Medicine and Health

Liaison: MDIs, China partners, internationally

Dr

Senior Lecturer, Business School

Workshops, conferences, members

Dr

Senior Lecturer, Horizon Fellow
Integrated Sustainability Analysis
School of Physics
Faculty of Science

Sustainability and Wellbeing

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Name Affiliation/ Faculty / School Research expertise keywords
Dr Irene (Shidong) An FASS|SLCÌý Computer Assisted Language Learning, Second language Acquisition, Second/Foreign Language Teaching Intercultural Communication
Professor Vivienne Bath Law School |ÌýProfessor of ChineseÌý International Business Law; Chinese investment and corporate law; international investment law; China and private international law
Professor Alison Betts FASS| School of Philosophical and Historical Inquiry Northwest China, Prehistory, Bronze Age, Silk Roads
Dr David Brophy FASS |Department of History Qing history, Xinjiang, Uyghur studies, Sino-Russian relations, Silk Road
Associate Professor Mark Byron FASS | Director of Research Development (Humanities)
Dr Junyi Cai FASS | Gender and Cultural Studies Ìý
Dr Chengqi Cao FASS | China Studies Centre Compulsory Education, Welfare Policy, Social Welfare, Policymaking and implementation, Social CitizenshipÌý
Dr Beatriz Carrillo Garcia FASS |School of Social and Political Sciences
Dr Minglu Chen FASS |SSPS |Department of Government and International Relations domestic politics, women in politics, local governance, private entrepreneurs
Dr Yu-Wei Ryan Chen Faculty of Health Sciences Ìý
Dr Sam Chen FASS|SACE|MECO Ìý
Associate Professor May Fong Cheong UNSW Ìý
Associate Professor Lynne Chester FASS School of Social and Political Sciences/Discipline of Political EconomyÌý Energy, environment, heterodox economics, different forms of capitalism.
Professor Jocelyn Chey FASS |SLCÌý international relations; humour; Hong Kong; intellectual history; cultural relations
Dr Yeow-Tong Chia FASS|Sydney School of Education and Social Work
Associate Professor Boris Choy Business School/Discipline of Business AnalyticsÌý
Dr Susette Cooke FASS | SLC | Discipline of Chinese Studies Ìý
Dr Anthony Cordingley FASS |Department of English Literary modernism, translation, self-translation
Dr Luke Deer USYD| Business School Ìý
Associate Professor Melody Ding Faculty of Medicine and HealthÌý ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý
Dr Yijia Du FASS| Gender and Cultural StudiesÌý Ìý
Associate Professor Timothy Dwyer FASS | Department of Media and Communications Chinese media platforms, news media policy and regulation
Dr Allan Fu Faculty of Health ScienceÌý Ìý
Dr Fei Gao Business SchoolÌý Ìý
Dr Fiona Gill FASS/ SSPS/ Sociology & CriminologyÌý Ìý
Dr Jimmy Xun Gong CSC Hon Res Fellow - Gateway Business Ìý
Professor David Goodman FASS |School of Social and Political Sciences |China Studies Centre Class, local governance, provincial politics, history of CCP
Professor Yingjie Guo FASS |SLC|Discipline of Chinese StudiesÌý nationalism in contemporary China, Chinese cultural identities, Chinese cultural memories, discourses of class in the PRC, class and nation in the PRC
Jia Guo Research Assistant, Discipline of Media and Communications
Professor Jing Hang CSC Hon Prof - Professor, Translation and Interpreting, School of Humanities & Communication Arts; Western Sydney University
Dr Sabrina Yuan Hao FASS |China Studies Centre crime fiction, law and literature, comparative literature, translation and adaptation, post-colonialism and globalization
Associate Professor Colin Hawes Faculty of Law, University of Technology Sydney |China Studies Centre Chinese law and legal reform, Chinese corporations, corporate culture and ecosystems, Classical Chinese literature and culture
Dr Barbara Hendrischke FASS |China Studies Centre Chinese intellectual history. Chinese religious history. Early Daoism.Ìý
Professor Hans Hendrischke Business SchoolÌý Ìý
Professor Carol Hsu Business SchoolÌý Ìý
Dr Eva Huang Business SchoolÌý Ìý
Associate Professor Jeanne Huang Law SchoolÌý Ìý
Professor Jun Huang Faculty of Engineering Ìý
Dr Catherine Ingram Sydney Conservatorium Ìý
Dr Minerva Inwald UNSW Arts, Design and Architecture, School of Humanities and LanguagesÌý
Professor Alicia Jenkins Faculty of Medicine and Health diabetes, cardiovascular disease, medical education
Dr Kaiying Ji Business SchoolÌý financial reporting, forecasting, work-integrated learning
Christine Ji Professor in Multilingual and Multicultural Translation
Dr Peter Jia FASS | Discipline of Chinese Studies Ìý
Dr Zhengqiang Jiang Faculty of Medicine and HealthÌý Ìý
Dr Lauren Johnston China Studies Centre | School of Economics and Policy, University of Adelaide Economy, Population Ageing, China-Global South, China/Africa, Belt and Road Initiative
Dr Lifeng Kang School of PharmacyÌý Ìý
Dr Jane Kerr USYD |Business SchoolÌý Ìý
Associate Professor David Kim FASS | School of Economics; CSC Hon Prof - Professor of Chinese Studies, Department of Humanities; Co-director, David Lam Centre for International Communication; Simon Fraser University
Professor Shuyu Kong CSC Hon Prof - Professor of Chinese Studies, Department of Humanities; Co-director, David Lam Centre for International Communication; Simon Fraser University Chinese Literary and Cultural Studies, literature and art in socialist China, Chinese artists in Europe in the early 20th century, and Sinophone literature and cinema.
Dr Chi Kin Law Faculty of Medicine and Health|NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre
Dr Mabel Lee FASS | Discipline of Chinese Studies history, literature, art, performance
Gavin SK Lee Senior Lecturer in Historical Musicology (Horizon Educator) at Sydney Conservatorium
Prof Manfred Lenzen School of Physics Ìý
Professor Bingqin Li UNSW |Director of Chinese Social Policy Stream |China Studies Centre
Dr Mengyu Li School of Physics Ìý
Dr Tong Li Faculty of Medicine and HealthÌý Ìý
Dr Wei Li Business SchoolÌý Ìý
Dr Yi Li Business SchoolÌý Chinese Multinational Enterprise, Institutional Perspective, Digitalization, Strategic Configuration, Top Management Team
Dr Mei Li FASS/SACE/MECOÌý Ìý
Dr Jiaying Li Faculty of Engineering, School of Civil Engineering, Environmental EngineeringÌý
Professor Bing Ling Law SchoolÌý Chinese law, international law, comparative law
Dr Lu Liu Sydney Conservatorium Global inequalities in Higher Education and the Arts, Australian-Chinese Music Studies, Cultural Diversity in Music Studies
Associate Professor Sonia Liu Faculty of Science | School of Life and Environmental Sciences
Dr Yvonne Low FASS | Department of Art History Ìý
Dr Sophie Loy-Wilson FASS | Department of History Ìý
Professor Duanfang Lu Usyd|School of Architecture, Design and Planning (ADP)
Professor Yixu Lu FASS |SLC Ìý
Dr Lee Martin Discipline of International Business, The University of Sydney Business SchoolÌý
Professor Bonnie McDougall FASS | The Department of Chinese Studies Ìý
Professor Angelika Messner CSC Hon Prof - Professor of Chinese Studies & Director of the Chinazentrum, Kiel University History and Anthropology of Science and Medicine, Emotions & Care
Professor Budiman Minasny Faculty of Science Ìý
Dr Sean Moores FASS |SLCÌý Ìý
Professor Meaghan Morris FASS | Gender and Cultural Studies Hong Kong action cinema, Inter-Asia cultural studies
Dr Michael Murphree USYD Business SchoolÌý Ìý
Dr Xi Nan Business School Ìý
Professor Susan Park FASS |SSPS |GIAÌý Ìý
Associate Professor Simon Poon School of Computer ScienceÌý Ìý
Dr Mark Post FASS |Discipline of Linguistics Sino-Tibetan languages, minority languages of China, China-India border regions
Professor Elspeth Probyn FASS |Gender and Cultural Studies oceans; aqua/geopolitics; fishing; food; climatechange
Associate Professor Jamie Reilly FASS |School of Social and Political Sciences |Department of Government and International Relations
Dr Wuna Reilly FASS | China Studies Centre Ìý
Professor Jeffrey Riegel FASS |SLC Ìý
Dr Andres Rodriguez FASS |Department of HistoryÌý Ìý
Dr Yu Sang FASS|SLCÌý Ìý
Dr Joshua Stenberg FASS |SLC |Discipline of Chinese StudiesÌý theatre, literature, Southeast Asia, translation, Taiwan
Chunmeizi Su Lecturer in Digital Cultures, Discipline of Media and CommunicationÌý
Professor Wanning Sun CSC Hon Prof - Professor of Media and Communication, School of Communication, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Technology Sydney (UTS).
Adjunct Associate Professor Warren Sun Monash UniversityÌý Ìý
Dr Simon Tan Business School Ìý
Dr Beibei Tang Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China Ìý
Dr Pao-chen Tang USYD | FIlm StudiesÌý Chinese cinemas (of all regions and times); contemporary Chinese art; environmental humanities; animal studies
Associate Professor Anthea Taylor FASS| Gender and Cultural Studies, School of Humanities
Professor Frederick Teiwes FASS |School of Social and Political Sciences |Department of Government and International Relations CCP elite politics, Dynamics of change in the Mao eraHua Guofeng, Deng Xiaoping, and the dismantling of Maoism
Professor Luigi Tomba FASS |China Studies Centre Ìý
Professor Ming-Chang Tsai Center for Asia-Pacific Area Studies; Research Center for Humanities and Social Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
Associate Professor Linda Tsung FASS |Department of Chinese StudiesÌý Ìý
Dr Qiang Tu Faculty of Medicine and Health Ìý
Associate Professor Wei Wang FASS |Department of Chinese StudiesÌý language and society, translation studies, language education, ethnic studies
Professor Anthony Welch FASS | Sydney School of Education and Social WorkÌý Higher Education. Universities. Internationalisation. World Class. Science and Technology.Ìý
Dr Joel Wing-lun CSC Hon Res Fellow - UNSW Arts, Design and Architecture, School of Humanities and LanguagesÌý
Associate Professor Anita Wong Faculty of Medicine & Health language development and disorders in Chinese children, language therapy for Chinese children; parent education on supporting the development of Chinese as the home language
Dr Vycke Wu Business SchoolÌý Behavioural Finance, Corporate Finance, Market Microstructure
Dr Bow Yiying Wu School of Architecture, Design and Planning, USYD
Eliza Wu Professor of Finance and Banking, Head of Disccipline
Dr Jinqi Xu the Office of Deputy Vice Chancellor (Education)
Xuanzi Xu Lecturer in Digital Media, Discipline of Media and Communication
Dr Ye Xue University of Alberta Ìý
Dr Gracy Yang Business SchoolÌý Corruption, firm bribery, global strategy, emerging market firms, temporal orientation
Dr Hongzhi Yang FASS| Sydney School of Education and Social WorkÌý
Dr Zhimin Yang Zhengzhou University of Aeronautics Ìý
Dr Jingjing You Faculty of Medicine and Health Cell biology, molecular biology, biomanufacturing, and engineering
Dr Tao Yu The University of Western Australia (UWA) Ìý
Associate Professor Jingdong Yuan FASS |School of Social and Political Sciences |Department of Government and International Relations Chinese security policy; Indo-Pacific security; nuclear arms control; US Asia policy; China-India relations
Dr Eagle Zhang Business SchoolÌý Financial Reporting in China; Government accounting in China; Chinese accounting history.
Dr Huan Zhang Business SchoolÌý Ìý
Dr Lansheng Zhang FASS |China Studies Centre art, design, history, museology, visual cultureÌý
Dr Ling Zhang Sydney Nursing School, Faculty of Medicine and Health and CPC cardiovascular disease, prevention, health literacy, digital health, cultural and linguistic diverseÌý
Associate Professor Ying Zhang Faculty of Medicine and Health climate change, global health, sustainability, epidemiology
Professor Peng Zhang Science / Life and Environmental Sciences / Plant Breeding InstituteÌý
Associate Professor Xiaohuan Zhao FASS |Department of Chinese StudiesÌý art and archaeology; ritual and religion; Chinese literature; Chinese theatre history; Chinese folk and temple theatreÌý
Associate Professor Yi Zheng University of New South Wales |China Studies Centre modern Chinese literature, contemporary Chinese culture and society, historical aestheticism,

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Local Governance in the PRC
Research Lead: Minglu Chen, Discipline of Government and International RelationsÌý

Chinese Philosophy and Culture
Research lead: Yingjie Guo, Discipline of Chinese Studies, School of Languages and Cultures

Digital Economy
Research Lead : Hans Hendrischke, Business School, International Business Discipline

Education
Research Lead: Wei Li, The University of Sydney Business School

Environmental SustainabilityÌý

Research Lead: Susan Park, Dicipline of Government and International Relations

Health

Research Lead: Ling Zhang, Susan Wakil School of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Medicine and Health

Australia-China Relations

Research Lead: Rachael Hains-Wesson, The University of Sydney Business School

Social ChangeÌý

Research Lead: Allison Betts, Dicipline of Archaeology, Faculty of Arts and Social SciencesÌý

Dr Minglu Chen

Discipline of Government and International RelationsÌý

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