Shanjiang Yu

新西兰 Auckland University of Technology Senior Lecturer Language and Culture


Language maintenance and language shift Teaching and learning Chinese as a foreign language


PhD, Auckland University of Technology MA, University of Auckland MA, SouthWest University BA, Southwest University

孙悦华Susan Sun

新西兰 Auckland University of Technology Senior Lecturer Language and Culture


Computer-assisted language learning (CALL) Technology-enhanced language learning (TELL) Design for CALL/TELL Student configuration Student place-making Socially situated language learning Design patterns and pattern language CALL/TELL and language teachers education Teacher Education and Professional Development of Educators Language Studies Chinese Languages Other Language, Communication and C...


Doctor of Philosophy (Education), University of Sydney Master of Arts (Hons) in Language Learning and Teaching, University of Auckland Postgraduate Diploma in Educational Studies, Victoria University of Wellington Bachelor of Arts in Chinese Language and Literature, Guangzhou University

Charles Chow

新西兰 The University of Auckland Asia Network Adviser New Zealand Asia Institute (NZAI)


History of globalisation FDIs in Asia The future of emerging democracies and benevolent dictatorships in Southeast Asia and China


Worked as chartered accountant turned corporate/investment banker with JP Morgan Chase, equity research director, stockbroker and deal maker for DBS Vickers Securities.

Jeremy Michael Seligman

新西兰 The University of Auckland Senior Lecturer Philosophy


Social reasoning and the history of logic in China Modal logic Hybrid logic Philosophy of information and computation Situation theory Logic in social networks History of logical thought in China


Oxford University, BA, Mathematics and Philosophy, 1986 University of Edinburgh, PhD Cognitive Science, 1991


SENIOR LECTURER, DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY, THE UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND(1998-) As a member of the Philosophy Department, I teach logic to both undergraduate and postgraduatestudents regularly, including the supervision of doctoral students. ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, INSTITUTE OF PHILOSOPHY, NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY, TAI-WAN (1995-1998)I joined this graduate institute shortly after ...

Joanne Barnes

新西兰 The University of Auckland Associate Professor, Pharmacy Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences


Safety and efficacy of specific herbal medicinal products, e.g. St John’s wort (Hypericum perforatum L.) herb preparations Pharmacovigilance (safety monitoring) of herbal medicines, including traditional Chinese herbal medicines and other traditional herbal medicines Pharmacoepidemiological methods for herbal safety monitoring Pharmacists’ professional practices and experiences with respect to ...

Paul Clark

新西兰 The University of Auckland Professor, Asian Studies Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts


Chinese films and popular culture, including culture during the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976) Chinese youth culture Beijing since 1949


BA MA Auckland Diploma Peking University, AM Harvard, PhD


Chinese film Modern Chinese literature Modern Chinese history

Youjin Lee

新西兰 The University of Auckland Doctoral Candidate Faculty of Arts - Cultures, Languages and Linguistics


Modality in Chinese Modal auxiliary verbs Beijing Mandarin Corpus linguistics Sociolinguistics Lao Qida/Nogeoldae  Piao Tongshi/Bak Tongsa


BA (Hons) MA (Hons) MLitt (Hons) in Chinese

Xiaoning Wang

新西兰 The University of Waikato Lecturer (Chinese) Chinese, Division of Arts Law Psychology & Social Sciences


Chinese language teaching Modern Chinese literature


BA Shanghai MA, PhD Waikato

Chia-rong Wu

新西兰 University of Canterbury Senior Lecturer School of Language, Social and Political Sciences


Sinophone studies with a focus on Taiwan literature and film Strange fiction (志怪) Ghost-island literature (鬼島文學) Aboriginal literature Ecocriticism Taiwan studies Sinophone studies Chinese literature and film


Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, U.S.A

Wei Teng

新西兰 University of Canterbury Lecturer School of Language, Social and Political Sciences


Community translation/interpreting Pragmatic equivalence in translation/interpreting Development of criteria which can assess such equivalence Community Translation Community Interpreting Translation/Interpreting Assessment Criteria Systemic Functional Linguistics Functional translation theories Learning Chinese as a Second Language


Master’s Degree at University of Adelaide in 2005 with a thesis focusing on the maintenance of textual equivalence in English-Mandarin translation In the final stages of a PhD study at Auckland University of Technology with a project aimed at developing criteria for the assessment of pragmatic equivalence in English-Mandarin health translations.

Lorraine Wong

新西兰 University of Otago Lecturer – Chinese Programme Languages and Cultures


The history of script reforms in modern China and this history's relation to the emergence of modern Chinese literature and literary criticism Language rights within and outside China in today’s world.


PhD in Comparative Literature from New York University MPhil in Sociology from Cambridge University BA in English from the University of Hong Kong


Urban and rural imaginations in Chinese literary discourses Youth culture and gender politics in modern and contemporary China Print media and technological changes,  Socialist culture as well as world literature. History and Culture of the Chinese Scripts Film and Popular Cultures (mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and the Chinese Diaspora) Sinophone Literature; Modern and Contemporary Chinese...

Paola Voci

新西兰 University of Otago Associate Professor in Chinese and Asian Studies Languages and Cultures


East Asian Studies (in particular, Chinese language and culture) Film and media studies, Visual culture, Digital culture Documentary, animation, and other hybrid digital video practices in contemporary China


B.A. Honours in Chinese Language and Literature, Venice University Diploma in Film Theory and Practice, Beijing Film Academy Diploma in Film Theory and Practice, Beijing Film Academy MA in East Asian Studies, Indiana University PhD in Chinese, Indiana University


Chinese cinemas (Hong Kong, PRC, Taiwan, and the Chinese diasporas) Chinese documentary Chinese animation Chinese digital cultures Animation, Handmade cinema Documentary, docuanimation Screen cultures and soft power Small-screen cinema (digital movie-making practices, DYI movies, microcinema)

Sin Wen Lau

新西兰 University of Otago Senior Lecturer – Chinese Programme Languages and Cultures


Anthropology of China Chinese Diaspora Globalisation Religion (Chinese Christianity) Gender Migration


PhD in Anthropology from Australian National University Masters degree in East Asian Studies


Previously worked in Shanghai as a consultant for a research firm where I applied my research skills in the design of market solutions for multinational companies


The socio-cultural dimensions of Chinese society and the Chinese diaspora

Christopher Elder

新西兰 Victoria University of Wellington New Zealand Contemporary China Research Centre, Victoria University of Wellington

Hongzhi Gao

新西兰 Victoria University of Wellington Senior Research Fellow at the Centre New Zealand Contemporary China Research Centre, Victoria University of Wellington


Guanxi gatekeeping in Chinese-Western business relationships Corporate response strategies in food safety crises in China Branding and value co-creation in social media in China Small and medium enterprises going international Crisis management Risk management China market entry Intercultural relationship management Food marketing


MCom (Masters of Commerce) in Marketing with distinction in 2004 PhD in Marketing in 2009 from Otago University.


Chief analyst of foreign loans and risk management for Jilin Provincial Government in China Senior Lecturer at SMIB 2009-2018 Research Fellow and Lecturer at the Marketing Department of Otago University 2008-2009.

Hui Luo

新西兰 Victoria University of Wellington Lecturer in Chinese School of Languages & Cultures


Chinese culture in contemporary Anglo-Canadian writing Rethinking Chinese literature as world literature


PhD in Chinese Literature at the University of Toronto in 2009. MA Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, United States BA Wuhan University, Wuhan, China


Chinese literary, film and visual studies in cross-cultural and transnational contexts Literary translation. Modern Chinese literature Chinese cinema Chinese language Literary translation

Martin King Whyte

新西兰 Victoria University of Wellington Visiting Research Fellows New Zealand Contemporary China Research Centre, Victoria University of Wellington


Comparative sociology Sociology of the family Sociology of development The sociological study of contemporary China Post-communist transitions Historical and comparative questions—why particular societies are organized the way they are and how differences across societies affect the nature of people’s lives


Professor of Sociology at Harvard from 2000 to 2015 Taught at the University of Michigan and George Washington University

Peter Harris

新西兰 Victoria University of Wellington Acting Director New Zealand Contemporary China Research Centre, Victoria University of Wellington


Governance reform, international relations and political and cultural history, with particular reference to China and its neighbours.


BA (1st Class Honours) in Chinese from the University of Oxford M Phil in International Relations from the University of Oxford


Former teacher and lecturer at Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou.

刘良妮Liangni Sally Liu

新西兰 Massey University Senior Lecturer School of Humanities


Migrant transnationalism, especially Chinese/Asian migratory transnationalism Research and theory in the area of human movement mobility Chinese migration literature Migrant integration issues Migrant sexuality Migrant interaction with host country societies Issues that relate to ethnic relations between migrant minorities and mainstream/or indigenous people Media influence on ethnic relations


Doctor of Philosophy - University of Auckland (2011) Master of Arts (First Class Honours) - University of Auckland (2006) Bachelor of Arts (Honours) - University of Auckland (2005) Bachelor of Arts - University of Auckland (2003)

王丹萍Danping Wang

新西兰 The University of Auckland Senior Lecturer, Asian Studies Faculty of Arts, Asian Studies


Chinese as a second/foreign/additional/heritage language Multilingualism and translanguaging in second language education  Bilingual academic literacy (English and Chinese) Ideology and discourse analysis of language learning materials  Language teacher education (Teacher study abroad) Learner autonomy and language learning memoir


BA in English from Renmin University of China MA in Chinese Linguistics at the Renmin University of China PhD (EdUHK) - Doctorate at the Education University of Hong Kong

David John Robb

新西兰 The University of Auckland Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Management Graduate School of Management


Inventory/supply chain management Operations strategy Modelling and empirical investigation into operations and supply chain management in China, The effects of lead time and uncertainty in supply chains, Inventories in China The management of retail queues On-line shopping for perishable items


Engineering Science degree from the University of Auckland MBA in Operations Management from The University of Calgary PhD in Operations Management from The University of Calgary


Assistant Professor (1992-1994) - The University of Calgary Worked in and consulted for various companies, including Dulux Paints, Fletcher Steel, Fletcher Aluminium, New Zealand Post International, Scott Panel & Hardware, and Zuellig Pharma, developing and implementing inventory/logistics management systems in manufacturing and distribution settings.

Hilary Chung

新西兰 The University of Auckland Senior Lecturer New Zealand Asia Institute (NZAI)


Modern Chinese literature Comparative Literature Gender and representation in literature The poetics of exile Literature and representation of the Chinese diaspora  Chinese New Zealand playwrights and the development of Chinese New Zealand theatre.

Melissa Wei-Tsing Inouye

新西兰 The University of Auckland Senior Lecturer Asian Studies


Twentieth century Chinese history History of grassroots associations in 19th and 20th century China China and non-elite globalisation Pentecostal and charismatic Christianity in China Chinese spiritual civilization; Chinese culture and moral ideology Transnational religious communities and modernity Global Mormon studies


Ph.D., Harvard University, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations


Modern Chinese history Chinese religion Women and Chinese history World Christianity Global Mormon studies History of women and religion

Shengnan Wang

新西兰 The University of Auckland Research Fellow Woolf Fisher Research Centre, Faculty of Education and Social Work


Teacher expectations and teacher expectation effects in the Chinese secondary school context. Teachers’ behaviours that could communicate differential expectations to students Stability of teacher expectations Teacher expectations for children of migrated workers in China


MA (Distinction) BA

Stephen Noakes

新西兰 The University of Auckland Senior Lecturer Politics and International Relations


Contemporary Chinese politics (particularly popular resistance and political economy) and foreign policy Democratization and human rights Transnational advocacy/global civil society and politics of foreign aid


BA(Hons) MA PhD


Contemporary Chinese politics (particularly in the areas of popular resistance and political economy) Transnational advocacy Human rights Democratization Other “big think” questions in comparative and international politics

Alexandra Cullen

新西兰 The University of Waikato Programme Administrator Chinese, Division of Arts Law Psychology & Social Sciences

Maria Galikowski

新西兰 The University of Waikato Senior Lecturer (Chinese) Chinese, Division of Arts Law Psychology & Social Sciences


Social and cultural developments in modern and contemporary China


BA (Hons) PhD Leeds

Alex Tan

新西兰 University of Canterbury Head of Department and Professor of Political Science and International Relations School of Language, Social and Political Sciences


Asian International Relations Democracy and Democratisation Political Parties, Elections, and Political Participation Political Economy of Growth, Development, and Finance Northeast Asian Politics Taiwan Politics and Taiwan-China Relations Southeast Asian Politics Political Science Research Methods


PhD (Political Science) from Texas A&M University MA (Economics) from the University of California at Santa Barbara AB (Economics) from the Ateneo de Manila


Was tenured associate professor at the University of North Texas Postdoctoral fellow at the Southern Methodist University (Dallas) Banker with HSBC Research fellow at Taiwan Institute of Economic Research

Brian Moloughney

新西兰 University of Otago Professor of Chinese History Department of History and Art History


Chinese history and literature Historiography Imperial cultures Chinese diaspora


1984: BA (University of Canterbury) 1986: MA (University of Canterbury) 1996: PhD (ANU)


HIST 123 Revolutions HIST 204 China: Oracle Bones to Revolution HIST 223 Empires and Globalisation HIST 241 War and the Modern World HIST 304 China in Revolution HUMS 301/401 Internship Practicum 

Jason Young

新西兰 Victoria University of Wellington Director of the New Zealand Contemporary China Research Centre New Zealand Contemporary China Research Centre, Victoria University of Wellington


Chinese politico-economic and institutional reform Chinese foreign policy New Zealand-China relations Belt and Road Initiative


PhD Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand 2006-08-20 to 2010-02-01 | Doctorate of Philosophy in Political Science (Political Science and International Relations)Education BSc University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand MIR Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand PhD Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand


Chinese international relations New Zealand-China/Asia relations Institutional reform in China

Yiyan Wang

新西兰 Victoria University of Wellington Professor of Chinese School of Languages and Cultures


Literary Studies Cultural Studies Modern Chinese intellectual history Chinese diaspora studies


PhD University of Sydney, Sydney, Sydney, Australia 1 Mar 1994 - 30 Nov 1998 MA University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia BA Sichuan University, Chengdu, China


Professor of Chinese Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, School of Languages and Cultures, Wellington, New Zealand 1 Feb 2012 - present Senior Lecturer the University of Sydney, Chinese Studies, Sydney, Australia 1 Feb 2000 - 31 Jan 2012


Modern and contemporary Chinese literature Modern Chinese society, culture and history Chinese visual art studies Chinese diaspora studies Comparative literary studies

Zhai Junliang

新西兰 Victoria University of Wellington Visiting Research Fellows New Zealand Contemporary China Research Centre, Victoria University of Wellington

Michael Li

新西兰 Massey University Senior Lecturer in Chinese School of Humanities


Second language teaching and acquisition Corpus linguistics Teaching Chinese as a Second Language Translation and interpretation Mobile and Computer Assisted Language Learning

Antje Fiedler

新西兰 The University of Auckland Director China Studies Centre


PhD in Management, The University of Auckland

Gerald Chan

新西兰 The University of Auckland Professor of Politics and International Relations School of Social Sciences


Chinese international relations China's role in global governance China's Belt and Road initiative


PhD in Chinese politics and history at Griffith University in Australia MA in International Relations at the University of Kent, U.K


Taught international relations and Asian politics for 15 years at Victoria University of Wellington Previously Professor of East Asian Politics and Director of the Centre for Contemporary Chinese Studies at Durham University, U.K.

Karen Huang

新西兰 The University of Auckland Senior Lecturer, Asian Studies Faculty of Arts, Asian Studies


Chinese linguistics Acoustic phonetics Speech perception Chinese dialects Historical linguistics Language contact Tone


PhD (Hawaii) MA (Hawaii) BSc (NTU)


CHINESE 101 Beginning Modern Chinese 2 CHINESE 178 Study Abroad 1 CHINESE 739 Educational Linguistics in Chinese CHINESE 200 Intermediate Modern Chinese 1 CHINESE 277 Study Abroad 2A CHINESE 278 Study Abroad 2B CHINESE 377 Study Abroad 3A CHINESE 378 Study Abroad 3B CHINESE 739 Educational Linguistics in Chinese

Lawrence Zhang

新西兰 The University of Auckland Professor of Linguistics-in-Education (Applied Linguistics & TESOL) School of Curriculum and Pedagogy 


Cognitive, linguistic, sociocultural and developmental factors in reading/ biliteracy development Critical reading awareness in language education, metacognition, self-regulated learning (SRL) and reading development in L1 and L2 contexts. Bilingual/biliteracy acquisition and bilingual/biliteracy education in primary and secondary schools, and learning and teaching English as a second/foreign l...


PhD MA (Hon) PGDipELT (Distinction) BA


EDPROFST 380 TESSOL: Teacher Research Design - GradDipTESSOL [Also in BEd(TESOL)] EDUC 348 The Reading Process EDPROFST 706 Language Analysis for Teachers EDCURRIC 716 Research Methods in Language Education EDPROFST 207A - Interdisciplinary Approaches to TESOL

Xin Chen

新西兰 The University of Auckland Research Fellow and Programme Officer New Zealand Asia Institute (NZAI)


Chinese politics China and East Asian regional integration


PhD in Political Science at the University of Hawaii. MA in English literature and linguistics BA English literature and linguistics


East West Centre in Honolulu for 11 years, first as a degree fellow, then a research assistant and finally a research fellow Lecturer at the English Department of Peking University Senior lecturer at China Foreign Affairs University in Beijing

Xuelin Zhou

新西兰 The University of Auckland Senior Lecturer


Chinese genre films Youth culture represention in the films of Hong Kong, Taiwan and mainland China.


PhD in Film Studies from University of Auckland (2003) MA in Modern British Studies from University of Warwick (1991) MA in Literature from Guangzhou Institute of Foreign Languages (1986); BA


MEDIA 202 Hollywood and its Others MEDIA 307 Hollywood and its Others MEDIA 743 Chinese Film Genres

Xiaoming Wu

新西兰 University of Canterbury Adjunct Associate Professor School of Language, Social and Political Sciences


Philosophical rereading of Confucian and Daoist classics Comparative studies of Chinese and European thought Chinese and comparative literature, with a particular emphasis on modern Chinese literature and the literary influences it received from Western romanticism The modern Chinese writer 鲁迅 Lu Xun The relevance of traditional Chinese thought to modern life and the potentiality of a philoso...


Bachelor of Arts (Fudan University) Master of Arts (Peking University) Doctor of Philosophy (University of Sussex)

Keith Woodford

新西兰 Victoria University of Wellington Senior Fellow New Zealand Contemporary China Research Centre, Victoria University of Wellington

Limin Bai

新西兰 Victoria University of Wellington Senior Lecturer in Chinese Studies School of Languages and Cultures


Late imperial period to contemporary China Chinese history, society and culture intelligentsia in late imperial China, and its influence on and contributions to education and culture Intellectual history of Ming-Qing China Childhood studies Children's literature Textbook research Christianity and education in late imperial China History of Chinese education, culture, and society Asian studies (...


PhD La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia MA East China Normal University, Shanghai, China BA Anhui University, Hefei, China


Pre-modern Chinese intellectual history, including aspects of Chinese textbook research Literary translation Missionary education in China Chinese attitudes to children and childhood Contemporary Chinese society, culture and education; literary translation and translation studies.

Marc Lanteigne

新西兰 Victoria University of Wellington Senior Research Fellow New Zealand Contemporary China Research Centre, Victoria University of Wellington


Chinese politics and foreign policy Regional international relations East Asian and Polar politics Security and political economy

Sharon Lucock

新西兰 Victoria University of Wellington Associate Director, New Zealand Contemporary China Research Centre New Zealand Contemporary China Research Centre, Victoria University of Wellington


Agricultural management and global food systems with a particular interest in New Zealand companies working in China. Animal and crop-based industries, and from livelihoods on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau through to consumer choices in the big cities


Degree from China Agricultural University Master’s and PhD degrees at Lincoln University,


Professional translator and interpreter

Tony Browne

新西兰 Victoria University of Wellington Executive Chairman New Zealand Contemporary China Research Centre, Victoria University of Wellington


New Zealand Ambassador to China from 2004 to 2009 Director of the North Asia Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Director of the New Zealand Commerce and Industry Office in Taipei. 1990 to 1994 was Director of the Domestic and External Security Secretariat in the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.