Jia Gao

澳大利亚 The University of Melbourne Professor Asia Institute


Contemporary Chinese society The New Chinese migrant community in Australia Applied social psychological and sociological studies of post-1978 Chinese society, with a focus on public opinion and socio-political dynamics, social stratification, elite dominance and ideology in post-Mao China.


PhD in human geography at the University of Melbourne Bachelor of Arts (honours) Renmin University of China


Lecturer in social psychology and sociology at Renmin University of China, and he was also in charge of a number of research programs there before coming to Australia in 1988

Li Du

澳大利亚 The University of Melbourne Senior Lecturer Asia Institute


Doctor of Philosophy University of Melbourne Master of Education La Trobe University Bachelor of Arts Beijing Normal University Master of Education La Trobe University Doctor of Philosophy University of Melbourne

Mark Wang

澳大利亚 The University of Melbourne Professor of Geography Centre for Contemporary Chinese Studies


Doctor of Philosophy University of British Columbia Master of Science Northeast Institute of Geography and Agricultural Ecology, CAS Bachelor of Science Shanxi Teachers' University

Shaoming Zhou

澳大利亚 The University of Melbourne Senior Lecturer Chinese Studies Asia Institute


Chinese folklore


PG Diploma Master of Arts Beijing Normal University Bachelor of Arts Beijing Normal University Master of Education La Trobe University Doctor of Philosophy University of Melbourne

Sow Keat Tok

澳大利亚 The University of Melbourne Lecturer In Chinese Asia Institute


China and its policy behaviour towards "sovereignty," with particular attention to China-HKSAR and China-Taiwan relations China's foreign relations, policy discourses, State-Party relations,central-local relations, nationalism and identity, politics in Taiwan and the HKSAR, elite politics and leadership succession. East Asia's regional institutions and approaches to regionalism, the role of inf...


PhD in Politics and International Studies University of Warwick Master of Arts (International Relations) Australian National University Bachelor of Arts (Political Science) National University of Singapore Links ORCID

Xiao Han

澳大利亚 The University of Melbourne Postdoctoral Fellow Asia Institute


China's rural changes The Chinese 'go-out' The technopolitics of (water) infrastructure Political economy of development


Doctor of Philosophy: Geography University of Melbourne Master of Management Science Hohai University Bachelor of Engineering Hohai University International Summer School in Forced Migration University of Oxford

Anthony Spires

澳大利亚 The University of Melbourne Senior Lecturer - Contemporary Chinese Studies Asia Institute


Political sociology Civil society Globalisation Organisational development Philanthropy Chinese and outside organisations working on environmental issues, labor rights, HIV-AIDS, education, and other concerns that have arisen in the context of rapid urbanisation and fundamental policy changes since the early 1980s.


Undergraduate degree in Asian Studies at Occidental College Yale University - MA degree in East Asian Studies MA, MPhil, and PhD in Sociology


Associate Professor in the Sociology Department at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). During the early ‘00s, he spent three years with the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization, where he co-founded and worked as Assistant Editor of YaleGlobal Online.

Christine Wong

澳大利亚 The University of Melbourne Honorary Professorial Fellow Asia Institute


Economic development


Economics University of California - Berkeley Economics University of California - Berkeley Economics Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Craig A Smith

澳大利亚 The University of Melbourne Lecturer In Translation Studies (Chinese) Asia Institute


Twentieth century intellectual history Contemporary Chinese intellectual thought Chinese efforts to engage with or abrogate continued Western hegemony


Doctor of Philosophy University of British Columbia Master of Arts Taiwan Literature National Chung Cheng University Master of Arts, Chinese Literature University of Alberta Links ORCID

Delia Lin

澳大利亚 The University of Melbourne Senior Lecturer Chinese Studies (Languages) Asia Institute


How language reflects cultural and political sensitivities

Ruonan Zheng

澳大利亚 The University of Melbourne Principal Tutor Chinese Studies

Sarah Rogers

澳大利亚 The University of Melbourne Lecturer In Contemporary Chinese Studies Asia Institute


Hydropolitics Poverty alleviation Climate adaptation Resettlement Agrarian change


PhD in Geography University of Melbourne Postgraduate Diploma in Arts (Development) University of Melbourne Graduate Diploma in Arts (Development) University of Melbourne Bachelor of Arts University of Melbourne

Yongxian Luo

澳大利亚 The University of Melbourne Associate Professor (Chinese) Asia Institute


Sino-Tibetan linguistics


Doctor of Philosophy The Australian National University Master of Arts The Australian National University Graduate Diploma Guangxi Normal University Bachelor of Arts Guangxi Teacher Education University Links ORCID 0000-0002-5789-

Anne McLaren

澳大利亚 The University of Melbourne Professor in Chinese Studies Asia Institute


Chinese popular culture from the late imperial to the contemporary period The oral and ritual traditions of Chinese women Chinese performance arts Traditional popular fiction Print culture in late imperial China Intangible Cultural Heritage


Graduate Diploma in Education University of Melbourne Doctor of Philosophy The Australian National University Bachelor of Arts The Australian National University

Ester Leung

澳大利亚 The University of Melbourne Associate Professor Of Translation Studies Chinese Asia Institute


Interpreting studies using action research approaches


DR Lancaster University


Introduction to interpreting studies Consecutive and simultaneous interpreting Legal translation Research methods for translation/interpreting studies Professional studies for translators, etc.

Lei Yu

澳大利亚 The University of Melbourne Research Fellow Centre for Contemporary Chinese Studies


Urbanisation and social policy Central-local relations Public finance and governance in contemporary China


PhD in social policy at the Asia Institute, the University of Melbourne

Xiao Tan

澳大利亚 The University of Melbourne Research Fellow Centre for Contemporary Chinese Studies


Primary care system development, health policy and public finance, with a primary focus on China


PhD at the Asia Institute at the University of Melbourne in 2019 Master of Economics The University of Hong Kong Master of Arts in China Development Studies The University of Hong Kong