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Welcome to IAPS China. IAPS China is an international community of world renowned scholars, excellent early-career researchers and research students. It is the mission of IAPS to produce world class research, build bridges between different disciplines and develop people to their fullest potential in terms of research and knowledge exchange and engagement.

Director of IAPS, Dr Filippo Gilardi

Advisory Board

Position	Name	Department	Research
Advisor	Alain Chong	Graduate School	Information systems Operations management
Advisor	Gary Rawnsley	School of International Studies	“Soft power” Public and cultural diplomacy Propaganda International broadcasting The media and democracy Political cinema
Advisor	Michael Galea	School of Aerospace	Electrical machines and drives More Electric Aircraft Aerospace Systems Integration

Board of Directors

Position	Name	Department	Research
Director	Filippo Gilardi	School of International Communications	Media convergence Global digital platform Copyright protection
RPA Leader	Fui Theng Leow	Nottingham University Business School China	Multimedia development and human-computer interaction, connectivism, networked and social learning, social media and digital society, instructional design and strategies, and human learning and performance. Redesigning the learning environment and developing pedagogical framework for technologies-enhanced learning and creative media.
RPA Leader	Lily YU	School of English	Narratives, intercultural communication, and bilingualism in the museum context in China Western feminism translated and transformed in China Translation education in China Chinese interpreters in the war settings
RPA Leader	Maria Julia Trombetta	School of International Studies	Environmental governance and critical security studies Theory of securitization and sociological approaches to security
RPA Leader	Thomas Hirzel	School of International Communications	The Socio-Economic and Cultural History of Ningbo and the Lower Yangzi Region Maritime History Chinese Cultural Heritage and Digital Humanities Chinese Art History Translation and Intercultural Communication in Chinese GLAMs Museum Studies

Research Priority Area Leader

Area	Name	Department	Research area
Environmental Security	Maria Julia Trombetta	School of International Studies	Environmental governance and critical security studies Theory of securitization and sociological approaches to security
Environmental Security	Faith Chan	School of Geographical Sciences	International water management policies Sustainable flood management and planning practices Flood risk assessment practices in the UK, Europe and East Asian coastal cities, deltas and their applications in both developed and developing countries
Cultural & Creative Industries	Fui Theng Leow	Nottingham University Business School China	Multimedia development and human-computer interaction, connectivism, networked and social learning, social media and digital society, instructional design and strategies, and human learning and performance. Redesigning the learning environment and developing pedagogical framework for technologies-enhanced learning and creative media.
Cultural & Creative Industries	Dimple Thadani	Nottingham University Business School China	Technology/Social Media Addiction Leadership emergence and development in online collaborative games E-Commerce: Electronic Word of Mouth and Trust E-Learning: Gamification and blended learning
Gender Studies	Lily YU	School of Education and English	Narratives, intercultural communication, and bilingualism in the museum context in China Western feminism translated and transformed in China Translation education in China Chinese interpreters in the war settings
Gender Studies	Ashley Yoon Mooi Ng	School of Education and English	Principal training and development Educational leadership and management School improvement Educational policy Teacher education Mentoring and coaching Continuous professional development and professional learning communities Gender and leadership Female in leadership role
Ningbo Studies	Thomas Hirzel	School of International Communications	The Socio-Economic and Cultural History of Ningbo and the Lower Yangzi Region Maritime History Chinese Cultural Heritage and Digital Humanities Chinese Art History Translation and Intercultural Communication in Chinese GLAMs Museum Studies
Ningbo Studies	Jing Xie	School of Architecture and Built Environment	History of built environment Social and cultural sustainability of the built environment in a broad historical and cultural context Urban fabrics from the Tang-Song dynasties

Research Fellows

Name	Department	Research area
Ada Ma	Nottingham University Business School	Labour economics Applied microeconometrics Policy evaluation Health economics
Ali Cheshmehzangi	Architecture and Built Environment, Engineering	Urban Studies Sustainable urbanism and development Energy and Low Income Tropical Housing and Urban Cooling
Alvin Cheng	Nottingham University Business School	Capital gains taxation Corporate failure and financial distress International accounting Internet financial reporting International taxation Accounting education
Amarpreet Gill	Department of Mechanical, Materials and Manufacturing Engineering.	Digital pedagogy Microlearning in Education Teaching with Technology AR/VR for educational purposes Design and Prototyping Design Education
Ayotunde Dawodu	Department of Architecture and Built Environment	Sustainable urban development Sustainability assessment tools (e.g BREEAM and LEED) Urban indicator development Sustainable energy in buildings People-centered planning for cities
Binjie HU	Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering	Micro/Nano-materials Engineering Green Engineering Reaction Engineering
Bjarke Liboriussen	School of International Communications	Role of tools and technology in creative work Impact of digitalisation on creative practices Changing role of work spaces and collaboration
Boying Li	Nottingham University Business School	Rumour Consumer behaviour in social media Electronic word-of-mouth Digital marketing E-commerce Pro-social behaviour
Candace Veecock	School of Eudcation and English	English Linguistics and English Applied Linguistics Linguistic agency or “agentivity” How speakers use different modes of description in the assignment of actions (including praise or blame) and how subjectivity and “cultural subjectivities” of action are mobilized in discourse
Celia Lam	School of International Communications	Expressions of identity in Australian media The interaction between Australian and East Asian fan cultures, media and celebrities
Chee Wei Phang	Nottingham University Business School	Mobile commerce Social media Societal impact of IT
Christian Müller	School of International Studies	Transfer of political and social ideas and concepts, and models and practices of sociability (associations and associational culture) between Europe and East Asia Selective adaptation of Western concepts of political and social reform in China since the 1840s Conceptual histories and construction of meanings of “West” and “East” in historical context
ChungKet Thein	School of Aerospace	Vibration energy harvesting design (both electromagnetic and piezoelectric) Multi-objective and multidisciplinary structural optimisation using finite element analysis
Cong Cao	Nottingham University Business School	Building a Modern, Harmonious, and Creative High-Income Society China’s future development
Corey Schultz	School of International Communications	Chinese art film Chinese visual culture Film phenomenology Museum studies Affect studies Representation of Jews and Jewishness in China
Dan Shi	School of Education and English	Systemic functional linguistics Multimodal studies Classroom discourse analysis Literacy development research
Dave Towey	School of Computer Science	Software Testing: Metamorphic Testing; Adaptive Random Testing Technology-enhanced Teaching & Learning; Open Educational Resources (OERs) International Higher Education in the Chinese context Computer Security
David Kiwuwa	School of International Studies	Interrogation of ethnopolitics and Democratic Transition in Rwanda “One Belt one Road” and its manifestation in the Great Lakes Region, examining specifically infrastructural development as peace building and regional integration
Derek Irwin	School of Eudcation and English	Systemic Functional Linguistics Canadian Literature Theatre
Devinder Yadav	School of Aerospace	International civil aviation regulatory framework Aviation safety, health & safety Aircraft personnel licensing, airport engineering, airworthiness, flight operations, aircraft maintenance, project management, and aviation management
Eugene Ch’ng	School of International Communications	Development and application of cutting-edge Mixed Reality technology investigating individual user and crowd behaviour at the interface between humans and machines (Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Artificial Intelligence), which includes social media analytics China’s cultural heritage contents, and how lost and existing national treasures can be digitally conserved, reconstructed, analysed, interpreted and accessed using digital technologies
Eugenio Mangi	Department of Architecture and Built Environment	Sustainable urban transformation process in China and local community engagement and participation Traditional Chinese architecture and heritage re-use Social housing typologies and policies implementation and XX century European heritage
Gavin Lai	Mechanical Materials and Manufacturing Engineering	Sustainable Manufacturing Lean Manufacturing Engineering Education and SOTL
Geoff Hall	School of Eudcation and English	Intercultural research and research on uses of English in China is planned to develop along with continuing interest in literary stylistics, including Free Indirect Discourse and emotions in literary reception
Giovanna Comerio	Language Center	Language pedagogy Development of learners’ autonomy Language learners’ intercultural development related to foreign language learning and the ‘study abroad’ experience Introduction of literature into the language classroom
Grant Dawson	School of International Studies	UN peacekeeping, UN peacemaking Civil wars (especially in Namibia, Somalia, and Libya) International intervention Africa’s international politics in relation to China and Canada
Hing Kai Chan	Nottingham University Business School	Production and operations management Logistics and supply chain management Scheduling Technology adoption Industrial informatics Soft computing
Ian Nelson	School of International Studies	British, European Union, and US foreign policy towards the Middle East, the Arab-Israeli conflict generally The Israeli-Palestinian question more specifically The party-political, transnational, regional and international decision and policy-making mechanisms The legacies of European imperialism-colonialism in shaping the Middle Eastern region, and the complex character of the factors influencing many of the contemporary political issues
Jeanne O'Connell	Centre of English Language Education	Management in transnational higher education Statistics in language testing Rater training in large-scale English for Academic Purposes programmes
Jin Chen	Nottingham University Business School	Technology innovation External financing in emerging markets (and/or in high-velocity environments) The impact of political institutions on start-ups in emerging economies
Jing Bie	Department of Civil Engineering	The integration of different aspects of personal mobility Transport economy, sustainable transport, dynamic traffic management, advanced ITS applications and services, human factors in traffic and transport.
Jing Dai	Nottingham University Business School	Green supply chain management Socially and environmentally responsible value chain innovation Maritime studies
John Dourneen	Centre for English Language Education	Internationalized higher education, International Branch Campuses; cross-border educational collaboration, particularly in East Asia Teaching and Learning Regimes Education as social practice Change management in education
John Lowe	School of Eudcation and English	Relationship between education and social change International higher education and transitions from education to work in the context of a global knowledge economy Chinese higher education and Chinese international students
José R. Sánchez-Fung	Nottingham University Business School	Empirical macroeconomics and monetary policy Development economics and policy Emerging markets and developing economies
Joseph Askew	School of International Studies	China’s foreign relations China’s relations with various nomadic groups to China’s north during the Ming and the Northern Wei Dynasties
Joy Spiliopoulos	School of International Studies	Migration of Southeast Asian health care workers Migrant identity and belonging, adaptation, settlement, diasporas, mobility, inequality connected to gender, race, class Health and social care for vulnerable older adults and young people and adults with disabilities
K. Cohen Tan	School of International Communications	Digital nomadism and Technology Cultural studies and Critical Theory Buddhist philosophy and post-structuralism
Lauren Knowles	Centre for English Language Education	Engagement using interactive platforms, classroom diglossia and code-switching and gamification of learning
Lei Hao	School of International Communications	Philosophy of technology Technological agency Identity in the digital age Cultures and politics of technology innovation in China Media convergence Blockchain technology Chinese digital platform
Lei Li	Nottingham University Business School	Internationalisation strategies and processes of multinational enterprises (MNEs) based in the US and China
Lily Lin	School of Ecinomics	Dietary Patterns Food Structures and Food Chemistry Dietary Behavior and Dietary Culture Public Health Nutrition and its related health aspect Clinical Nutrition : chronic diseases (e.g. Overweight/ Obesity, Type II Diabetes, etc.)
Lina Zhang	Nottingham University Business School	Omni-channel retail Sustainable supply chain Digital marketing operations
Margaret Gillon Dowens	School of Eudcation and English	Interested in the areas of bi/multilingualism and the effects of aging on language learning Literal and figurative language in text and visual images and how this varies across cultures Morphosyntax processing, visual word/character processing and non-literal language processing, in language combinations
Maria Luo	Nottingham University Business School	Service marketing Triggers of customers' aggressive behaviours in service firms
Mark Bailey	School of International Studies	The Role of Political Myth in legitimating visions of World Order Mythmaking within Critical Scholarship on Globalisation The Politics of Global Development United States Foreign Policy since 1945 The Politics of the ‘Alter-Globalisation’ Movement The Political Philosophies of Eric Voegelin, Leo Strauss and Ernst Cassirer
Martin Lockett	Nottingham University Business School	Innovation Information systems strategy and management People and change management Research methods Academic study skills
Martin Liu	Nottingham University Business School	Streams of consumer behaviour, e-marketing and brand strategy How authenticity is created and communicated to better value propositions to consumers Corporate reputation strategies
Maycon Sedrez	Architecture and Built Environment	Urban transformation Green cities Architecture Water in cities
Meili Feng	School of Geographical Sciences	Water quality modeling based on biogeochemistry processes River hydrology and ecologically related implications The impacts of hydropower regulation on river thermal regimes and fish habitat suitability Temporal-spatial characterization of hydropeaking and thermopeaking effects Nutrient cycling and river ecology in quasi-steady and unsteady systems Networks analysis and ecosystem approaches to management
Mengxia XU	Chemical and Environmental Engineering	Environmental fate of toxic combustion by-products (CBPs), Development of environmental catalysts/adsorbents for the simultaneous removal of multi-pollutants Reaction kinetics of pyrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass for liquid fuels
Minghai Zhou	School of Ecinomics	Labor economics, development economics and international economics Income distribution, CEO labour markets, outward FDI in China
Nagatomi Hirayama	School of International Studies	Political and Intellectual history of Modern China Sino-Japanese Relations History of Socialism and Socialist Movements
Nancy Liu	School of International Communications	Social meanings of translation, media texts in particular Framing in journalism with news translation studies Chinese media (text) translation
Odette Paramor	Department of Geographical Sciences	Applied marine ecology Ecosystem approaches to the management of natural resources in aquatic systems in Europe and West Africa Ecosystem effects of human activities in marine systems, habitat restoration and linking ecological functioning to the delivery of ecosystem services
Paolo Bianchi	Nottingham University Business School	Growth of Chinese Firms, Bias of Professional Forecasters, Political Economy limites to Trade Issues relevant to the new economic growth model for China
Paolo Di Giannatale	Nottingham University Business School	Corporate Governance Industrial Economics Applied Economics Competition Policy Evolution of Chinese Banking Sector Post-integration performance of domestic and cross-border M&As in China
Paul Martin	School of International Communications	Game studies focuses on textual analysis, expression in games, and the phenomenology of digital game play Technology in the classroom mainly focuses on developing theory around student notetaking Japanese popular culture
Penélope Franco Estrada	Language Centre	Public Relations Internal Communications Qualitative Methods Social Communication
Peter Hofman	Nottingham University Business School	Corporate social responsibility in China Upgrading, innovation and CSR in Chinese firms Eco-innovation in Chinese firms Stakeholder engagement strategies of Chinese mnes Sustainability strategies in Chinese firms
Peter Lamb	Nottingham University Business School	How to involve students and other users in the translation and adaptation of theories User-centred translation How organisational strategies are translated within organisations
Peter Li	Nottingham University Business School	Emerging issues of entrepreneurship Innovation in the special context of international business
Ping Du	School of Eudcation and English	Development of a bilingual (Chinese and English) corpus of workplace interactions in the multicultural Chinese workplace Intercultural differences in relational strategies at workplace meetings Development of frameworks for the analysis and explanation of such differences
Robert Weekly	School of Eudcation and English	World Englishes English as a Lingua Franca Multilingualism Language Policy and how these relate to the practice of English language teaching
Rosaria Franco	School of International Studies	Childhood, cultures of care, and welfare in Asia Social policy and societal responses to counter the effects of mass migration on children Western and Chinese humanitarian cultures in comparative perspective with reference to the assistance to Chinese child refugee children in 1950s’ Hong Kong
Ruairidh Brown	School of International Studies	Political and International Relations Theory and Philosophy Issues related to the Asian and Pacific Studies State legitimacy and Political Obligation
Russa Yuan	Nottingham University Business School	Green consumption New emerging economy How marketing innovations such as green marketing and share economy influence on consumer behaviour and branding strategies of companies
Saeid Pourroostaei Ardakani	Computer Science	Internet of things (IoT) Sensory systems Networks Affective computing Educational technology
Saileshsingh Gunessee	Nottingham University Business School	Role of institutional distance on Chinese MNEs location choice in the Asia-Pacific region Chinese OFDI in Africa Drivers of outbound Chinese M&As Role of ethnic networks in the location of South Korean enterprises in China Drivers behind small private business formation in Chinese regions
Sathyaprakash Balaji Makam	Nottingham University Business School	Service failure and perceived injustice, word-of-mouth communication on social media, pro-environmental behaviors, and customer interaction with people and technology Understanding the differences in customer evaluation of justice, service failure, and social communication in developing and developed countries
Sherif Welsen	Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering	Digital Communications,Wireless Sensor Networks,Error Control Coding, FPGAs, VHDL, Computer Architecture/Organization, Low-Power Digital VLSI, Microprocessors and Interfacing, Software Defined Radios
Shih-wei Hsu	Nottingham University Business School	Knowledge management Poststructuralism Leadership Risk theories Business ethics in the Chinese context
Shixin Ivy Zhang	School of International Communications	Journal-ism Studies Newsroom convergence Media management and media globalization
Sinchan Mitra	School of Economics	The nature of the economic relationship among a set of Asian economies Exchange rate dynamics in several Asian economies The costs of informalization
Shuai Yuan	Nottingham University Business School	Auditing Taxation Financial reporting Corporate governance and corporate finance
Susan Huang	Centre of English Language Education	Identity and cultures Identity communication Language teaching/learning
Svenja Hanson	Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering	Industrial and agricultural processes using solid carbon – coal, coke, biomass, char Life Cycle Assessment as an Environmental Management Tool Lifestyle choices, (gender) equality and sustainability
Sylvain Pourciel	Language Centre	Queer studies, in particular queer forms of art (queer cinema and queer music) Sociology of queer (dynamics of queer communities, domestic violence and violence in queer communities, the role of family in queer identity) Psychology; Masculinities and femininities; Language and linguistics; Feminist Studies
Tengwen Long	School of Geographical Sciences	Long-term environmental change Human-environmental interactions
Tingting Ying	Nottingham University Business School	Corporate Finance Accounting Corporate taxation Applied economics PE/VC investment
Tom Lane	School of Economics	Behavioural and experimental economics Social identity and discrimination Cultural influences on economic behaviour
Tracey Fallon	School of International Studies	Convergences between culture and politics of contemporary China Transnational reproduction of China’s official national identity through the examination of Mandarin textbooks for foreign learners
Wyatt Moss-Wellington	School of International Communications	Film studies Narrative theory Screen media ethics
Wu Deng	Architecture and Built Environment	Sustainable eco-city development High performance building
Xiaogang Bi	Nottingham University Business School	Mergers & acquisition Institutional investors and behavioural finance
Xiaoge XU	School of International Communications	Media and communications Mobile Studies Creative Industries Experience Studies
Xin Pei	School of International Communications	ICT for gender empowerment Mobility, migration, and mobile communication Digital practices, elder adults, and health Racism and xenophobia on social media Computational methods
Xinwei Wang	Mechanical, Materials and Manufacturing Engineering	Multimedia interactive installation design for art galleries and museum exhibitions Interactive teaching toolkits design for education Interactive product/souvenir design for local truism industries
Xuan Feng	Nottingham University Business School	Human, organizational and corporate factors that influence effective leadership in business Currently, her work investigates the antecedents and mechanisms of servant leadership in various business contexts Developing, implementing and evaluating of interventions to promote people and organizational development in compelling work contexts and organisations in China and Asia
Xuyan Lou	School of Economics	Labor economics, health economics and household Finance Gender bias in marriage market, labor market and within household resource allocation
Yanhui Zhang	School of Education and English	Computer-assisted language learning Corpus linguistics Bilingual literacy development Bilingual education
Yangyang Jiang	Nottingham University Business School	Customer experience management Consumer behaviour, services marketing, tourism marketing Digital marketing Sustainable development
Yat Ming Loo	Department of Architecture and Built Environment	New methods aimed at a global understanding of architecture and urbanism linking the experience, knowledge and practices in the West and Asia Architecture and Immigration in London: The Lost History of Limehouse Chinatown (1900-1970)
Yi Wang	Nottingham University Business School	Tourism policy-making Cultural tourism interpretation Sustainable tourism planning
Yiben Ma	Centre for English Language Education	Chinese nationalism The role of the internet in shaping nationalist politics in contemporary China
Yingfa LU	Nottingham University Business School	Auditing Accounting Corporate governance Business law
Yi Ruan	Nottingham University Business School China	Entrepreneurial decision making process Academic entrepreneurship Business ecosystem in China Technology upgrading of Chinese SMEs
Yuqian Zhang	Nottingham University Business School	Uncertainty judgment IFRS uncertainty expressions Accounting Numeracy Foreign language effect Psycholinguistic in business
Yu-Ting Tang	Department of Geographical Sciences	Brownfied regeneration Effects of the changing land uses on various environmental and socio-economic conditions in China
Zhao Cai	Nottingham University Business School	Blockchain business applications Cryptocurrency Digital supply chain management Enterprise Social Media and Platform Competition
Zhijing Zhu	Nottingham University Business School	Innovations in emerging economies Open innovation and ecosystems Firm and industry evolution International strategy
Zhuo Chen	School of Economics	Health economics Applied econometrics Social determinants of health Methods in measuring health disparities Statistical methods.

Our research fellow list is continually being updated.

Global Affiliated Research Fellows

Name	Department	Research area
Albert Salamanca	Stockholm Environment Institute (Asia)	Climate change adaptation, livelihoods, agrarian change, risk and vulnerability Leading the action research component of the Mekong Partnership for the Environment (MPE) while editing the Small Islands and Climate Change initiative in weADAPT
Chenxue You	PhD student, National University of Singapore	Relations between the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and Burma in the early Cold War era Burmese-PRC border negotiations, and why Peking and Rangoon came to the border deal as they did, through archives from Myanmar, Mainland China, Taiwan, and the USA
Chieh Huang		China,WTO, international economic law, trade disputes, Taiwan, economic agreements
Chris Hamnett	Department of Geography in King’s College London	A leading British expert on housing wealth and inheritance and a leading researcher in the fields of social polarization, gentrification and housing Currently interested in the urbanization of China and the economic and social issues involved. He is a frequent visitor to China
Crison Chien	Associate Professor of Human Geography, National Taiwan University	Development geography, the geography of globalization, transnational studies, the political economy of urban and regional development, political ecology of cross-border environmental process and governance, smart- and eco- cities, with empirical focuses on the Global South in general and post-socialist China in particular
Cristina Greco	Vice-Dean, Assistant Professor, Jeddah College of Advertising, University of Business and Technology, Jeddah (KSA)	Communication theories Semiotics Visual culture Comics studies Interactivity and digital culture Collective memory and trauma theories
Federico Caprotti	Associate Professor in Human Geography at the University of Exeter	Critical approaches to sustainable urbanism Eco-city projects and smart city projects in China and, more recently, also in South Africa and the EU Currently leads an international research consortium focusing on smart eco-city projects in China and the EU
Felix Olorunfemi	Associate Professor in the Social and Governance Policy Research Department, Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research, Ibadan, Nigeria	Climate change adaptation Disaster risk management Natural resource management Green Economy Energy
Frans Sengers	Postdoctoral researcher at the Copernicus Institute for Sustainable Development, Utrecht University	Sustainable development, socio-technical transitions, urban transport, smart urbanism, eco-cities, Thailand, China Transformative change in urban contexts, with an emphasis on ‘eco-city’ and ‘smart city’ developments within Europe and China
Gary Chen	Assisstant General Manager, HDs Schools	Healthcare Public-Private Partnership Creative industries Marine energy Outbound investment Zhejiang Province China
Gernot Klantsching	Senior Lecturer in Social Policy and Crime and Director of the MA in Global Crime and Justice, University of York	Developing countries’ role in the international trade and control of illegal drugs and the politics of crime, health and security forces Chinese drug policy and healthcare reforms over the last three decades, as well as China’s growing economic and political engagement with West Africa, especially the trade in pharmaceuticals
Ian Baird	Associate Professor in the Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin-Madison	Political ecology perspective, development issues in Laos, Cambodia and Thailand Identity issues, especially amongst upland ethnic minorities and indigenous peoples in Southeast Asia, “marginal histories” China’s southern borders with Myanmar and Laos
James Griffiths	National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA), New Zealand	Flood risk modelling of the coastal cities of Eastern China Sustainable urban water management Water resource issues in the Asia-Pacific region
Leo Lester	Research Fellow at the King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Centre (KAPSARC)	Established the Centre’s presence in China, building strong relations with both government and independent research centres, while leading their North East Asian research Political energy economy of China, and energy relations between the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council and North East Asian economies
Leonardo Romei	Vice-Dean, Assistant Professor, Jeddah College of Advertising, University of Business and Technology, Jeddah (KSA)	Visual Communication Communication and Society
Lila Buckley	Senior researcher in International Institute for Environment and Development	Chinese civil society, agriculture and environmental policy China-Africa agriculture technology transfer, aid, trade and investments, with a particular focus on Uganda and Malawi Disruptive change, funding, partnership and organisational management approaches from the perspective of NGO leaders in the Global South
Ming-Yeh Rawnsley	Research Associate, Centre of Taiwan Studies, SOAS, University of London Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Taiwan Studies	East Asian Cinema, especially Taiwan cinema and Chinese-language cinemas Cultural diplomacy and film festivals in Asia Trans-disciplinary science communications International coproduction of documentaries in China
Paul Belesky	Affiliated Postdoctoral Researcher, the Global Change Institute, University of Queensland	International Political Economy of East Asia Non-traditional security studies in the Asia–Pacific; the water, energy and food security nexus; food security; food policy; sustainable agriculture, rural livelihoods and agrarian change International trade and development; Chinese state capitalism; Chinese agricultural policy; China’s ‘green’ finance system
Philipp Spaeth	Senior researcher and lecturer at the institute of environmental social sciences and geography at the Albert-Ludwigs-University in Freiburg	Principal investigator of the German contribution to an international research consortium with partners in China, the Netherlands, France and Great Britain, researching urban governance in Smart Eco-Cities Governance of socio-technical change (in energy and mobility), and often focusing on urban planning and interactions across governance levels
Qian Zhang	PhD student in History and classical studies, McGill University	South Asia, China, Diplomacy, International History, Modernity China’s external behaviours in terrirorial disputes Sino-Indian relations in the early Cold War period
Ruben Gonzalez-Vicente	University lecturer at Leiden University	‘South-South’ development cooperation China's global role and its relations with Latin America and the Caribbean The role of natural resources in processes of development The transformation of politics under late capitalism
Xiaoming Shi (Edward)	Ningbo Xiaoshi Middle School	Science education History and philosophy of science in high school Nature of science
Xiaoyu Zhao	Assistant researcher of Institute of International Studies, the Guangzhou Academy of Social Sciences	Chinese Territorial Disputes International Relations theory Foreign Policy Analysis
Yu Li	Director of China-UK Research Centre for Eco-cities and Sustainable Development, Director of MSc Eco-cities; Director of Board for Chinese Society for Urban Studies; Cardiff University	Planning system; regional planning and governance, development strategy, eco-city planning and development
Yuzhou Sun	DPhil student in History, University of Oxford	Contacts between Chinese and Africans from the fifteenth century onwards, the People’s Republic of China’s engagements with Kenya and Zambia from political, ideological and social perspectives Zambia, Kenya, South Africa, and China
Zhan Huang	PhD student in the Institute of Social & Cultural Anthropology, Oxford University	Leisure, Hospitality and Tourism Food and Eating; Material and Visual Culture Consciousness and Authenticity Identity and Identification; Commodification and Consumption Power and Ideology Fieldwork Methodologies Comparative Ethnographic Studies China and East Asia

Our affiliated research fellow list is continually being updated.

PhD Fellows

Name	Department	Research area
Bilkisu HADEJIA	Nottingham University Business School	Sustainable social entrepreneurship in Emerging economies Focus on social enterprises for the physically and/or mentally challenged Looking at cross border research/comparison between Africa and China
Biruk NEGA	Department of Mechanical, Materials and Manufactur	Automated fiber preforming processes for discontinuous fiber composites Computational modeling fiber reinforced composites Non-destructive inspection of fiber reinforced composites
Bowen Sun	School of International Studies	Adaptability of Ningbo’s traditional local society towards the challenges of modernisation, especially during the late Qing and Republican era Impact of global trade upon Ningbo and how local community and central authority responded to these changes brought by modernisation Influence of newly spreading modern thinking upon local people and community
Chang Li	School of Education and English	Translating feminism in the digital age Chinese feminism and transnational feminism
Chee Yap Chung	Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering	Environmental engineering, for example air pollution, waste management and water treatment
Chenxiang Ji	School of Internatial Communications	ICT for Gender Empowerment Feminist Economic Geography M-commerce and Social Media Financial and Business Journalism
Craig Simon	School of International Studies	Chinese center-local relations Chinese sister city networks IR theory Sino-US Relations Sub-state diplomacy Transnational history
Dinh Tam Phuc	School of International Studies	Politics and economy of China and Vietnam, not only in terms of political structure and governance, but also in terms of economic policies and ties Global cities especially those in Asia, varieties of capitalism and regionalism in Asia Comparative study of Chinese and Vietnamese industrial policies and their policy-making processes, as well as their impacts on the business development in each country
Jing Huang	School of Education and English	Early years Curriculum integration / glocalisation of early years international curriculum Early childhood bilingual/multilingual education Study of cities Sex education in preschool Self-identity of faculty who works in multilingual and multicultural environment.
Lei Li	School of Geographical Science	Sustainable cities, and the influence of various actors on the decision-making process with a better understanding of how to transit a more sustainable Sponge City, with the lessons from Green Infrastructure (GI) and Nature-based Solutions (NBS)
Leilei Zhang	Schools of International Studies	The social functions of marketplaces - an ethnography of Yiwu wholesale market Transnational trade network Community development Silk Road Studies
Matumelo Tintswalo Wilkin	School of International Studies	China-Africa relations with a focus on Foreign Direct Investments between South Africa and China, whether this FDI trickles down to women in patriarchal societies such as South Africa and China
Mengqi Shao	School of International Studies	Social justice and environmental justice achievement in the Belt and Road Initiative plan, especially for those International Cooperation Parks sites along the B&R Route
Murtaza FARUQUEE	Nottingham University Business School	The emergence of resource suppliers in Asia pacific region, to understand the social and economic casualty of this development Inhance resilience in Asia pasicfic sourcing to develop proactive global supply chain Trust and credibility in the Asian supply chain
Panjia Zhou	School of International Communications	Ningbo local branding and culture
Peter Krasnopolsky	School of International Studies	China’s response to Eurasian integration Dynamics of China’s engagement in central Asia Theorising the way Central Asian states respond to major powers' engagement in the region
Phoebe Miles	School of Education and English	The provision of smoking cessation services within healthcare settings in China
Qianxi ZHANG	Architecture and Built Environment	Urban regeneration of the historical community
Qiyao ZHANG	School of Education and English	Feminism/Queer theory and Translation Feminist and Queer studies Translation and Activism Literary Translation
Siqun Xu	School of Education and English	Sociolinguistics Gender/Identity (qualitative methods), conversation analysis, discourse analysis, social networks and communities of practice Features of parent-child talk in single parent family context in China
Ting Lin	School of Education and English	Sexual harassment study in STEM field in higher education International higher education and sexual harassment study in cross-cultural communications Gender inequality and gender-based violence studies in higher educationEnhancement of academic experiences in higher education
Wei DONG	School of International Communications	Chinese visual culture Urban history History of immigration
Wen Xu	Nottingham University Business School	Employee and customer relationship Customer mistreatment Trust and Trust repair
Xiang (Alia) Li	School of International Studies	Policy study of cultural city branding innovation under the background of Belt and Road Initiative: A case study of city Ningbo (research topic) City branding Belt and Road Initiative Urban governance
Xuefei Tong	School of International Communications	Contemporary China’s cultural production in the internet age Changes of China’s cultural production and cultures Changes in the society’s nature in the internet age
Yidi Hua	School of International Studies	Sino-Africa relations in both political and economic fields Political and economic effect of Belt and Road Initiative
Yijin Lin	School of Education and English	Second language learning in later life stages and the possible impacts of learning a new language on health, wellbeing and cognitive function
Yu YU	School of Education and English	Museum school collaboration NB culture and history
Yue Zhao	School of International Communications	Film & movie Feminism in cinema
Yufei Wang	School of International Communications	Androgynous gender representations in social media advertisements in Asia and Pacific countries
Yuxue Luo	Nottingham University Business School	Multinational companies from emerging markets Cross-cultural governance Foreign subsidiaries’ operations Subsidiary board of directors Subsidiary TMT Legitimacy in host countries Institutional factors
Zhenfeng Cui	School of Education and English	Culture integration in China's higher education's internationalization Translation studies in the field of media, business, finance, and economics. The inheritance and protection of Traditional Chinese Martial Arts

Our PhD fellow list is continually being updated.

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