Biographical details
Dr Minglu Chen is a lecturer in the China Studies Centre and the Department of Government and International Relations at the University of Sydney. She received her Ph.D. In International Studies from the University of Technology, Sydney in 2007. Dr Minglu Chen was a lecturer in Chinese Studies in the Department of International Studies University of Guadalajara, Mexico in 2008-2009 and a postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney in 2009-2012. She is the author of Tiger Girls: Women and Enterprise in the People?s Republic of China (Routledge, 2011). Dr Minglu Chen currently works on two ARC (Australian Research Council) discovery projects ?The new rich and the state in China: the social basis of power? (with David S G Goodman and Beatriz Carrillo Garcia) and 'The geography of power in China: urban expansion and administrative empire' (with Carolyn Cartier).
Research interests
- Institutions of China's local politics
- Private entrepreneurship in China
- Governance in China
- Class and social stratum in China
Research Fields
- Politics
- Comparative Politics
Teaching and supervision
Current Units
- GOVT6121 - Northeast Asian Politics
- GOVT2611 - Capitalism and Democracy in East Asia
- GOVT6138 - Gender, Family and the State
Current Courses
- GOVT6111 - Chinese Politics
- GOVT2424 - Politics of China
- CHSC6901 - Fundamentals of China Studies
Current research students
Project title | Research student |
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Research on the Influence of Rite and Ritual System on China's Diplomacy | Huan LIU |
Current projects
- 2012-2015: (With Carolyn Cartier, Junde Liu, George Lin) Australian Research Council Discovery Project DP120101901, ‘The Geography of Power in China: Urban expansion and administrative empire’, $183,000.
- 2012: (With Ben Goldsmith) China Studies Centre Major Grant, 'Female Entrepreneurs, Business Performance, and the Party-state in China', $18,000.
- 2010-2011: (With Carolyn Cartier, Shiuh-Shen Chien) Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia, International Science Linkages Bilateral Program, ‘Local Governance and the Reproduction of State Power: Urban China in economic transition’, $6,000.
- 2009-2012: (With David Goodman, Beatriz Carrillo) Australian Research Council, Discovery Project DP0984495, ‘The New Rich and the State in China: The social basis of local power’, $360,000.
Selected grants
2013
- Women and Work Research Network; Baird M, Chen M, Cooper R, Cutcher L, Foley M, Ford M, Hardy C, Hill E, McGrath-Champ S, Piper N, Probyn E, Riley J, Seymour R, Smith B, Vromen A, Williamson S; DVC Research/Research Network Scheme (SyReNS).
- The Chinese Peoples Political Consultative Conference as an Agency of Governance; Chen M; DVC Research/Bridging Support Grant.
- Chinas Private Entrepreneurs: Property, Rights, and Public Policy; Goodman D, Chen M; Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia/Australia-China Joint-action Program Award.
2012
- Female Entrepreneurs, Business Performance, and the Party-state in China; Chen M, Goldsmith B; China Studies Centre/Major Grant.
- The Geography of Power in China: Urban Expansion and Administrative Empire; Cartier C, Chen M, Lin G, Liu J; Australian Research Council (ARC)/Discovery Projects (DP).
2009
- The New Rich and the State in China: the social basis of local power; Goodman D, Chen M; Australian Research Council (ARC)/Discovery Projects (DP).
Selected publications
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Middle Class China: Identity and Behaviour (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2013)
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Tiger Girls: Women and Enterprises in the Peoples Republic of China (Routledge imprint of Taylor & Francis, 2011)
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