Dr Chunfen Shao
Dr ChunFen Shao is a sociologist, with research interests in globalization, urbanization, international migration, migration and development, multiculturalism and transnationalism. After studying political economy at the Nanjing University, China, Dr Shao was awarded Chinese National Scholarship to study abroad. She spent eleven years in Japan to study sociology, and took BA from Hokkaido University, MS and PhD from Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan. She started to teach at the University of Sydney in 1993 and has taught a wide range of courses in Japanese society, business, culture, and Japanese language at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. She has held a Fellowship at the Tokyo Woman’s Christian University, Japan (1998) and was a Visiting Scholar at the University of Tokyo, Japan (2001-2002). She was an APRU fellow at UCLA, U.S.A. and the Peking University, China (2001).
- International migration
- Globalization, social mobility, multiculturalism and transnationalism
- Chinese Diasporas
- Asian migrants in Australia and Japan
- Sino-Japanese international relations
- Comparative study of Asian societies
- Family, gender, aging, education, class, equality, diversity, ethnicity, identity, community
- International migration and globalization
- Migrants in Australia, Japan and China
- International students
- Chinese in overseas
- Japanese economy, society and culture
- Chinese economy, society and culture
- Sino-Japanese international relations
- Japanese language
- Comparative Studies on New Migrants in America, Australia, Japan and the UK
- Making Migrant Spaces in Sydney
- Is Japan an Immigrant Country? A Comparative Study of Immigrants’ Citizenship and Belonging in Japan and Australia
Project title | Research student |
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Developing Integrated Cross-linguistic and Cross-cultural Intervention Strategies to Optimise the Readership Accessibility of Chinese Translations of English Health Information on Cardiovascular Diseases | Hongchong YU |
Publications
Book Chapters
- Shao, C. (2022). 中国留学生在澳洲的生存与发展 (Existence and Development of Chinese Students in Australia). In Qirong Li (Eds.), 海外华人与人类命运共同体研究 (Research on Overseas Chinese and the Community of Shared Future for Mankind), (pp. 31-48). Beijing: China Overseas Chinese Press.
- Shao, C. (2021). Chinese Overseas Migrants in Japan. In Min Zhou (Eds.), Forever Strangers? Contemporary Chinese Immigrants, (pp. 65-94). Singapore: Global Publishing. [More Information]
- Shao, C. (2018). Japan's New Immigration Policies, Designed to Attract China's High-end Talent. In Huiyao Wang, Lu Miao, Jingmin Yang (Eds.), Annual Report On Chinese International Migration (2018), (pp. 201-215). Beijing: Social Sciences Academic Press.
Journals
- Shao, C. (2009). The Think-tank of Social Development and Bridge of China-Japan Exchange: The Association of Chinese Professors in Japan. Journal of Ethnic Chinese, 1(June 2009), 20-24.
- Shao, C. (2007). Residential Choices Made by Chinese Government Funded Undergraduate Students Studied in Japan. Nihon Gakkan (Journal of Japanese Studies), 11, 21-30.
Conferences
- Shao, C. (2010). Globalization and social mobility: Chinese student immigrants in Japan. 18th Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA), Adelaide: Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA).
- Shao, C. (2008). International students and Chinese society in Japan. 7th International Symposium on Transformation and Challenges of Japanese Studies and Japanese Language Education in the Asia Pacific Region, Hong Kong: Society of Japanese Language Education.
- Shao, C. (2008). Japanese policies and international students in Japan. The 17th Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA), Australia: Monash Asia Institute.
2022
- Shao, C. (2022). 中国留学生在澳洲的生存与发展 (Existence and Development of Chinese Students in Australia). In Qirong Li (Eds.), 海外华人与人类命运共同体研究 (Research on Overseas Chinese and the Community of Shared Future for Mankind), (pp. 31-48). Beijing: China Overseas Chinese Press.
2021
- Shao, C. (2021). Chinese Overseas Migrants in Japan. In Min Zhou (Eds.), Forever Strangers? Contemporary Chinese Immigrants, (pp. 65-94). Singapore: Global Publishing. [More Information]
2018
- Shao, C. (2018). Japan's New Immigration Policies, Designed to Attract China's High-end Talent. In Huiyao Wang, Lu Miao, Jingmin Yang (Eds.), Annual Report On Chinese International Migration (2018), (pp. 201-215). Beijing: Social Sciences Academic Press.
2017
- Shao, C. (2017). The Formation and Development of the Contemporary Chinese Diaspora in Japan. In Min Zhou (Eds.), Contemporary Chinese Diasporas, (pp. 147-165). Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan. [More Information]
2014
- Shao, C. (2014). Chinese Elites Migrating to Australia: Reality, Impact and Future Trends. In Huiyao Wang and Guofu Liu (Eds.), Annual Report on Chinese International Migration (2014), (pp. 156-172). Beijing: Social Sciences Academic Press.
- Shao, C. (2014). Chinese Migration to Japan, 1979-2010: Patterns and Policies. In Jijiao Zhang, Howard Duncan (Eds.), Migration in China and Asia: Experience and Policy, (pp. 175-187). Dordrecht: Springer. [More Information]
- Shao, C., Lu, D. (2014). The Chinese Community in Japan: Past and Present. In Editorial Committee of the 9th International Symposium (Eds.), Japanese Language Education and Japanese Studies: Interactivity, Praxis, and Possibilities, (pp. 765-779). Tokyo: COCO Shuppan.
2013
- Shao, C. (2013). Are They Chinese or Foreigners: New Migrants from Mainland China. In Liu Guofu, Liu Zongkun (Eds.), Exit and Entry Administration Law and International Migration, (pp. 302-319). Beijing, China: Law Press China.
2011
- Shao, C. (2011). From International Students to Immigrants: A Japanese Case. In Zepeng Liu (Eds.), Interaction and Innovation: Multidimensional Perspectives in Chinese Overseas Studies, (pp. 386-408). China: Guangxi Normal University Press.
2010
- Shao, C. (2010). Globalization and social mobility: Chinese student immigrants in Japan. 18th Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA), Adelaide: Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA).
2009
- Shao, C. (2009). Chugokujin Ryugakusei to Shakai Hatten (Chinese International Students and Social Development). In Yorozu Miho, Murakami Fuminobu (Eds.), Guroubaru-ka shakai no nihongo kyoiku to Nihon bunka [Japanese Language Education and Japanese Culture in the Globalization Society], (pp. 72-94). Tokyo, Japan: Hitsuji Shobo.
- Shao, C. (2009). The Think-tank of Social Development and Bridge of China-Japan Exchange: The Association of Chinese Professors in Japan. Journal of Ethnic Chinese, 1(June 2009), 20-24.
2008
- Shao, C. (2008). International students and Chinese society in Japan. 7th International Symposium on Transformation and Challenges of Japanese Studies and Japanese Language Education in the Asia Pacific Region, Hong Kong: Society of Japanese Language Education.
- Shao, C. (2008). Japanese policies and international students in Japan. The 17th Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA), Australia: Monash Asia Institute.
2007
- Shao, C. (2007). Residential Choices Made by Chinese Government Funded Undergraduate Students Studied in Japan. Nihon Gakkan (Journal of Japanese Studies), 11, 21-30.