Academic Groups

The China Studies Centre Academic Groups are the forums for the development of research on China and Chinese culture.

They are also responsible for researching and teaching the centre’s education programs in their area of specialisation, and are the key sub-units in the development of the centre’s research training program.

The China Studies Centre currently has a total of 14 academic groups. Please see our academic group lists below.

Archaeology and Ancient History (AAH)

Name Email Address Department  
Alison Betts alison.betts@sydney.edu.au Archaeology Convenor
Yin Cao yin.cao@ag.nsw.gov.au    
Roland Fletcher roland.fletcher@sydney.edu.au  Archaeology  
Peter Jia peter.jia@sydney.edu.au  Archaeology  
Hyun Jin Kim hyunjin.kim@sydney.edu.au Classics and Ancient History  
Esther Klein esther.klein@sydney.edu.au Chinese  
Baoping Li baoping.li@sydney.edu.au Chinese  
Jeffrey Riegel jeffrey.riegel@sydney.edu.au Chinese  

Cultural Policy and Heritage (CPH)

Name Email Address Department  
Thomas Berghuis thomas.berghuis@sydney.edu.au Art History Convenor
Jennifer Barrett jennifer.barrett@sydney.edu.au Museum Studies  
Jocelyn Chey jocelyn.chey@sydney.edu.au Chinese  
John Clark john.clark@sydney.edu.au Art History  
Jessica Davis jessica.davis@sydney.edu.au Art and Social Science & Australian Humour Studies  
Meaghan Morris meaghan.morris@sydney.edu.au Gender and Cultural Studies  
Roy MacLeod Roy.MacLeod@arts.usyd.edu.au  History and Philosophy of Science  
John Zerunge Young john@johnyoungstudio.com    

Economics (ECON)

Name Email Address Department  
Dilip Dutta dilip.dutta@sydney.edu.au Economics Convenor
Timothy Fisher t.fisher@sydney.edu.au Economics  
Pablo Guillen Alvarez pablo.guillen@sydney.edu.au Economics  
Hans Hendrischke hans.hendrischke@sydney.edu.au Political Economy  
David Kim deok.kim@sydney.edu.au Economics  
Mark Melatos mark.melatos@sydney.edu.au Economics  
Jonathan Newton jonathan.newton@sydney.edu.au Economics  
Graham White grahamw@econ.usyd.edu.au

Economics

 
QUan Gan quan.gan@sydney.edu.au

Economics

 

Education (EDU)

Name Email Address Department  
Anthony Welch anthony.welch@sydney.edu.au Education Convenor
Derrick Armstrong derrick.armstrong@sydney.edu.au Education  
Lesley Harbon lesley.harbon@sydney.edu.au
Education and Social Work  
John Hearn john.hearn@sydney.edu.au Medical Sciences  
Rosita Holenbergh rosita.holenbergh@sydney.edu.au Education and Social Work  
Kevin Laws kevin.laws@sydney.edu.au  Education and Social Work   
Michael Paton michael.paton@sydney.edu.au Economics and Business  
Chunfen Shao chunfen.shao@sydney.edu.au Japanese Studies  
Rob Tierney rob.tierney@sydney.edu.au Education  
Linda Tsung linda.tsung@sydney.edu.au Chinese  
Li Wang li.wang@sydney.edu.au Chinese   
Lindy Woodrow lindy.woodrow@sydney.edu.au Education  

Enterprise Development (ED)

Name Email Address Department  
Hans Hendrischke hans.hendrischke@sydney.edu.au Political Economy Convenor
William Harvey william.harvey@sydney.edu.au Business School  
Yihua Eva Huang yihuaeva.huang@sydney.edu.au Business Law  
Wei Li li.Wei1@sydney.edu.au International Business  
Richard Seymour richard.seymour@sydney.edu.au International Business  
Graeme Smith g.smith@sydney.edu.au China Studies Centre  
Andrew Terry andrew.terry@sydney.edu.au Business  
Gracy Yang gracy.yang@sydney.edu.au International Business  

Wu Zhan

wu.zhan@sydney.edu.au International Business  

Nick Wailes

nick.wailes@sydney.edu.au Business  

Russell Lansbury

russell.lansbury@sydney.edu.au Workplace Studies  

Environmental Studies (ES)

Name Email Address Department  
Jonathan Aitchison jonathan.aitchison@sydney.edu.au Geoscience Convenor
Robyn McConchie robyn.mcconchie@sydney.edu.au Agriculture  
Wendi Adamek wendi.adamek@sydney.edu.au Religion  
Mark Adams mark.adams@sydney.edu.au Atmospheric Chemistry  
Alan Baxter alan.baxter@sydney.edu.au Science  
Min Chen min.chen@sydney.edu.au Biological Sciences  
Shyamal Chowdhury shyamal.chowdhury@sydney.edu.au Agricultural Economics  
Li Chang li.chang@sydney.edu.au Manufacturing  
Geoffrey Clarke geoffrey.clarke@sydney.edu.au Science  
Ian S F Jones ian.jones@sydney.edu.au Engineering  
Robert Park robert.park@sydney.edu.au Agriculture  
Michael Paton michael.paton@sydney.edu.au Economics and Business  
Peter Sharp peter.sharp@sydney.edu.au Agriculture  
Richard Trethowan richard.trethowan@sydney.edu.au Agriculture  
Zoe (Ju-Han) Wang zoe.wang@sydney.edu.au Geoscience  
Derek Wyman derek.wyman@sydney.edu.au Science  

Health

Name Email Address Department/Faculty/School  
Mu Li mu.li@sydney.edu.au Medicine Convenor
Jennifer Alison Jennifer.alison@sydney.edu.au Health Sciences  
Lesley Barclay lesley.barclay@sydney.edu.au Rural Health  
Betty Chaar betty.chaar@sydney.edu.au Pharmacy  
Simon Chapman simon.chapman@sydney.edu.au Public Health  
Melinda Cooper melinda.cooper@sydney.edu.au Sociology  
John Hearn john.hearn@sydney.edu.au Medical Sciences  
Jon Iredell jon.iredell@sydney.edu.au Infectious Diseases/ Microbiology  
Stephen Leeder stephen.leeder@sydney.edu.au Medicine  
Richard Madden richard.madden@sydney.edu.au Health Sciences  
Rebekah Moles rebekah.moles@sydney.edu.au Pharmacy  
Camille Raynes-Greenow camille.raynes-greenow@sydney.edu.au  Public Health  
Lyndal Trevena lyndal.trevena@sydney.edu.au Medicine  
Kevin Yin kevin.yin@health.nsw.gov.au Medicine  
Bing Yu bing.yu@sydney.edu.au Medicine  
Gao Yu yu.gao@ucrh.edu.au Rural Health - UCRH, Lismore  
Xue Qin Yu xue.yu@sydney.edu.au Epidemiology  
Farhat Yusuf farhat.yusuf@sydney.edu.au Medicine  
Ying Zhang ying.zhang@sydney.edu.au Health  

Information Systems and Technology (IS&T)

Name Email Address Department  
Philip Seltsikas philip.seltsikas@sydney.edu.au Business Information Systems Convenor
Li Liu li.liu@sydney.edu.au Civil Engineering  
Josiah Poon josiah.poon@sydney.edu.au Information Technology  
Simon Poon simon.poon@sydney.edu.au Information Technology  
Barney Tan barney.tan@sydney.edu.au Information Systems & Technology  
Ying Zhou zhouy@it.usyd.edu.au Information Technology  

International Relations (INTR)

Name Email Address Department  
Adrian Hearn adrian.hearn@sydney.edu.au Sociology Convenor
Jocelyn Chey jocelyn.chey@sydney.edu.au Chinese  
Ben Goldsmith ben.goldsmith@sydney.edu.au Government  
Ryan Griffiths Ryan.Griffiths@Sydney.edu.au International Relations   
Justin Hastings justin.hastings@sydney.edu.au Government  
Elspeth Probyn  elspeth.probyn@sydney.edu.au Gender and Cultural Studies    
James Reilly james.reilly@sydney.edu.au Government  
Ben Saul ben.saul@sydney.edu.au Law  
Graeme Smith g.smith@sydney.edu.au China Studies Centre  
Michael Wesley michael.wesley@sydney.edu.au International Security Studies  
Thomas Wilkins thomas.wilkins@sydney.edu.au International Security Studies  
Jing-dong Yuan jingdong.yuan@sydney.edu.au International Security Studies  
Roy MacLeod Roy.MacLeod@arts.usyd.edu.au  History and Philosophy of Science  

Language, Discourse and Communication (LD&C)

Name Email Address Department  
Linda Tsung linda.tsung@sydney.edu.au Chinese Studies Convenor
Jane Andrew jane.andrew@sydney.edu.au Business School  
Jessica Milner Davis jessica.davis@sydney.edu.au Arts and Social Sciences & Australasian Humour Studies  
Derek Herforth derek.herforth@sydney.edu.au Chinese Studies  
Michael Paton michael.paton@sydney.edu.au Economics and Business  
Hui Zhong Shen
hui-zhong.shen@sydney.edu.au
TESOL  
Wei Wang wei.wang@sydney.edu.au Translation Studies & Chinese Studies   

Law and Business (L&B)

Name Email Address Department  
Vivienne Bath vivienne.bath@sydney.edu.au Law Convenor
Jane Andrew jane.andrew@sydney.edu.au Business School  
Donnel Briley donnel.briley@sydney.edu.au Marketing  
David Chaikin david.chaikin@sydney.edu.au Business Law  
Penelope Crossley penelope.crossley@sydney.edu.au Law  
John Dumay john.dumay@sydney.edu.au Accounting  
Nigel Finch nigel.finch@sydney.edu.au Business Programs Unit  
Sid Gray sid.gray@sydney.edu.au International Business  
Hans Hendrischke H.Hendrischke@econ.usyd.edu.au  Business School  
Eva Huang eva.huang@sydney.edu.au Business Law  
Vikas Kumar vikas.kumar@sydney.edu.au  International Business   
Li Wei li.wei@econ.usyd.edu.au Business School  
Peter Lok peter.lok@sydney.edu.au Transport Economics  
Sheelagh McCracken sheelagh.mccracken@sydney.edu.au Law  
Luke Nottage luke.nottage@sydney.edu.au Law  
Michael Paton michael.paton@sydney.edu.au Economics and Business  
Ben Saul ben.saul@sydney.edu.au Law  
Andrew Terry andrew.terry@sydney.edu.au Business Law  
Eileen Walsh eileen.walsh@sydney.edu.au School of Languages and Cultures  
Gracy Yang gracy.yang@sydney.edu.au International Business  
Bing Ling bing.ling@sydney.edu.au Law  
Juan Yao juan.yao@sydney.edu.au Finance  

Literature and Culture (L&C)

Name Email Address Department  
Larissa Heinrich larissa.heinrich@sydney.edu.au Chinese Studies Convenor
Duanfang Lu duanfang.lu@sydney.edu.au Architecture  
Quan Gan quan.gan@sydney.edu.au Finance  
Lily Xiao Hong Lee l.lee@sydney.edu.au Chinese  
Mabel Lee mabel.lee@sydney.edu.au Adjunct Professor of Chinese Studies  
Bonnie McDougall bonnie.mcdougall@sydney.edu.au Visiting Professor, Chinese Studies (to be app.early 2012)  
Sue Wiles susiewiles@bigpond.com Chinese Studies  
Gao Yuanbao gao.yuanbao@sydney.edu.au Visiting Professor  

Social and Political Change (SPC)

Name Email Address Department  
Beatriz Carrillo Garcia beatriz.carrillogarcia@sydney.edu.au Sociology and Social Policy Convenor
Wendi Adamek wendi.adamek@sydney.edu.au Indian Studies & Buddhist Studies  
Jane Andrew jane.andrew@sydney.edu.au Business School  
Lesley Barclay lesley.barclay@sydney.edu.au Rural Health  
Anna Boucher anna.boucher@sydney.edu.au Government and International Relations  
Minglu Chen minglu.chen@sydney.edu.au Government  
Daniel Costa daniel.costa@sydney.edu.au Psychology  
David Goodman david.goodman@sydney.edu.au Government  
Ryan Griffiths Ryan.Griffiths@Sydney.edu.au International Relations  
Christine Inglis christine.inglis@sydney.edu.au Sociology  
Yixu Lu yixu.lu@sydney.edu.au German  
Joyce Nip joyce.nip@sydney.edu.au Chinese and Media & Comms  
Nicola Piper nicola.piper@sydney.edu.au Sociology and Social Policy  
Joy Paton joy.paton@sydney.edu.au Political Economy  
Gaby Ramia gaby.ramia@sydney.edu.au Government  
Chunfen Shao chunfen.shao@sydney.edu.au Japanese Studies  
Graeme Smith g.smith@sydney.edu.au China Studies Centre  
Fred Teiwes frederick.teiwes@sydney.edu.au Government  
Eileen Walsh eileen.walsh@sydney.edu.au Asian Studies  
Zoe (Ju-Han) Wang zoe.wang@sydney.edu.au Geoscience  
Terry Woronov terry.woronov@sydney.edu.au Anthropology  
Gao Yu yu.gao@ucrh.edu.au Rural Health - UCRH, Lismore  

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)

Name Email Address Department  
Kelvin Chan kelvin.chan@sydney.edu.au Pharmacy Convenor
Bob Bao bob.bao@sydney.edu.au Medicine  
Kim Chan kim.chan@sydney.edu.au Pharmacy  
Boris Choy boris.choy@sydney.edu.au Econometrics  
Bret Church bret.church@sydney.edu.au Pharmacy  
Stephen Clarke stephen.clarke@sydney.edu.au Medicine  
Georges Grau georges.grau@sydney.edu.au Medicine  
Thomas Grewal thomas.grewal@sydney.edu.au Pharmacy  
Jane Hanrahan jane.hanrahan@sydney.edu.au Pharmacy  
David Hibbs david.hibbs@sydney.edu.au Pharmacy  
George Li george.li@sydney.edu.au Pharmacy  
Kong Li kong.m.li@sydney.edu.au Medicine  
Clement Loy clement.loy@sydney.edu.au Public Health  
Andrew McLachlan andrew.mclachlan@sydney.edu.au Pharmacy  
Josiah Poon josiah.poon@sydney.edu.au Information Technology  
Simon Poon simon.poon@sydney.edu.au Information Technology  
Basil Roufogalis basil.roufogalis@sydney.edu.au Pharmacy  
Rebecca Roubin rebecca.roubin@sydney.edu.au Traditional Chinese Medicine  
Jeffery Shi jeffs@chem.eng.usyd.edu.au Chemical Engineering  
Stephen Twigg stephen.twigg@sydney.edu.au Medicine  
Fanfan Zhou fanfan.zhou@sydney.edu.au Pharmacy