China Expertise at La Trobe University
Accounting
Name | China-related research interests |
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Prof. Kamran Ahmed | Corporate disclosure; corporate governance, financial accounting; auditing, and accounting policy choice |
Asso. Prof. Gordon Boyce | Accounting and accountability, social accounting, critical & interpretive perspectives on accounting |
Animal, Plant and Soil Science
Name | China related research interests |
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Prof. Jim Whelan | Plant energy metabolism; bio-informatics (close collaboration with Chinese scientists) |
Prof. Caixin Tang | Soil management, plant-soil interactions, rhizosphere chemistry & nutrient dynamics |
Dr Richard Peters | Lizards |
Prof. Ashley Franks | Remediation of polluted soils |
Prof. Travis Beddoe | Livestock-pathogen interactions; Buffalo liver disease and immunology |
Dr Jian Jin | Soil science in Northeast China |
Dr Kim Johnson | Cell wall biomechanics |
Archaeology and History
Name | China related research interests |
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Prof. Richard Cosgrove | Pleistocene epoch archaeology in the Luonan Basin |
Prof. Andy Herries | Archaeology (Guangxi, Yunnan) |
Dr Ruth Gamble | Tibetan studies, particularly rapidly changing environment in this region and the effects it has on its inhabitants; environmental history |
Autism
Name | China related research interests |
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Prof. Cheryl Dissanayake | Identification and early intervention of ASDS in Tianjin |
Dr Josie Barbaro | Identification and early intervention of ASDS in Tianjin |
Computer Science
Name | China related research interests |
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Asso. Prof. Dianhui (Justin) Wang | Data mining and computational intelligence systems for bioinformatics and engineering applications |
Biochemistry and Genetics
Name | China-related research interests |
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Asso. Prof. Hamsa Puthalakath | Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
Prof. Weisan Chen | Cellular immunology, cancer and viral vaccines (close collaboration with Chinese scientists) |
Economics and Finance
Name | China Related Research Interests |
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Dr. Hui (Michael) Li | Asset pricing and investment, behavioural research in corporate governance |
Education
Name | China related research interests |
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Dr. Prem Kurup | STEM education |
Engineering
Name | China related research interests |
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Associate Professor Hossam Aboel-Naga | Geotechnical engineering, specialising in soil behaviour under multi-physical coupled processes; clay in landfill; thermal ground improvement |
Language and Linguistics
Name | China related research interests |
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Prof. David Bradley | Language endangerment, minority language policy, Tibeto-Burman languages |
Dr. Bao-Qiang Gao | Contemporary Chinese education and cross-cultural communication |
Dr. Yangbin Chen | Uyghur students in Chinese boarding schools, Uyghur identity and ethnic integration |
Law
Name | China related research interests |
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Prof. Jianfu Chen | International/comparative law, trade law, human rights law and Chinese law |
Management and Marketing
Name | China related research interests |
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Dr. Alice Li | Chinese business management, international and cross-cultural management |
Prof. Clare D'Souza | Consumer behaviour, social and sustainable marketing, higher education marketing |
Prof. Peter Dowling | Human resource management and international management |
Prof. Warwick Frost | Chinese diaspora, Sino-Anglo partnerships in agriculture, nature-based tourism |
Asso. Prof. Jennifer Frost (nee Laing) | Bendigo's Chinese heritage precinct |
Dr Andrew J Gilmore | Measuring trust |
Asso. Prof. Mei-tai Chu | Knowledge Management |
Dr Jasvir Kaur Nachatar Singh | International students and higher education |
Mathematics and Statistics
Name | China related research interests |
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Dr Peter Van Der Kamp | Integrable systems |
Politics, Media and Philosophy
Name | China related research interests |
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Prof. John Makeham | Chinese philosophy, Chinese intellectual history |
Assoc. Prof. James Leibold | Ethnic and national identity, ethnic policy, Xinjiang |
Prof. Nick Bisley | Diplomacy, international relations |
Prof. Freya Mathews - Hon. | Chinese environmental thought, ecological civilization |
Dr John Jorgensen | East Asian Buddhism |
Dr Paul Rule | Matteo Ricci, Confucian philosophy, philosophy of religion |
Dr Peter Wong | Pre-Qin Confucianism, philosophy of religion, ritual |
Dr Gerald Roche | Politics of language endangerment and revitalization, with a regional focus on Tibet |
Public Health
Name | China related research interests |
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Prof. Vivian Lin | Health policy (on leave with WHO) |
Prof. Chaojie (George) Liu | China's health care system, China and global governance in health |
Dr. Zhanming Liang | Health services management, quality and safety |
Assoc. Prof. David Legge | Health management in china, health policy in china |
Mr. Adamm Ferrier | Correctional health management and procurement in health |
Dr Heng (Jason) Jiang | Alcohol and related health issues in China |
Dr George Mnatzaganian | Clinical epidemiology |
Prof. Irene Blackberry | Chronic diseases and ageing |
Social Inquiry
Name | China related research interests |
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Dr. Xianbi Huang | Guanxi studies, social networks and job mobility |
Dr. Brooke Wilmson | Forced displacement and resettlement |