I am a PhD researcher in International Relations at the Australian National University.

I am currently completing my PhD in International, Political, and Strategic Studies at the Australian National University (ANU), fully funded by university scholarships. My project investigates how China’s financial policy interests - including its interests in domestic financial reform and global financial strategies - were discursively constructed from the late 1980s, with a focus on four critical periods of economic crisis: the late-1980s inflation crisis, the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis, the 2008 Global Financial Crisis, and the 2015 stock market crash. In the process, it also highlights how contemporary Chinese discourses and interests regarding financial market development have been structured by a historically rooted understanding of the market as an instrument to advance state political objectives. This project is supervised by Prof. Wesley W. Widmaier, A/Prof. Amy King, and Prof. Susan Sell.

I have published widely, and have ongoing publications, on economic security, development finance, Chinese political economy, US-China relations.

Driven by my passion for education, I have been actively involved in extensive tutoring and teaching across a wide range of courses. I have served as a head tutor or tutor for 13 undergraduate and postgraduate courses in international relations / public policy at the Australian National University, taking responsibility for tutorials, marking, and occasionally guest lecturing and administrative support. I have also contributed as an assessor and guest lecturer to professional development programs tailored for policymakers, including programs for the Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the Department of Defence, and the Australian Defence Force.