I am a 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. I have submitted my thesis, and the oral examination is scheduled for November 2025. My PhD 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 highlights how contemporary Chinese 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, Prof. Susan Sell, and Prof. Luke Glanville.

I have published widely and have working papers on economic security, development finance, geoeconomics, and South-South cooperation.

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, tutor or guest lecturer for 14 undergraduate and postgraduate courses in international relations / public policy / Asian studies at the Australian National University, taking responsibility for lecturing, tutorials, marking, and administrative support. I have also contributed as a lecturer or assessor to executive education 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.