Associate Professorship (or Professorship) in the Economy of China

Associate Professorship (or Professorship) in the Economy of China

University of Oxford -School of Interdisciplinary Area Studies

in association with Lady Margaret Hall

Grade 10a: Salary from £43,745 p.a.

Applications are invited for appointment to a permanent Associate Professorship in the Economy of China, to be held in the School of Interdisciplinary Area Studies (SIAS), in association with a Non-Tutorial Fellowship at Lady Margaret Hall, with effect from 1 September 2014.

The successful candidate will have research interests in the economy of China, China’s political economy or Chinese business and finance. He/she will be expected to provide teaching and supervision for the School of Interdisciplinary Area Studies at graduate level and to engage in research and administration. Candidates should refer to the further particulars for full details of the teaching requirements for this post.

Candidates should have received the degree of PhD, in economics, political economy, international political economy, development studies, economic sociology, business and management studies, finance and public administration, or related fields, with specialisation in China, by 1 September 2014, or at least have submitted a completed doctoral dissertation for examination by that date. The successful candidate must demonstrate: research achievement at an international level appropriate to the stage of his or her career; ability to meet the needs of the college as a Non-Tutorial Fellow and Trustee; skills and commitment to contribute effectively to administration, teaching and supervision activity in the school; the ability to relate well to students; good communication, interpersonal, time management and organisational skills (all essential); and a record of success in obtaining research funding; the ability to contribute to quantitative and/or qualitative research methods training and a high level of competence in reading and conversational Chinese (desirable).

The salary for this post will be on a scale from £43,745 p.a. The postholder will have an office in the China Centre, Woodstock Road/Canterbury Road Oxford.

Further particulars, including details of how to apply, can be obtained from the SIAS website (http://www.area-studies.ox.ac.uk/vacancies) or by writing to the Assistant to the Departmental Administrator, School of Interdisciplinary Area Studies, 12 Bevington Road, Oxford OX2 6LH (vacancies@area.ox.ac.uk).

The closing date for applications is 12.00 noon (UK time) on 22 April 2014.

Applications are particularly welcome from women and black and minority ethnic candidates, who are under-represented in academic posts in Oxford.

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Chinese Economics Society Australia (CESA) 26th Annual Conference

Chinese Economics Society Australia (CESA) 26th Annual Conference
Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, July 7-­8, 2014

“China at the Crossroads: The New Phase of Economic Reforms, Industrial Upgrading and Economic Development”

About the Conference: The conference is organised by the Faculty of Business and Economics, and the Centre for Development Economics at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, and Division of Economics, Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. It is the 26th Annual Meeting of the Chinese Economics Society Australia (formerly known as ACESA).

After nearly 35 years of exceptional economic growth at an average rate of 10 percent per year, China is now at the crossroads. According to the World Bank, China is projected to surpass the US as the world’s largest economy (measured by GDP) by 2030. Such rapid economic growth, however, does not come without a cost: over-utilization of energy and other resources, pollution to the environment, widening income inequality, and regional economic disparities are all growing social and economic problems in China. There is an urgent need to search for a new economic development strategy that is of high quality, more balanced, eco-friendly and more sustainable. Serious reforms are needed, especially in the financial services sector, the state-owned enterprises, the housing sector, the health care industry, the land tenure system, the labor market, and the nation’s social security system.

Topics: The organiser invites all papers addressing topics that relate to China’s economic development, including new economic reform policies; global imbalances and domestic rebalancing; international trade, inward and outward FDI; capital flows and financial sector reforms; regional development; food security and agricultural development; rural-­urban migration and urbanisation; poverty and income inequality; ageing and demographic change; pension, health care and social security systems; education and labour markets; and low-­‐carbon and sustainable growth.

This year’s CESA conference will also honour the late Professor Xiaokai Yang (杨小凯), who raised the economic research standards of the Chinese economists but tragically passed away 10 years ago on July 7, 2004 at age 55. Professor Jeffrey Sachs praised Yang as one of the world’s most penetrating and exacting economic theorists, and one of the most creative minds in the economics profession. Nobel Prize Winner Professor James M. Buchanan nominated Professor Yang for Nobel Prize in 2002 and 2003 and made the following comments  in 2002: “In my view, the most important and exciting research in economics in the world is done at Monash, and it is done by Xiaokai Yang.”

Keynote Speakers include:
1. NG, Yew-Kwang, Albert Winsemius Chair Professor, Nanyang Technological University
2. Wing Thye Woo, Professor, University of California, Davis
3. Xiaobo Zhang, Vice Dean, National School of Development, Peking University

Key Dates:
April 15: abstracts of papers due (please email submissions in word files)
May 1: Emails of acceptance of conference papers sent
May 15: Conference registration opens
June 15: Conference registration closes
June 15: Full papers due

PhD Prize: A prize of $1,000 will be awarded to the best PhD paper presented at the conference, to be determined by a Panel of CESA Council Members.

Special Offer: Conference participants are invited to attend the annual China Update (July 10-11, 2014) at no cost. Please visit the China Update website for details of the 2014 event.

We are working with the China Economic Review and  the journal of Economic and Political Studies (EPS)  to arrange a special issue for the coming conference, details will be provided shortly.

Please refer to the link of conference for details:

http://www.cesa2014conference.com/

Inquiries and Submission of Abstracts: Please contact Associate Professor Tony Fang, CESA2014 Convenor, Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University. Email: CESA2014Conference@Gmail.Com

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Five Vacancies at School of Contemporary Chinese Studies in Nottingham

University of Nottingham has just advertised five new posts for the School of Contemporary Chinese Studies (SCCS). SCCS is a dynamic and innovative centre of excellence, focusing on a broad range of social science disciplines relating to all aspects of contemporary China. It is now the fastest growing school at one of the UK’s most vibrant and successful universities. The School is in a strong financial position and is housed in a newly built, completely dedicated building, the Si Yuan Centre, which provides state of the art facilities to support high quality teaching and research.

 

The search is now underway for five excellent new staff. Candidates in all social sciences and related disciplines are encouraged to apply, though preference will be given to those working on the following subject areas: economics and finance, law, geography and the environment, gender studies and sociology, philosophy and religion, and marketing and management.

For more information about the School of Contemporary Chinese Studies, please see http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/chinese/.  Informal enquires can be made to Professor Steve Tsang, steve.tsang@nottingham.ac.uk.

 

·         Chair (1 post)

·         Associate Professor (1 post)

·         Lecturer (3 posts)

 

Salary, depending on skills and experience, will be within the range:

 

·         Chair: Salary is negotiable depending on skills and experience and will be within the professorial range, minimum £56,467 per annum

  • Associate Professor scale: £47,314 – £56,467 per annum
  • Lecturer scale: £33,230 – £44,607 per annum

Salary progression beyond these scales is subject to performance.

 

For more details and/or to apply on-line for these posts please access:

Chair: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/jobs/currentvacancies/ref/ACADSCCS

 

Associate Professor: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/Jobs/CurrentVacancies/ref/SOC08448

 

Lecturer: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/Jobs/CurrentVacancies/ref/SOC08433

 

If you are unable to apply on-line please contact the Human Resources Department, tel: 0115 846 6172. Closing date: 4 March 2014.

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Joint CESA-Jinan University (Guangzhou, China) Conference, December 2013

 An International Conference on
Industrial Upgrading and Sustainable Economic Growth in China

12-13 December, 2013 (Thursday and Friday)
Guangzhou, China

Sponsored by
Chinese Economics Society of Australia (CESA)
School of Economics, Jinan University

Joint CESA-Jinan University (Guangzhou, China) Conference, December 2013

Joint CESA-Jinan University (Guangzhou, China) Conference, December 2013

On 12-13th December, 2013, The Chinese Economics Society of Australia (CESA) and Jinan University held a joint conference in Guangzhou, China. The focus of the conference was on industrial upgrading and sustainable economic growth in China.

 Conference program: CESA-JNU-Conference_Program

Papers:

  1. Xunpeng SHI, Sizhong SUN, Oil price shocks, market distortion and output growth: Theory and evidence from China;
  2. Anping CHEN, Nicolaas GROENEWOLD,The Effects of Macroeconomic Shocks on Inter-Provincial GDP Disparities in China: Estimates from a Restricted VAR Model;
  3. Tsun Se CHEONG, Yanrui WU, The Impacts of Structural Transformation and Industrial Upgrading on Regional Inequality in China;
Joint CESA-Jinan University (Guangzhou, China) Conference, December 2013

Joint CESA-Jinan University (Guangzhou, China) Conference, December 2013

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Call for Paper for the 6th CAER-IFPRI Annual Conference

Call for Paper – The 6th CAER-IFPRI Conference
Resource Constraints and Sustainable Food System In China
16-17 October 2014 ︱Yangling, Shaanxi, China

Background
China Agricultural Economic Review (CAER) is an academic journal published by Emerald in association with China Agricultural University (CAU) and Chinese Association of Agricultural Economists (CAAE) and listed as one of the SSCI (Social Science Citation Index) journals. CAER is delighted to announce its sixth annual conference in 2014
aiming to explore the related issues and countermeasures of sustainable food in both China and the rest of the world, because the resource constraints and their impacts on food system have become the center of societal discussions in China. Internationally renowned scholars and policy makers will be invited to present and discuss
their insights and suggestions at the conference.

Suggested Topics
Submissions are solicited on a wide variety of topics including but not limited to:

  1. Agriculture and Economic Development
  2. Agricultural Market, Trade and Prices
  3. Food Production and Food Security
  4. Food Consumption and Food Safety
  5. Rural Land System and Reform
  6. Rural Labor and Mobilization
  7. Rural Finance and Investment
  8. Rural Institutional Innovation
  9. Natural Resources and Agriculture
  10. Environment and Agriculture
  11. Agriculture in BRICS Countries
  12. Sino-Africa Agricultural Cooperation

Submission Guidelines
• Please format the submission following the Authors Guidelines, which is available on
http://info.emeraldinsight.com/products/journals/author_guidelines.htm?id=caer.
• Please submit your manuscript on
http://www.cau.edu.cn/cem/caer/conference/htdocs/index.php
• All submissions will be evaluated by two independent reviewers with respect to their (a) relevance of the topics and potential for discussion, (b) originality, (c) academic quality and (d) clarity of exposition.
• Author(s) of the accepted papers, or at least one of them, are required to register and present their work at the conference.

Registration Fee
RMB 800 (Chinese Currency), including entrances to the sessions, badge, conference program, printed proceedings, coffee breaks, welcome reception, and meals during the conference. The registration fee will be paid at the conference registration desk.
Student with accepted paper: No Registration Fee.

Publication
The conference will compile a proceedings for reference, and the organizing committee will select and recommend the high-quality submitted papers to be published in CAER journal.

Language
English.

Location
Northwest Agricultural and Forestry University, Yangling Agricultural High-tech Demonstration Zone, Shaanxi Province, China.

Contact
For any information, please contact conference coordinator, Mr. Yitian Xiao at caer.cau@gmail.com and 86-10-6273 8685 (office).

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China: A New Model for Growth and Development – China Update 2013 at ANU

China: A New Model for Growth and Development

On 11 July 2013, the China Economy Program within the Crawford School, ANU, in collaboration with the Rio Tinto–ANU China Partnership, presented the thirteenth China Update. At this annual event, leading academics, policy makers and government representatives discussed the latest research on the Chinese economy. Over the years, the China Update has cemented its status as Australia’s premier forum for in-depth discussion and analysis of the Chinese economy. More details can be found at:

https://crawford.anu.edu.au/chinaupdate/

 

The China Update 2013 volume is now online, available at: http://epress.anu.edu.au/titles/china-update-series/china-a-new-model-for-growth-and-development

China: A New Model for Growth and Development

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Developing Successful Agriculture: An Australian Case Study, new publication by Prof Zhangyue Zhou

Developing Successful Agriculture: An Australian Case Study

Prof Zhangyue Zhou, James Cook University

Agriculture remains an important industry to both developing and developed economies. Unfortunately,many developing countries are still suffering from a lack of agricultural growth and some developed economies excessively subsidize their agriculture. Australia’s agricultural system has developed from almost non-existence 220 years ago to one of the most advanced and efficient in today’s world. It is also one of the least distorted, receiving little government assistance. This book provides an updated and comprehensive account of a successful agricultural story, which can stimulate policy makers, researchers,  agribusiness consultants and students to relate the Australian experience to their own agricultural development.

More details can be found at: http://www.ces-aus.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Developing-Successful-Agriculture_PR.pdf

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New Voices Competition, Australian Centre on China in the World

The Australian Centre on China in the World (CIW) invites Australian citizens and residents who are students or who have completed an undergraduate degree within the last three years to submit entries to our New Voices Competition.

Entries should be in the form of a policy brief or a short essay written to the Australian Government addressing what it should do in regard to China policy following the September 2013 Federal Election. Entries should be 1500 to 2000 words in length.

Essays judged to be outstanding by a distinguished selection panel will be published on our site, The China Story (www.thechinastory.org) and logged in The Australia-China Story archive. They may also be included in the print version of Australia-China Agenda 2013 that will be presented to members of Parliament, as well as to key opinion makers and the media following the election.

Authors of published entries will be funded by CIW to come to Canberra for the launch of the book Australia-China Agenda 2013 and asked to speak at a New Voices Forum. The most outstanding entry will be awarded a cash prize of $2,500.

Send entries to: ciwnewvoices@gmail.com Closing date for submissions: 1 August 2013

http://www.ces-aus.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/acap_competition_1vi2013.pdf

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Publication of the CESA 2011 Conference Proceedings

The Proceedings of CESA 2011 Conference at UWA:

Regional Development and Economic Growth in China, edited by  Prof Yanrui Wu of UWA.

The book can be purchased at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Regional-Development-Economic-Growth-Series/dp/9814439843

 

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2013 Chinese Economists Society (CES) annual conference

Aside from the CESA conference in July, and the CESA-JNU conference in December, another key event in 2013 is the annual CES conference. This year it is being held in Chengdu, June 8-9, 2013. The paper deadline is March 5th. More information can be found  on the CES website -http://www.china-ces.org/

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