Xiao's research interest includes China's rural changes, the Chinese 'go-out', the technopolitics of (water) infrastructure and the political economy of development. She is working as a team member to investigate the nature and impacts of the restructuring of China’s agriculture and rural society.
She works with Professor Christine Wong, Dr Sarah Rogers, Dr Brooke Wilmsen, and Dr Zoe Wang to examine the (re)configurations of and relations between land, labour, and capital in China's agricultural sector. Xiao coordinates the project’s survey design with key partners from China Agricultural University, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Yunnan University and the China Three Gorges University.
Xiao's PhD project investigated the goals, practices and consequences of Chinese overseas dam building, with a focus on Ghana.
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FEATURED Journal article
Assembling dams in Ghana: A genealogical inquiry into the fluidity of hydropolitics
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Honours, Awards and Fellowships
Credentials
Positions
Postdoctoral Fellow
Asia Institute
Member, Economic Geography Specialty Group; Energy And Environment Specialty Group; China Geography Specialty Group And Africa Specialty Group
American Association of Geographers
Student Member
The Institute of Australian Geographers
Education
International Summer School in Forced Migration
University of Oxford
Doctor of Philosophy: Geography
University of Melbourne
Master of Management Science
Hohai University
Bachelor of Engineering
Hohai University