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Email

jia@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Professor of Chinese Studies
Asia Institute
Education
PhD
University of Melbourne
Bachelors Degree (Honours)
Renmin University of China
ORCID

0000-0002-5142-1046

Prof Jia Gao

Professor of Chinese Studies
Asia Institute

126 Scholarly works
1 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Book

    The Braking Mechanism in Mao-Era Politics: Actions by Military Leaders After 1958
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Chinese immigrants in Australia’s economic structural transformations: An analysis from the perspective of global economic history
  • 2025

    Book

    The Braking Mechanism in Mao-era Politics
    DOI: 10.4324/9781003672258
  • 2025

    Book

    The Braking Mechanism in Mao-era Politics, Actions by Military Leaders after 1958
    DOI: 10.4324/9781003672258
  • 2025

    Book

    Aspirational Chinese in Competitive Social Repositionings: A Re-Analysis of Societal Dynamics from 1964 to 2000 (2025 Edition)
  • 2024

    Book Chapter

    Riding on the waves of transformation in the Asia-Pacific: Chinese migration to Australia since the late 1980s
  • 2023

    Book

    Aspirational Chinese in competitive social repositionings: A re-analysis of societal dynamics from 1964 to 2000
Jia Gao

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships


2022
University of Melbourne
1989
China's National Commission of Education and the Fok Ying Tung Foundation: Excellence in Sociology

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2023

    Journal article

    Going to Yan’an: The Making of China’s New Ruling Class
    DOI: 10.1080/14672715.2023.2263472
  • 2023

    Reference Work

    Research on overseas Chinese from the perspective of oral history and life course
  • 2022

    Reference Work

    Better representation of Asian Australians in politics is needed more than ever

RECENT PROJECTS

  • Internal Research Grant

    Enhancing the Growth and Diversification of Australia-China Education Ties - A Tertiary, Vocational, and School Sectors Research Network

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