Sizhong Sun

Dr Sizhong Sun is currently an associate professor at College of Business, Law and Governance, Division of Tropical Environments and Societies, James Cook University. He holds PhD in Economics from the Australian National University, Australia, Master in Economics from Xiamen University, China, and Bachelor of Arts from Jilin University of Technology, China.

Dr Sun joined James Cook University in 2008, and since then he has been actively engaged in teaching a number of economics subjects and researching in the broad areas of empirical international trade, empirical industrial organisation, economic development, and market design, with a focus on foreign direct investment and Chinese economy, where Dr Sun has published extensively.

Dr Sun also served as reviewers for a number of academic journals, and edited special issues for China Agricultrual Economic Review, Sustainability, and Singapore Economic Review. He was the President of Chinese Economics Society Australia (CESA), a non-profit and non-partisan organization in Australia that aims at promoting research and exchange activities related to the Chinese economy, in 2014-2016, and has served in the Council of Management of CESA since 2016.