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Jian Chen

Associate Professor

20222026

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Dr. Jian "Aaron" Chen, Associate Professor, PhD Supervisor, currently serves as the Acting Head of Institute of Leadership and Education Advanced Development (ILEAD), the Division Head of New Professional Education and the Director of Research Center for Internationalization at the Academy of Future Education, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University. His expertise and research interests lie in international comparisons in higher vocational education and training (VET), transnational education (TNE), industry-academia collaboration (IAC), and teacher professional development (TPD).

Before joining XJTLU, Aaron worked as the Associate Vice President (AVP) and the Dean of School of Liberal Arts at Suzhou Centennial College - a higher VET institution which was jointly established by Suzhou University of Science and Technology and Centennial College Canada, overseeing Chinese-Canadian partnerships, academic program development and delivery, and international student service. In addition, Aaron also worked as the Assistant Director and Mandarin Lecturer of Confucius Institute in Atlanta, at Emory University, Georgia, in the U.S.A. for two years.

Overall, he views himself as an educator dedicated to practice-based research (PBR), with a global outlook and strong leadership skills.

Research interests

  • Higher Vocational Education and Training (VET)
  • Industry-Academia Collaboration (IAC)
  • Work-Integrated Learning (WIL)
  • Teacher Professional Development (TPD)
  • Transnational Higher Education (TNHE)
  • Internationalization at Home (IaH)

Teaching

GCR001 (LIF 001) Module Leader - Global Citizenship and Research-led Learning (Undergraduate course)

EDS401 Module Co-instructor - Globalization and Education: Critical Perspectives (Postgraduate course)

EDS405 Module Co-instructor - Educational Leadership (Postgraduate course)

EDS406 Module Leader - Educational Internship (Postgraduate course)

EDS446 Module Leader - Advanced Educational Research Studies (Doctoral course)

Awards and honours

Industry Engagement Champion Award (2024-2025), AoFE, XJTLU

西交利物浦大学未来教育学院2024-2025学年“产教协作卓越奖”

 

Research areas

  • Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET)
  • Industry-Academia Collaboration (IAC)
  • Internationalization at Home (IaH)
  • Work-Integrated Learning (WIL)
  • Transnational Higher Education (TNHE)
  • Teacher Professional Development (TPD)

Person Types

  • Staff

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
  2. SDG 4 - Quality Education
    SDG 4 Quality Education

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  • 10 Article
  • 3 Textual work
  • 2 Conference Proceeding
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  • 17 Master Dissertation Supervision
  • 13 Invited talk
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  • 7 Presentation at conference/workshop/seminar
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