Dr. Linjia Zhang is an associate professor in the Department of Economics, and is currently serving as the programme director of MSc Business Analytics at International Business School Suzhou, Xian Jiaotong - Liverpool University, China. He graduated from Harbin Institute of Technology in finance with, double bachelors degree in economics, and a masters degree in Econometrics from the first university of Lille, France. In 2013, he was awarded his doctorate in industrial economics. In 2014, after finishing his postdoctoral research, he chose to come back to China. Upon returning to China, he helped to launch the Institute Sino-Français at Heilongjiang University as an associate professor. His research interests concentrate on theoretical and empirical studies concerning tourism economics, productivity and efficiency measurements, and destination management. He has published several papers in top international journals as the first author and corresponding author, such as Tourism Management (ABS4, ABDC: A*), Journal of Travel Research (ABS4, ABDC: A*), Economic Modelling (ABS2, ABDC: A), Tourism Economics (ABS2, ABDC: A), Journal of Hospitality Tourism Research (ABS2, ABDC: A), Annals of Regional Science (ABS2, ABDC: A), etc., co-authored one monograph, hosted and participated several national and international research project. He is also acting on the editorial board of Tourism Economics, and Journal of Global Information Management.

Applied Econometrics

Non-Parametric Productivity Measurement

Industrial Economics: Tourism, Education, Cluster Growth

2017–Present, Lecturer in Economics, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU), Businees School, AACSB accredited , Suzhou, China.

2015–2017, Associate Professor in Economics, Heilongjiang University, Has helped to build Institut Sino-Français , Harbin, China.

2013–2015, Postdoctoral Researcher, Research directer of Evaluation of Regional Tourism Economy project, Valenciennes University, France.

2013–2014, Visiting scholar, University of Quebec at Montréal, Canada.

2011–2013, Temporary Assistant Professor in Economics, Lille University, Lille, France.

ECO303 International Political Economy

ECO118 Maths for Economics and Business

International Political Economy

Mathematics for Business and Economics

Principles of Macroeconomics

Principles of Microeconomics

Advanced Mathematics

Financial Econometrics

IBSS Teaching Excellence Awards-Teaching Innovation, 2023

IBSS Research Excellence Awards-Junior, 2022

The 15th Philosophical and Social Sciences Outstanding Achievement Award of Suzhou, the third prize