Dr. Geoffrey Chun-fung Chen is an Associate Professor in the Department of China Studies at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University. He leads the Urban & Culture Research Group at the University’s Research Centre for Culture, Communication, and Society (CCCS), alongside Linjia Zhang. His research interests broadly encompass environmental politics and comparative political economy. He is the author of Governing Sustainable Energies in China (Palgrave Macmillan, 2016) and co-author, with David Toke, Antony Froggatt, and Richard Connolly, of Nuclear Power in Stagnation (Routledge, 2021). His published articles have appeared in peer-reviewed journals, including New Political Economy, Third World Quarterly, Europe-Asia Studies, The Pacific Review, Journal of International Relations and Development, and Journal of Chinese Political Science.

Dr. Chen holds a PhD from the University of Bath and has previously held research fellowships at the University of Duisburg-Essen and the German Institute of Global and Area Studies. At XJTLU, he teaches both graduate and undergraduate courses in Chinese political economy.

China studies

Political economy

Public sector reform

Environmental governance

Associate Professor, Department of China Studies, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou - 2018 to present

Co-leader, Urban & Culture Research Group, University Research Centre for Culture, Communication, and Society (CCCS), Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou - 2024 to present

Head of Department, Department of China Studies, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou - 2020 to 2023

Assistant Professor, Department of China Studies, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou - 2016 to 2018

Research Fellow, University of Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg - 2015 to 2016

Research Fellow, German Institute of Global and Area Studies, Hamburg - 2014 to 2015