Biography
I am an Associate Professor of International Relations at the School of Humanities and Social Sciences and a member of the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation at Deakin University.
I held visiting positions at the University of Melbourne, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Peking University, Fudan University and the University of Macau, and was an Endeavour Research Fellow at the Australian Studies Centre, Peking University between October 2016 and February 2017. I am on the editorial board of Series in International Relations Classics (World Affairs Press, Beijing).
I have given keynote and invited speeches, lectures and presentations at Asialink, Australian Catholic University, Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australian National University, China Foreign Affairs University, City University of Hong Kong, Durham University, Fudan University, Minter Ellison Lawyers, Monash University, Pacific Adventist University, Peking University, Swedish Institute of International Affairs, Tsinghua University, and the Universities of Adelaide, Hong Kong, Queensland, and Sydney.
I am the author of <i>Knowledge, Desire and Power in Global Politics: Western Representations of China's Rise</i> (Edward Elgar, hardcover 2012 and paperback 2015). The Chinese edition won a Best Book award from Social Sciences Academic Press (Beijing) in 2016.
My ongoing research interests include understanding the 'China' challenge, Chinese power, power transition, Chinese IR theory, and theorising China's rise through discourses analysis, critical constructivism and interpretive approaches, and Australia's Asia/China literacy. I have published in many international peer-reviewed journals including <i> European Journal of International Relations, Alternatives, Asian Perspective, Australian Journal of International Affairs, Contemporary Politics, Journal of Contemporary China, The Pacific Review, The China Review, Journal of Chinese Political Science, Griffith Asia Quarterly, Political Science </i> as well as a number of edited volumes and Chinese academic journals.
I have taught or co-taught a diversity of subjects at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, including International Relations, International Relations of the Asia Pacific, China and the World, Australia's Foreign Relations, Australia in the World, Security, Conflict and Terrorism, and Terrorism in International Politics. I supervise Honours, MA and PhD students on a wide range of topics.
Read more on Chengxin's profileResearch interests
- China's foreign policy and international relations
- International Relations of Northeast Asia
- Critical IR theory
- Taiwan
- Chinese Politics
- US and Australian foreign policy
Affiliations
International Studies Association
American Political Science Association
Australian Political Studies Association
Australian Institute of International Affairs
Research Institute on Social Cohesion, Department of Premier and Cabinet, the Victoria Government
Teaching interests
- AIR108 International Relations (G, X)
- AIR120 Australia and the World (X)
- AIR701 China and the World (B, X)
- Units taught:
- Australia's Foreign Relations (B, G, X)
- International Relations of the Asia Pacific (G, team-taught)
- Security, Conflict and Terrorism (X)
- Australia in the World (B, X)
- Terrorism in International Politics (X)
- Critical Issues in International Relations (B, X, team-taught)
- AIP495/496 Honours Thesis A & B (B, G, X)
Conferences
Theorising China's Rise in/beyond International Relations workshop (co-convenor), Deakin University/Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, March-April 2016
Cross-cultural Literacy: China and Australia in the Asian Century Conference (co-convenor), Renmin University of China, Beijing, October 2012.
Association of Chinese Political Studies (ACPS) Conference (Taipei 2009)
Oceanic Conference on International Studies (OCIS) (Melbourne 2006, Brisbane 2008; Sydney 2012)
International Studies Association (ISA) Convention (San Diego 2006; San Francisco 2013; Baltimore, 2017)
Biennial Conference of the Chinese Studies Association of Australia (Murdoch University 1999, Bendigo 2005)
American Political Science Association Annual Convention (San Francisco, 2015)
Australasian Association for Communist and Post-Communist Studies (AACPCS) Biennial Conference (Canberra 2005)
Australasian Political Studies Association (APSA) Conference (ANU 2002; Murdoch University 2013)
Professional activities
- IR Honours Coordinator, SHSS, 2013-2015
- School Honours Coordinator, SIPS, 2009-2011
- Member of School Research Committee, SIPS, 2010-2011
- Deputy Course Director, BA(IS), 2007-2008
- Member of Admission and Selection Committee (Undergraduate), Faculty of Arts & Education, 2007-2008
- Member, Editorial Board, Series in International Relations Classics (World Affairs Press, Beijing)
- Ad hoc peer reviewer for Asian Security, Asian Studies Review; Australian Journal of Political Science; Cambridge Review of International Affairs; Contemporary Politics; European Journal of International Relations; Global Change, Peace and Security; Journal of East Asian Studies; Millennium: Journal of International Studies; Poltical Studies Review; Review of International Studies; The China Review; The Pacific Review; Social Identities; and Visual Communication.
- External reviewer for the Australian Catholic University BA Politics Major Discipline Review; Australian Political Studies Association Conference; Oceanic Conference on International Studies; Palgrave Macmillan; Routledge; and UK Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)’s Evaluation of Research
- PhD, Masters and Honours thesis examiner (ANU, Australian Defence College, Australian Defence Force Academy, University of Auckland, University of Melbourne, Victoria University of Wellington, and UNSW)
Awards
2016 Endeavour Research Fellowship
1998-2002 ANU PhD Scholarship.
1998-2001 International Postgraduate Research Scholarship (IPRS), DEST, Commonwealth of Australia.
1996-1997 Peking University and the University of Melbourne Visiting Fellowship.
1993-1995 Guanghua Postgraduate Scholarship, Peking University.
1993 Award for Excellence in TV Teaching Material, Division of Audio-Visual Education, Beijing Higher Education Association.
Publications
A developmental approach to north korea's human rights problem: Lessons from china?
B He, D Hundt, C Pan
(2022), pp. 3-21, China and Human Rights in North Korea: Debating a “Developmental Approach” in Northeast Asia, London, Eng., B1
The real fourth estate? Portrayals of Trump's rise in the foreign media of friendly countries
Z Nwokora, B Isakhan, C Pan
(2022), Vol. 43, pp. 838-859, Policy studies, Abingdon, Eng., C1
Narrating the South Pacific in and Beyond Great Power Politics
C Pan, M Clarke
(2022), Vol. 39, pp. 1-11, East Asia, Berlin, Germany, C1
A developmental approach to North Korea's human rights problem: Lessons from China?
Baogang He, Chengxin Pan, David Hundt
(2021), pp. 3-21, China and Human Rights in North Korea: Debating a “Developmental Approach” in Northeast Asia, London, Eng., B1
A development-based approach to human rights: The case of China and its implications for North Korea
C Pan
(2021), pp. 75-97, China and Human Rights in North Korea: Debating a “Developmental Approach” in Northeast Asia, London, Eng., B1
Racialised politics of (in)security and the COVID-19 Westfailure
C Pan
(2021), Vol. 9, pp. 40-45, Critical Studies on Security, C1
C Pan
(2021), Vol. 49, pp. 577-603, Millennium: Journal of International Studies, London, Eng., C1
Ontological (In)Security and Neoliberal Governmentality: Explaining Australia's China Emergency
C Pan, L Hagström
(2021), Vol. 67, pp. 454-473, Australian Journal of Politics and History, London, England, C1
China and Human Rights in North Korea: Debating a 'Developmental Approach' in Northeast Asia
Baogang He, David Hundt, Chengxin Pan
(2021), London, A7
C Pan, B Isakhan, Z Nwokora
(2020), Vol. 40, pp. 54-69, Politics, London, Eng., C1
Traversing the soft/hard power binary: the case of the Sino-Japanese territorial dispute
L Hagström, C Pan
(2020), Vol. 46, pp. 37-55, Review of International Studies, Cambridge, Eng., C1-1
COVID-19, Democracies, and (De)Colonialities
Marcos Scauso, Garrett FitzGerald, Arlene Tickner, Navnita Behera, Chengxin Pan, Chih-yu Shih, Kosuke Shimizu
(2020), Vol. 7, pp. 82-93, Democratic Theory, Oxford, Eng., C1
Enfolding wholes in parts: quantum holography and International Relations
Chengxin Pan
(2020), Vol. 26, pp. 14-38, European Journal of International Relations, London, Eng., C1
C Pan, M Clarke, S Loy-Wilson
(2019), Vol. 28, pp. 385-399, Journal of contemporary China, Abingdon, Eng., C1
Perceptions of democracy and the rise of Donald Trump: a framing analysis of Saudi Arabian media
Benjamin Isakhan, Zim Nwokora, Chengxin Pan
(2019), Vol. 15, pp. 159-175, Global media and communication, London, Eng., C1
Toward a new relational ontology in global politics: China's rise as holographic transition
Chengxin Pan
(2018), Vol. 18, pp. 339-367, International relations of the Asia-Pacific, Oxford, Eng., C1-1
Theorizing China's rise in and beyond international relations
C Pan, Emilian Kavalski
(2018), Vol. 18, pp. 289-311, International relations of the Asia-Pacific, London, Eng., C1-1
Identity politics and the poverty of diplomacy: China in Australia's 2017 foreign policy white paper
C Pan
(2018), Vol. 14, pp. 13-20, Security challenges, Canberra, A.C.T., C1-1
C Pan
(2018), Vol. 6, pp. 34-49, Journal of China and international relations, Aalborg, Denmark, C1-1
The "China" challenge as transnational challenge: implications for contemporary U.S.-China relations
C Pan
(2018), Vol. 6, pp. 34-49, Journal of China and international relations, Aalborg, Denmark, C1-1
Neoconservatism as discourse: Virtue, power and US foreign policy
C Pan, O Turner
(2017), Vol. 23, pp. 74-96, European Journal of International Relations, C1-1
M Chou, C Pan, A Poole
(2017), Vol. 23, pp. 175-194, Contemporary Politics, C1-1
China anxieties in the geopolitical cartographies of the Indo-Pacific
C Pan
(2016), pp. 97-113, New regional geopolitics in the Indo-Pacific : drivers, dynamics and consequences, Abingdon, Eng., B1
C Pan
(2015), pp. 197-210, Asia literate schooling in the Asian century, Abingdon, Eng., B1
Cross-cultural literacy as social knowledge: implications for Australia's understanding of China
C Pan
(2015), pp. 308-327, Australia and China: challenges and ideas in cross-cultural engagement, Beijing, China, B1
Introduction: news perspectives on cross-cultural engagement
C Pan, D Walker
(2015), pp. 1-13, Australia and China: challenges and ideas in cross-cultural engagement, Beijing, China, B1
Australia and China: challenges and ideas in cross-cultural engagement
Chengxin Pan, David Walker
(2015), Beijing, China, A7
The 'Indo-Pacific' and geopolitical anxieties about China's rise in the Asian regional order
C Pan
(2014), Vol. 68, pp. 453-469, Australian journal of international affairs, Melbourne, Vic., C1
Rethinking Chinese power : a conceptual corrective to the 'power shift' narrative
C Pan
(2014), Vol. 38, pp. 387-410, Asian perspective, Boulder, Colo., C1
The Asian/Chinese century from the Chinese perspective
C Pan
(2013), Vol. 1, pp. 30-52, Griffith Asia quarterly, Nathan, QLD, C1
Knowing Asia and re-imaging the Australian self
C Pan
(2013), Vol. 33, pp. 77-79, Curriculum perspectives, Deakin West, ACT, C1
Knowledge, desire and power in global politics: western representations of China's rise
C Pan
(2012), Cheltenham, England, A1
C Pan
(2012), pp. 28-47, New thinking about the Taiwan issue : theoretical insights into its origins, dynamics, and prospects, Abingdon, Eng., B1
Problematizing 'constructive engagement' in EU-China policy
C Pan
(2012), pp. 37-57, Europe and China : strategic partners or rivals?, Hong Kong, B1
C Pan
(2012), pp. 245-266, Australia's Asia : from yellow peril to Asian century, Crawley, W. A., B1
Introduction: knowledge, desire and power in Western representations of China's rise
C Pan
(2012), pp. 1-19, Knowledge, desire and power in global politics: Western representations of China's rise, London, Eng., B1-1
C Pan
(2012), pp. 127-131, 国际政治研究 [International Politics Quarterly], Beijing, China, C1
Shu and the Chinese quest for harmony : a Confucian approach to meditating across difference
C Pan
(2011), pp. 221-247, Mediating across difference : oceanic and Asian approaches to conflict resolution, Honolulu, Haw., B1
C Pan
(2010), Vol. 15, pp. 371-389, Journal of Chinese political science, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
Contractual thinking and responsible government in China: A constructivist framework for analysis
Chengxin Pan
(2009), pp. 33-49, Towards Responsible Government in East Asia: Trajectories, Intentions and Meanings, London, Eng., B1
What is Chinese about Chinese businesses? Locating the 'rise of China' in global production networks
C Pan
(2009), Vol. 18, pp. 7-25, Journal of contemporary China, London, England, C1
C Pan
(2009), pp. 1-21, ACPS-NCCU 2009 : International Symposium on : Peaceful development and deepening integration in the Greater China region, Taipei, Taiwan, E1
'Peaceful Rise' and China's new international contract: The state in change in transnational society
C Pan, C Pan
(2008), pp. 127-144, The Chinese State in Transition: Processes and contests in local China, B1
Is China's rise a threat? Understanding the 'China' challenge
C Pan
(2008), pp. 120-137, Global crises and risks, South Melbourne, Vic., B1
Contractual thinking and responsible government in China: A constructivist framework for analysis*
C Pan
(2008), Vol. 8, pp. 33-49, The China review, Hong Kong, China, C1
Neoconservatism, US-China conflict, and Australia's 'great and powerful friends' dilemma
C Pan
(2006), Vol. 19, pp. 429-448, Pacific review, Abingdon, England, C1
C Pan
(2004), Vol. 29, pp. 305-331, Alternatives:global, local, political, Boulder, Colo., C1-1
Understanding Chinese identity in international relations : a critique of Western approaches.
C Pan
(1999), Vol. 51, pp. 135-148, Political science, London, England, C1-1
Z Chen, W Zhao, C Pan, X Zhang
(1996), pp. 1-6, Beijing Daxue Xuebao (Zhexue Shehui Kexue Ban), China, C1-1
Funded Projects at Deakin
Industry and Other Funding
Theorising China's Rise in/beyond International Relations
A/Prof Chengxin Pan, A/Prof Emilian Kavalski, Prof Shaun Breslin
Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange
- 2016: $17,995
PNG Perceptions of Chinese and Western/Australian Aid in Pacific Islands Countries
A/Prof Chengxin Pan, Prof Matthew Clarke
Guangdong University of Foreign Studies
- 2017: $6,852
China and Human Rights in North Korea: Part of the Problem or a Partial Solution?
Prof Baogang He, A/Prof Chengxin Pan, A/Prof David Hundt, A/Prof Danielle Chubb
Korea Foundation
- 2019: $29,090
Supervisions
Ravi Dutt Bajpai
Thesis entitled: Civilizational Perspectives in International Relations and Contemporary China-India Relations
Doctor of Philosophy, School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Digby Wren
Thesis entitled: The Belt And Road: Implementing China¿s Plan For National Rejuvenation
Doctor of Philosophy, School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Peter McDermott
Thesis entitled: The Australia-Japan Defence and Security Relationship: Past, Present and Future
Doctor of Philosophy, School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Catherine Carter
Thesis entitled: Characteristics of the Australian Civil-Military Relationship
Doctor of Philosophy, School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Peter Edward Mulherin
Thesis entitled: Information and Constraint: Democracy, Media, and Political Debates on Fighting the Islamic State
Doctor of Philosophy, School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Lance Collins
Thesis entitled: Convincing Canberra: How Foreign States Seek to Achieve their Foreign Policy Objectives with the Australian Government
Doctor of Philosophy, School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Vincenzo Scappatura
Thesis entitled: The Australia-United States Alliance and the Management of Elite Opinion
Doctor of Philosophy, School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Michael Crisp
Thesis entitled: International Power Transitions, Critical Realism, and the Rise of China
Doctor of Philosophy, School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Timothy Martin
Thesis entitled: Co-operation among Nations at Sea: Caribbean and SouthEast Asia Compared
Master of Arts, School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Andrew Forrest
Thesis entitled: Chinese Perceptions of Japan's Security Strategy Post 11 September 2001
Doctor of Philosophy, School of International and Political Studies
Arabinda Acharya
Thesis entitled: Targeting Terrorist Financing
Doctor of Philosophy, School of International and Political Studies