Qualifications
BA Honours (La Trobe); PhD (Melb)

Professional experience
Dr English joined the CSES as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow. He was previously Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography and Resource Management at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. From 2001 to 2006, he was lecturer/tutor at the University of Melbourne (Geography and Environmental Studies) in 'Environmental Politics and Management’, ‘Project Management’, ‘Famine’, ‘Australia and Asia’, ‘China in Transition’ and ‘Chinese Politics and Society’. His thesis was completed in 2006 titled 'Greening the Chinese State: Reforming Institutions, Coordinating Tiao-Kuai Relations and Managing Nature Reserves'.

His research interests include: China in transition, environmental governance, and sustainable development and climate change.

He is currently co-investigator of a project funded by the Department of Climate Change on sustainable energy use in China. Previous research involvement includes:

• 'The institutional hurdles to effective Strategic Environmental Assessment practice in China’, Co-Investigator, Hong Kong Competitive Earmarked Research Grant, 2009-2011
• ‘The socio-economic impacts of water restrictions on sportsgrounds in Melbourne’, Co-Investigator, Victorian Government SmartWater Fund, 2008-09
• ‘Corporate environmental management of manufacturers in the Pearl River Delta Region’, Co-Investigator, Hong Kong Competitive Earmarked Research Grant, 2007-2010
• ‘Transboundary environmental governance in the Dong Jiang catchment, China’, Co-Investigator, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 2006-2009
• ‘Quality economy and local participation in nature reserve management’, Co-Investigator, Jiuzhaigou National Nature Reserve and Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2005
• ‘Ecotourism’, Chinese Biosphere Reserve Network, Co-Investigator, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Jiuzhaigou, 2002
• ‘Management of the degraded ecosystems in Xilingol Grasslands (Inner Mongolia)’, Co-Investigator, Chinese National Committee for MAB, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xilingol National Nature Reserve, 2001 –2002

Publications

Journal articles

English A. 2009, ‘Sustainable tourism development from an adaptive and participatory approach: the case of Jiuzhaigou Nature Reserve, China’ in Alan A. Lew and Bao Xugang (eds.) Heritage and tourism: community, enterprise, government and tourists, Beijing, China Tourism Press. 343-354.

English, A. 2002, ‘锡林郭勒生物圈保护区的协调管理’ (Coordinating the management of Xilingol Biosphere Reserve) in Han Nianyong, Jiang Gaoming & Li Wenjun (eds.) 《退化生态系统管理： 锡林郭勒生物圈保护区》(Management of the degraded ecosystems in Xilingol Biosphere Reserve) Beijing, Tsinghua University Press, 89-95 (Chinese), 224-234 (English).

Book chapters

English A. 2009, ‘Sustainable tourism development from an adaptive and participatory approach: the case of Jiuzhaigou Nature Reserve, China’ in Alan A. Lew and Bao Xugang (eds.) Heritage and tourism: community, enterprise, government and tourists, Beijing, China Tourism Press. 343-354.

English, A. 2002, ‘锡林郭勒生物圈保护区的协调管理’ (Coordinating the management of Xilingol Biosphere Reserve) in Han Nianyong, Jiang Gaoming & Li Wenjun (eds.) 《退化生态系统管理： 锡林郭勒生物圈保护区》(Management of the degraded ecosystems in Xilingol Biosphere Reserve) Beijing, Tsinghua University Press, 89-95 (Chinese), 224-234 (English).

Conference papers  

English,  A. 2009, ‘Greening the Chinese state: a shifting discourse of exploitation, crisis management and resilience’, paper presented at the 60 years of the People’s Republic: Transformation and Challenges, 2009 Melbourne Conference on China, The Asia Institute, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, 13-14 July.

English, A., Lo, W.H.C. and Lee Y.S.F. 2009, ‘Tiaokuai fragmentation and river basin management in Southern China: the case of Dongjiang’, paper presented at the International Forum on China, Hong Kong Open University, Hong Kong, 6-7 June.

English, A. 2009, ‘Responding to the global storm: resilience and China’s ascendancy’, paper presented at the Conference Emerging from the Global Storm: Growth and Climate Change Policies in Australia, Victoria University, Melbourne,15 April.

Milne, N., English, A., Weller, S., et al. 2009, Sustainable water options for sports fields’, paper presented at  AWA Ozwater09, , Melbourne, Victoria, 16-18 March.

Research reports

Sheehan, P., English, A., Grewal, B., Sweeny, K., Nielson, J., Sun, F. and Cheng, E. 2010, More Sustainable Energy Use in China: Economic Structure and the Application of New Technologies, Report to Department of Climate Change (Canberra), CSES, Melbourne.

Weller, S. and  English, A. 2009, The Socio-economic Impacts of Water Restrictions on Turf Sportsgrounds in Metropolitan Melbourne, report to the Victorian Government SmartWater Project: Sustainable water options for sports fields, Melbourne.