Dr Jane Du

Jane Du is a Research Associate at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London. 

She has published extensively on economic policy modelling, Chinese agriculture, food security, as well as demographic and labour economics in professional journals including, The China Quarterly, European Review of Economic History, Journal of Policy Modelling, Social Science in China, Applied Economics and Journal of Contemporary China.

She is the single author of Agriculture Transition in China: Domestic and International Perspectives on Technology and Institutional Change, and China’s Labour Market 1950-2050: The Role of Family Planning in Demographic and Income Transitions. Her ongoing research delves into critical areas including China’s food security and trade dependency; the theory of gradualism and shock therapy; and the working mechanisms of fertility-encouraging policies.

She participated in the award-wining project Agricultural Development in the World Periphery: A Global Economic History Approach, which received the prestigious Jaume Vicens Vives Prize by the Spanish Economic History Association. She has also earned accolades including the Best Reviewer award of the “China Goes Global Conference” hosted by the University of Agder Norway; and the China Research Bursary from Universities’ China Committee in London (UCCL).

Dr Du serves as a reviewer for renowned publishing houses including Routledge and Palgrave, as well as esteemed journals such as The China Quarterly, Applied Economics, Journal of Contemporary China, and International Relations of the Asia-Pacific. She has also coordinated a research project on China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) at the University of Macau. She　was a lecturer at the School of Management and Finance at SOAS, University of London. 

SCI Blog posts

• From One Quarter to One Six of World Population: The Role of Family Planning in China’s Demographic Transition - 26 March 2024
• The Industrial Policy Effects of China’s Free Trade Zones: Prosper or Beggar Thy Neighbour - 01 December 2023
• ‘Rent’ in Exchange for Loyalty: Costs and Benefits to China’s State-Owned Economy of the Anti-Corruption Campaign - 16 August 2022
• Profiting from Growth: Trade, Investment and the ASEAN-China Technology Gap - 21 July 2022
• Will the US’s economic containment draw Japan and China closer? - 16 December 2021
• Understanding Hong Kong’s Housing Woes - 21 October 2021
• Understanding China’s Unemployment - 16 November 2020

Primary research fields: Agricultural Economics, Transitional Economics, Economic History.

Secondary research fields: Demographic Economics, Applied Economics (Macro), Cooperate Finance.