Debby Chan

Debby Chan is a Lecturer at the Australian National University (ANU), affiliated with both the Australian Centre on China in the World and the Crawford School of Public Policy within the ANU College of Asia and the Pacific. Her research focuses on social responses to China’s economic statecraft, including challenges to Belt and Road projects and political consumerism in non-democratic contexts. She holds a PhD in Politics from the University of Hong Kong, and previously served as a visiting fellow at City University of Hong Kong and a postdoctoral fellow at HKU's Department of Sociology.

Her work bridges international relations, political sociology, and development studies, with a regional emphasis on East Asia. Key themes include China’s geopolitical influence, civil society resistance, and the interplay between consumer behavior and political participation. Chan has contributed to peer-reviewed journals and authored a book on societal resistance to the Belt and Road in Myanmar.

No scientific awards are explicitly listed in the provided information. Her academic contributions include analyzing multinational corporate complicity in repression and exploring grassroots movements like the 'Yellow Economy' in Hong Kong.