Stephen Morgan

About

Stephen L. Morgan is Professor of Chinese Economic History (Emeritus) at the University of Nottingham, UK. Between 2013 and 2020 he was seconded to the senior management team of the University's China campus at Ningbo where he held the posts successively of Dean of Social Sciences, Associate Provost for Planning, and Executive Director of the Nottingham China Health Institute. He was a faculty member of the Nottingham University Business School on both campuses. He retired in October 2022. Stephen's research is focused on China and spans several fields. His primary interest is in the economic, business, and social history of China since the 18th century, including the long-run change in health, nutrition and wellbeing, grain markets, management, technology and science, and economic development. His teaching has revolved around economic development, international business and strategic management related to Asia and China in particular. Before becoming an academic in 1994 when he joined the University of Melbourne, Stephen had been a journalist in Australia, China and Hong Kong. Between 2006 and 2013, he was co-editor and then editor-in-chief of the Australian Economic History Review.

Work

University of Nottingham Business School

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Professor of Chinese Economic History

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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University of Nottingham

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Professor Chinese Economic History

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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University of Nottingham - Ningbo China

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Executive Director, Nottingham China Health Institute

China

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University of Nottingham - Ningbo China

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Associate Provost for Planning

China

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University of Nottingham - Ningbo China

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Dean of Social Sciences

China

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University of Melbourne

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Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Asian Economic History

Australia

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Far Eastern Economic Review

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Assistant Editor

Hong Kong

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Standard Newspaper Publishing Ltd

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Chief Correspondent/Sunday Edition News Editor

Hong Kong

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Education

Australian National University

Australia
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PhD

University of Hong Kong

Hong Kong
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MA in Comparative Asian Studies

Nanjing University

China
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Certificate of Chinese Studies

Beijing Language and Culture University

China
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Certificate of Advanced Chinese

Monash University

Australia
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BA

Publications

Southeast Asia, China, and the ‘maritime Silk Roads’, c.900–1650

Reimagining the Silk Roads

book-chapter

Reimagining the Silk Roads

Routledge

edited-book

The Chinese Economy

Agenda Publishing

book

East Asia

An Economist’s Guide to Economic History

book-chapter

Citizen–Media Interaction in China’s Local Participatory Reform: a Contingent Participation Model

Journal of Contemporary China

journal-article

Business to Government Networks in Resource Acquisition: The Case of Chinese Private Enterprises

Business Networks in East Asian Capitalisms

book-chapter

The Gravity of China's African Export Promise

The World Economy

journal-article

The Strategies of Chinese Firms

edited-book

Growing Fat on Reform: Obesity and Nutritional Disparities among China's Children, 1979–2005

The China Quarterly

journal-article

Sustainable Reform and Development in Post-Olympic China

edited-book

Business Strategy and Corporate Governance in the Chinese Consumer Electronics Sector

Elsevier

book

Regional inequalities in China – A non-monetary view

Sustainable Reform and Development in Post-Olympic China

book-chapter

Evolution of living standards and human capital in China in the 18–20th centuries: Evidences from real wages, age-heaping, and anthropometrics

Explorations in Economic History

journal-article

Bank share prices and stock market integration in Greater China

Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy

journal-article

THE SUPPLY OF ECONOMIC HISTORY IN AUSTRALASIA: THE AUSTRALIAN ECONOMIC HISTORY REVIEW AT 50

Australian Economic History Review

journal-article

Impact of the US Credit Crunch and Housing Market Crisis on China

Journal of Contemporary China

journal-article

Development of China’s State-controlled Firms.The Case of the Consumer Electronics Sector

management revue

journal-article

Stature and economic development in South China, 1810–1880

Explorations in Economic History

journal-article

Industry associations as facilitators of social capital: The establishment and early operations of the Melbourne Woolbrokers Association

Business History

journal-article

On the New Economic Policies Promoted by the 17th CCP Congress in China

The World Economy

journal-article

Was Japanese Colonialism Good for the Welfare of Taiwanese? Stature and the Standard of Living

The China Quarterly

journal-article

AUSTRALIAN IMMIGRATION ARCHIVES AS SOURCES FOR BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC HISTORY

Australian Economic History Review

journal-article

Transfer of Taylorist ideas to China, 1910‐1930s

Journal of Management History

journal-article

Economic growth and the biological standard of living in China, 1880–1930

Economics & Human Biology

journal-article

Personnel Discipline and Industrial Relations on the Railways of Republican China

Australian Journal of Politics & History

journal-article

Richer and Taller: Stature and Living Standards in China, 1979-1995

The China Journal

journal-article

Stature, Nutritional Status and Economic Reform in China

China in the Global Economy

book-chapter

Biological indicators of change in the standard of living in China during the 20th century

Studies on the Biological Standard of Living in Comparative Perspective

book-chapter

The Impact of the Growth of Township Enterprises on Rural-Urban Transformation in China, 1978-1991

Asian City: Processes of Development, Characteristics and Planning

book-chapter