Biography
Dr Charlotte Goodburn is a Senior Lecturer in Chinese Politics and Development. Before coming to King's, Charlotte was a post-doctoral researcher in Development Studies at the University of Cambridge. She completed her PhD in the Department of Land Economy at Cambridge, and holds a BA (in History) and an MPhil (in Contemporary Chinese Studies), also from Cambridge.
Charlotte studied Mandarin at Peking University and at Taiwan Normal University, and has spent several years working, studying and conducting fieldwork in China.
She was appointed as Deputy Director of the Lau China Institute in 2016. She is also teaches in the Department of International Development.
Research
- Chinese politics and development
- Rural-urban migration and urbanisation
- Comparative development in Asia, especially of China and India
- Gender and household dynamics
- Childhood and intergenerational poverty
- Population and development
- Urban and rural change
- Migration studies
- Social welfare
There is a strong comparative dimension to her work: she is interested in the political economy of a wide range of developing countries and in issues in politics, migration and development more generally. In her current work, she compares rural-urban migration in China and in India.
Teaching
Undergraduate
Postgraduate
PhD supervision
Charlotte is interested in supervising on the following topics:
- Chinese politics and development
- Rural-urban migration and urbanisation
- Comparative development in Asia, especially of China and India
- Gender and household dynamics
- Childhood and intergenerational poverty
- Population and development
- Urban and rural change
- Migration studies
- Social welfare
- Identity registration systems
- Policy transfer and the 'China model'
Further details
See Charlotte's research profile
See Charlotte's website
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Goodburn, C. & Mishra, S., 28 Oct 2022, (Accepted/In press) In: Work, Employment and Society. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Goodburn, C. & Knoerich, J., 13 Jul 2022, In: Global China Pulse. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Goodburn, C. & Knoerich, J., 17 Dec 2021, In: URBAN GEOGRAPHY. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Knoerich, J., Mouan, L. & Goodburn, C., Aug 2021, In: Journal of Current Chinese Affairs. 50, 2, p. 248-262 15 p. Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1177/1868102621993487
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Dong, Y. & Goodburn, C., Jul 2020, In: Journal of contemporary china. 29, 125, p. 647-666 20 p. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1080/10670564.2019.1704997
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Goodburn, C., Jan 2020, In: CHINA JOURNAL. 83, 1, p. 129-147 19 p. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1086/705540
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Goodburn, C., 3 May 2019, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Migration Studies. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1093/migration/mnz013
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Goodburn, C., 2016, Spotlight on China: Changes in Education under China's Market Economy. Guo, S. & Guo, Y. (eds.). Sense Publishers, p. 365-380 17 p. Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-881-7_21
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Goodburn, C., Jun 2015, In: CHINA QUARTERLY. 222, p. 320-338 19 p. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0305741015000429
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Goodburn, C., Sep 2014, 8 p. Research output: Other contribution