Dr Minghua Zhao
BA(Henan) MA (Henan) MSc (Connecticut) PhD (Bristol)
Assistant Director of the Greenwich Maritime Institute
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Teaches the following courses: Methods, Problems and Issues in Maritime Policy Research Methods in Maritime Policy Case Studies in Maritime Policy
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DR. MINGHUA ZHAO
Assistant Director
Greenwich Maritime Institute
University of Greenwich
London SE10 9LS
Tel: (0)20-8331-7688/9879
Fax: (0)20-8331-7690
Email: M.Zhao@gre.ac.uk
Qualifications
1992-1996 Ph.D., Sociology, Bristol University (UK)
Thesis: The Enterprise Reform in China and Its Impact on Labour: cases from State Cotton Mills.
1990-1991 MSc, Sociology, S. Connecticut State University (US)
Dissertation: Prostitution in Early Chinatown: a sociological analysis of the social and economic conditions for Chinese immigrants in North America.
1983-1985 MA, English and American Literature, Henan University
China),
Dissertation: D.H Lawrence & the Women Figures in His Novels
1978-1982 BA, English Language & Literature, Henan University (China)
Professional Experience
May 2004 - Assistant Director
Greenwich Maritime Institute, University of Greenwich
March 2004 - (Honorary) Director / Visiting Professor
China Labour Studies Centre, Beijing Normal University
2002 – April 2004 Deputy Director
Seafarers International Research Centre (SIRC), School of Social
Sciences, Cardiff University
2000-2001 Assistant Director, SIRC, Department of Maritime Studies, Cardiff University
1998-1999 Senior Research Associate, SIRC, Cardiff University (UK)
1997 -1998 Research Associate/Lecturer, Women Studies Programme,
University of Hawaii (US).
1995-1997 Liaison Manager & Senior Editor, China Connect, GDS Publishing, Bristol (UK).
1995-1996 Guest Editor & Senior Translator, Chinese Sociology and
Anthropology, Contemporary China Centre, National University of
Australia.
1985-1990 Lecturer, English Department, Huanghe University (China).
Research interests
Maritime labour has been my main research subject since 1998. This includes women seafarers, seafarers on cruise ships, the labour market for seafarers especially that in China and in the Philippines, the political commissar and seafarers welfare in the PRC merchant fleet, seafarers family life, the institutional and technical change and their impact to the crew and communication on multinational crewed ships. I have engaged in the following research projects:
Women’s Participation of Seafaring in European Fleets (1998)
Women Seafarers on Cruise Ships (1999-2001)
Seafarers Labour Market Survey in China (2000-2002)
The Role of Sailing Political Commissars in PRC Fleet (2001-2002)
Seafaring and Its Effect on Seafarers’ Partners (2001)
Penetrating Deep Inland: Ruralisation of the Seafaring Labour source for Shipping Capital in China (2003)
I also have a strong interest in the social and economic transformation in China and its implications to the Chinese workers in shipping but also in other industries. The current and recently completed research projects where I have been mainly or partly involved include:
Labour Market Segmentation in China’s Shipping Industry and Its Implications for Seafarers Employed on Foreign Ships (2004-2006, funded by the International Transport Workers Federation)
Women’s Prospect in the Service Industry in the Chinese Triangle (2003-2007, funded by ESRC)
China at Work: a National Survey of Changes in the Workplace (in the country’s automobile, textile, electrical/electronics and shipping industries( (2006-2007, jointly funded by Beijing Normal University, Beijing University, Zhongshan University, Chinese Social Sciences Academy and Beijing Social Sciences Academy)
Select Publications
Books
Shen, G. Zhao, M. et al. (2005), Chinese Seafarers, Shanghai: Shanghai University Publishing House. ISBN: 7-81058-781-1.
Zhao, M. Shi, X. Feng, T. (2004), The Political Commissar and His Shipmates aboard Chinese Merchant Ships, Beijing: Chinese Social Sciences Documentation Publishing House, February, ISBN: 7-80190-172-X/D-061, pp1- 460.
Zhao, M. (contributing author), (2004), The Global Seafarer, Geneva: International Labour Organisation, ISBN 92-2-112713-3, pp-1-228, 2004.
Zhao, M (contributing author), (2003), Women Seafarers: Global Employment Policy and Practices, ISBN 92-2-113491-1, pp1-122, Geneva: International Labour Organisation, September.
West, J. Zhao, M et al. (1999), ed. Women of China: economic and social transformation, London: Macmillan.
Articles/Book Chapters/Other
Zhao, M. (2006), ‘Ships and Men: Labour on the ‘Floating Motherland’: Chinese seafarers on PRC merchant vessels’, chapter in Jacob Eyeferth (ed.), How China Works: Perspectives on the Twentieth-Century Industrial Workplace, Asia's Transformations Series, ISBN: 0415392381.
Zhao, M. with Harrod and Hur, D. (2006), ‘Chinese Seafarers on Foreign Ships: Employment and Welfare Issues’, research report, Greenwich Maritime Institute, University of Greenwich, 2006.
Zhao, M. Maragtus, A. (2005), ‘Chinese Seafarers and Filipino Seafarers: race to the top or race to the bottom?’, Modern Asian Studies, Cambridge University.
Zhao, M. (2003), ‘Women men the fleets’, Lloyds International Cruise Shipping, December, Issue 66, pp.10-11.
Zhao, M. (2003), ‘Seafarers in the PRC: the role of political commissars’, Seaways, pp.25-26, October.
Zhao, M. (2003), ‘China’s shipboard commissars take on welfare role’, The Sea, Issue 166, No/Dec. pp.4-5.
Thomas, M., Sampson, H. Zhao, M., (2003) ‘Finding a balance: companies seafarers and family life’, Maritime Policy and Management, vol. 30, no.1, 59-76, ISSN 0308-8839.
Sampson, H. Zhao, M, (2003) ‘Multilingual Crews: Communication and the Operation of Ships’, World Englishes, vol. 22, no.1, February, 31-43, ISSN 0883-2919.
Zhao, M., (2002) Emotional Labour in a Globalised Labour Market’, Working Paper Series, Paper 27, May, SOCSI, Cardiff University, ISSN 1 872330 68.
Zhao, M., (2002) ‘Women Cadets in World MET Institutions’, Conference Proceedings, IMLA 12, 21-25 October, Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai, China.
Zhao, M., & Wu, B., (2002) ‘Chinese Seafarers at the Beginning of the 21st Century’, Conference Proceedings, The 1st LSM Manning and Training in China Conference, 29-30 Oct. Shanghai, China.
Zhao. M. & West, J. (2002), ‘Adjusting to Urban Capital: rural female labour in state cotton mills in China’, chapter in Dong-Sook S. Gills and Nicholar Piper ed. Women and Work in Globalising Asia, Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia, ISBN: 0-415-25586-4.
Zhao, M. (2002), 'The Consequences of China's socialist market economy for seafarers', Work, Employment and Society (A journal of the British Sociological Association), Vol.16, No.1, March. ISSN: 0950-0170, pp. 171-183.
Shi, X., Feng, T. Zhao, M. (2002), ‘The Functions and Roles of the Sailing Political Commissars on China’s Merchant Ships’, Theory and Practice of Trade Unions, Beijing, Vol.16, No.1, Feb. pp.31-35.
Zhao. M. & West, J. (2002), ‘Adjusting to Urban Capital: rural female labour in state cotton mills in China’, chapter in Dong-Sook S. Gills and Nicholas Piper ed. Women and Work in Globalising Asia, Routledge Studies in the Growth Economies of Asia, ISBN: 0-415-25586-4.
Zhao, M. (2001), ‘Unity and Diversity at Sea’, The Sea, issue 153, Sept/Oct. p.4-5.
Zhao, M. (2001), ‘Globalisation and Women’s Employment on Cruise Ships’, Maritime Review 2001 (1st half), pp.77-82, Pacific Press, ISSN: 1356 7542.
Zhao, M. (2001), ‘Women Seafarers onboard Cruise Ships’, SIRC Symposium 2001 Proceedings, Cardiff University.
Zhao, M. (2001), 'The Role of Female Crewmembers onboard Cruise Ships', Cruise&Ferry 01, 8-10 May, Conference Proceedings, London
Thomason M., Sampson, H. Zhao, M. (2001), ‘Behind the Scenes: Seafaring and Family Life’, paper included in the SIRC Symposium 2001 Proceedings, Cardiff University.
Zhao, M. (2000), ‘Chinese Seafarers: value for money or cheap labour?, Maritime Review 2000, pp.11-15. ISSN: 1356 7542.
23. Zhao, M. (2000), ‘Chinese Seafarers at the End of the 20th Century, Seaways: the International Journal of Nautical Institute, pp. 7-10, ISSN 0144-1019.
Zhao, M. (1999), ‘From Waving Stars to Bitter Flowers: tradition, reform and their impact for women textile workers’, chapter in Women of China, pp.108-136.
Zhao M. & West, J. (1999), ‘State and Economy in the Making of Women’s Lives’, lead chapter in Women of China, pp.1-18.
Zhao, M. (1998), Women Seafarers in European Fleet, SIRC, Cardiff University.
Zhao, M. (1998), ‘Who Makes Decisions: Enterprise Decision-Making in China’, review article, The China Journal, July, pp. 205-207.
Zhao, M. (1996), ed. Workers and Trade Unions under the Market Economy: perspectives from Grassroots Union Cadres, by Feng, Tongqing, in Chinese Sociology and Anthropology, Spring Issue, pp.3-96 (entire issue).
Zhao. M. & Nichols, T. (1996), ‘Management Control of Labour in State-Owned Enterprise: cases from textile industry’, lead article, The China Journal, June, pp. 1-21