Ivan Franceschini

(MENAFN- The Conversation) Lecturer, Chinese Studies, The University of Melbourne Profile Articles Activity

Ivan Franceschini is a Lecturer in Chinese Studies and Deputy Director at the Centre for Contemporary Chinese Studies, Asia Institute. After over a decade studying labour rights and civil society in China, his current research explores the intersections of globalisation, labour, and the evolving dynamics of crime in the digital age, with a particular focus on the cyber-fraud industry.

He is the co-author of Scam: Inside Southeast Asia's Cybercrime Compounds (Verso, 2025). His previous books include Global China as Method (Cambridge University Press, 2022), Proletarian China (Verso, 2022), Xinjiang Year Zero (ANU Press, 2022), and Afterlives of Chinese Communism (ANU Press and Verso, 2019). His latest book,

He co-directed two award-winning documentaries: Dreamwork China (2011), which examines the aspirations and struggles of young Chinese factory workers, and Boramey: Ghosts in the Factory (2021), an investigation into spiritual beliefs among Cambodian garment workers.

He regularly contributes to critical discussions on China's global presence as the founder and co-editor in chief of the Open Access publications Made in China Journal, The People's Map of Global China, and Global China Pulse.

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• –present Lecturer, Chinese Studies, The University of Melbourne

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