Dr Gerry Groot

Senior Lecturer

School of Social Sciences

Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.

Gerry has long been interested in Chinese politics and political history and is well known for his work on the Chinese Communist Party's United Front Work, particularly with China's so-called democratic political parties. He is also interested in the place of ghosts in Chinese culture, aspects of religion and Western understandings of Chinese food. Other interests include how Asian influences have helped shaped other societies, the role of culture in social and political interaction and social change. More tangentially, he also sometimes works on the nature and history of cookbooks, including those aimed at teaching men how to be men in the kitchen. The use of cookbooks and the transmission of Chinese cooking is another interest though he has never used any recipes from his hundreds of Chinese cookbooks to actually cook a meal.

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My research generally revolves around aspects of the Chinese Communist Party and how it relates to many groups outside its normal ambit using united front work, Such work involves not only the eight so-called democratic parties but also religious believers, Overseas Chinese, recent emigrants, students studying abroad and the new classes of professionals emerging as a result of economic reform, opening up and globalisation, Other interests include the role of corporatism, social change, religious belief, nationalism and soft power, the latter also relating to united front work.

Other areas of interest involve Asian Influences on the rest of world from ancient times until the present, the role of food and cookbooks, and representations of masculinity in men's cook books.

Appointments

Date Position Institution name

2014 - ongoing Head of Department University of Asian Studies

1999 - ongoing Senior Lecturer in Chinese Studies University of Adelaide
Language Competencies

Language Competency

Chinese (Mandarin) Can read, write and understand spoken

Dutch; Flemish Can read, speak and understand spoken
Education

Date Institution name Country Title

University of Adelaide Australia PhD
Research Interests

Asian Cultural Studies Political Science Political Theory Religion and Society Social Change

Date	Position	Institution name
2014 - ongoing	Head of Department	University of Asian Studies
1999 - ongoing	Senior Lecturer in Chinese Studies	University of Adelaide

Language	Competency
Chinese (Mandarin)	Can read, write and understand spoken
Dutch; Flemish	Can read, speak and understand spoken

Date	Institution name	Country	Title
	University of Adelaide	Australia	PhD

Journals

Year	Citation
2019	Groot, G., & Wang, R. (2019). China's Soft and Sharp Power. Mainland China Studies, 62(3), 1-3. DOI
2019	Groot, G., & Wang, R. (2019). China's Soft and Sharp Power. Mainland China Studies, 62(3), 1-3. DOI
2019	Groot, G. (2019). 自我毀滅的秘密武器? 統合主義對統一戰線的制度性侷限. Journal of Mainland Studies, 62(4).
2018	Groot, G. (2018). Understanding the Role of Chambers of Commerce and Industry Associations in United Front Work. Jamestown China Brief, 18(11).
2018	Groot, G., & Wang, R. (2018). Who represents? Xi Jinping’s Grand United Front Work, legitimation, participation and consultative democracy. Journal of Contemporary China, 27(112), 569-583. DOI Scopus27 WoS21
2018	Groot, G. (2018). The rise and rise of the United Front Work Department under Xi. China Brief, 18(7), [14]-[16].
2017	Groot, G. (2017). United Front Work after the 19th Party Congress. China Brief, 17(17).
2016	Groot, G. (2016). 一位局外人看统一战线工作对中国社会主义的贡献. Makesizhuyi Dangdai Zhongguo Luncong, (3), 149-157.
2016	Groot, G. (2016). China's Growing Social Inequity Prompts Stronger Social Control. China Brief, XVI(4).
2012	Groot, G., & O'Brien, R. (2012). The Chinese Communist Party's united front work with the legal profession. Hong Kong Law Journal, 42(3), 939-969. Scopus1 WoS1
1998	Groot, G. (1998). The CCP's Institutes of Socialism as Petrol Stations: The Decline of Communist Ideology and the Problems of United Front Work in the 1990s. Issues and Studies, 34(5), 22-51. Scopus3 WoS1

Books

Year	Citation
2006	Jain, P., Patrikeeff, F., & Groot, G. (Eds.) (2006). Asia-Pacific and a New International Order: Responses and Options / P. Jain, F. Patrikeeff and G. Groot (eds.). Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers.
2004	Groot, G. (2004). Managing transitions - The Chinese Communist Party, united front work, corporatism, and hegemony. 29 West 35th St, New York, NY 10001, USA: Routledge. DOI Scopus48

Book Chapters

Year	Citation
2022	Groot, G. (2022). South Australia. In J. Fitzgerald (Ed.), Taking the Low Road: China’s Influence in Australian States and Territories (Vol. 1, 1 ed., pp. 115-139). Barton ACT: Australian Strategic Policy Institute.
2020	Groot, G. (2020). The CCP’s United Front Work Department: Roles and Influence at Home & Abroad. In C. Shei (Ed.), Routledge Handbook of Chinese Studies (pp. 41-55). Scopus2
2019	Groot, G. (2019). Internment and Indoctrination - Xi’s ‘New Era’ in Xinjiang. In J. Golley, L. Jaivin, P. J. Farrelly, & S. Strange (Eds.), China Story Yearbook: Power (pp. 98-111). Canberra; Australia: Australian National University Press.
2018	Groot, G. (2018). Precarious wealth: The search for status and security. In J. Golley, & L. Jaivin (Eds.), Prosperity (pp. 148-165). Canberra: ANU Press. DOI
2018	Groot, G. (2018). Cool Japan versus the China threat: Does Japan’s Popular Culture Success Mean More Soft Power?. In K. Hashimoto (Ed.), Japanese language and soft power in Asia (pp. 15-41). Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan. DOI Scopus2
2017	Groot, G. (2017). Making the World Safe (For China). In L. Jaivin, & J. Golley (Eds.), China Story Yearbook 2016 - Control (pp. 278-294). Canberra: ANU Press.
2016	Groot, G. (2016). The expansion of the United Front under Xi Jinping. In Davies, Gloria, Goldkorn, Jeremy, & Tomba, Luigi (Eds.), China Story Yearbook 2015 Pollution (1 ed., pp. 166-177). Canberra: ANU Press.
2016	Groot, G. (2016). The contradictions of developmentalism and the Chinese party-state’s goal of ethnic harmony: the case of Xinjiang. In C. Andressen (Ed.), China's Changing Economy: Trends, Impacts and the Future (1 ed., pp. 35-49). Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge.
2015	Groot, G. (2015). The United Front in an Age of Shared Destiny. In G. Barme, L. Jaivin, & J. Goldkorn (Eds.), China Story Yearbook 2014 Shared Destiny (pp. 128-135). Canberra: Australian National University Press.
2013	Groot, G. (2013). The Leadership Transition. In G. R. Barmé, & J. Goldkorn (Eds.), China Story Yearbook 2013: Civilising China (pp. 22-31). Canberra, Australia: Australian National University.
2013	Groot, G. (2013). A self-defeating secret weapon? The institutional limitations of corporatism on United Front work. In J. Hsu, & R. Hasmath (Eds.), The Chinese Corporatist State: Adaption, survival and resistance (1 ed., pp. 29-49). United Kingdom: Routledge. DOI Scopus4
2012	Groot, G. (2012). The History of the Centre for Asian Studies at the University of Adelaide. In N. Harvey, J. Fornasiero, G. McCarthy, C. Macintyre, & C. Crossin (Eds.), A History of the Faculty of Arts at the University of Adelaide 1876-2012: Celebrating 125 Years of the Faculty of Arts (1 ed., pp. 51-80). Australia: University of Adelaide Press. DOI
2012	Groot, G., & Stafford, A. (2012). South Australia and China. In J. Spoehr, & P. Jain (Eds.), The Engaging State: South Australia's Engagement with the Asia-Pacific Region (1 ed., pp. 94-114). Australia: Wakefield Press.
2012	Groot, G. (2012). A self- defeating secret weapon?: The institutional limitations of corporatism on United Front work. In The Chinese Corporatist State: Adaption, Survival and Resistance (pp. 29-49). Routledge. DOI
2006	Groot, G. (2006). Soft power in the Asia-Pacific post 9-11: The cases of Japan, China and India. In P. Jain, F. Patrikeeff, & G. Groot (Eds.), Asia-pacific and a new international order: responses and options (pp. 53-70). New York, USA: Nova Science Publishers. WoS4
2002	Groot, G. (2002). Crises in China and potential dangers for Asia. In P. Jain, G. O'Leary, & F. Patrikeeff (Eds.), Crisis and conflict in Asia - local, regional and international responses (pp. 115-136). 227 Main St, Suite 100, Huntington, NY 11743: Nova Science Publishers.

Report for External Bodies

Year	Citation
2015	Malhi, A., Groot, G., & Drahos, A. (2015). InterculturAdelaide: Cultural Adaptivity for the Asian Century – Policy Directions Report.
2015	Malhi, A., Groot, G., & Drahos, A. (2015). InterculturAdelaide: Cultural Adaptivity for the Asian Century Draft Report 2.
2015	Malhi, A., & Groot, G. (2015). InterculturAdelaide: Cultural Adaptivity for the Asian Century--Draft Report 2.

Internet Publications

Year	Citation
2019	Groot, G. (2019). Inside China’s vast influence network – how it works, and its reach in Australia. The Conversation.
2019	Groot, G. (2019). The CCP’s Grand United Front abroad. Sinopsis.
2018	Groot, G. (2018). China’s United Front Work: Propaganda as Policy. The Diplomat.
2017	Groot, G. (2017). The Long Reach of China's United Front Work. Lowy Institute.
2017	Groot, G. (2017). "Chinese students heed call of the party line,”. The Australian.

2016 $20,000 Australian Centre for China in the World, for a workshop on The Role and Nature of Conspiracy Theories in China

2015 With Amrita Malhi, $96,500,000 State Government of South Australia, InterculturAdelaide Special Event, part of International Convention of Asia Scholars Conference, July 7 2015 Adelaide Convention Centre, Adelaide.

2006 $50,000 ARC grant for the ARC ARC Asia Pacific Futures Research Network Signature Event for 2008, Globalising Religions and Cultures in the Asia Pacific.

2002 $20,000 UA Learning and Teaching Development Grant, Assessing Key Skills of First Year Students in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences with Sandra Taylor (UA Geography)

Gerry Groot teaches across a variety of Asia-related social science courses for the Department of Asian Studies. These include:

ASIA 1103 Asia & the World (how Asian influences have shaped the world over the millennia)

ASIA 1104 Negotiating Asia: Surviving Cultural Difference ( Key elements of Chinese and Japanese culture, how to identify them and understand their significance) This course is notable for its use of audio visual materials and focus on behavioural analysis.

ASIA 2007 Asia: Cultures & Identities (Examines the fundamentals of culture as they shape identities at national and macro levels in China and Japan)

ASIA 2022 China Today: Politics & Governance ( The how and why of rule by the CCP -Party-state)

Others as required

Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

Date	Role	Research Topic	Program	Degree Type	Student Load	Student Name
2023	Principal Supervisor	An examination of the Cool Japan outcome evaluation by the Japanese government in the Australian context: A study of public diplomacy evaluation through opinion polls	Master of Philosophy	Master	Full Time	Ms Yuki Tanaka
2020	Principal Supervisor	What is Meant by Contemporary Chinese Feminism?	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Annie Elizabeth Drahos
2014	Co-Supervisor	Post Fukushima discourse of Japanese Modernisation through Michiko Ishimure	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Part Time	Ms Maki Sugimoto

Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

Date	Role	Research Topic	Program	Degree Type	Student Load	Student Name
2022 - 2024	Co-Supervisor	Un/forgetting Agent Orange: Towards a Reimagining of Vietnamese Forests	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Miss Laura Tran
2020 - 2024	Principal Supervisor	From Christians in China to Chinese Christians: Identity & Religion Under the Communist Party of China	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Zhengying Shen
2019 - 2024	Principal Supervisor	Hidden Front: Profiles in the CCP’s Underground War	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Patrick Finbar Nugent
2016 - 2021	Co-Supervisor	THE RISE OF ASIAN LIONS: Japan, China, and India’s Disruptive Development Engagement in Africa	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Part Time	Ms Brittany Lynn Morreale
2015 - 2018	Principal Supervisor	Port Adelaide Football Club in China: A Case for an Intercultural Approach to Public Diplomacy?	Master of Philosophy	Master	Part Time	Mr Andrew Sloan Hunter
2011 - 2015	Co-Supervisor	China's Free Trade Agreement Diplomacy	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Miss Yang Li
2011 - 2015	Co-Supervisor	Public participation in Japan's nuclear energy policy-forming process	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Philip Christopher White
2011 - 2015	Co-Supervisor	A Future to Pine for: Transmodernist Movement in Japan	Master of Philosophy	Master	Full Time	Steven Michael Attwood
2009 - 2012	Co-Supervisor	Media Transparency in China: A Critique of the Party-State Rhetoric and Market Discourses	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Dr Baohui Xie
2009 - 2014	Co-Supervisor	Chinese Urban Community Construction as a Grassroots Governance Strategy: Social Capital with Chinese Characteristics	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Ms Min Zhao
2008 - 2014	Principal Supervisor	Forecasting China's Future: Experts and Uncertainty	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Roger Irvine
2007 - 2014	Principal Supervisor	What Maketh the Man? Towards a Psychobiographical Study of Lin Yutang	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Part Time	Mrs Roslyn Ricci
2006 - 2009	Principal Supervisor	The Textiles of the Han Dynasty & Their Relationship with Society	Master of Arts	Master	Full Time	Mrs Heather Leigh Langford
2006 - 2010	Co-Supervisor	Japan's Response to the Rise of China: Implication for Regional Institutions	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Joel Rathus
2003 - 2011	Co-Supervisor	The Unexpected Transformations of Chinese International Students in Australia	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Part Time	Dr Glen Stafford
2002 - 2006	Co-Supervisor	Racing to the Bottom or Winners All Round? Southeast Asia's Economic Development in the 1990s	Master of Arts	Master	Part Time	Ms Lin Siah

Committee Memberships

Date	Role	Committee	Institution	Country
2017 - 2017	Member	4th Biennial Colloquium of LCNAU Organising Committee	University of Adelaide	Australia
2015 - ongoing	Council	Asian Studies Association of Australia	Asian Studies Association of Australia	China
2013 - 2017	Council	Chinese Studies Association of Australia	-	-
2012 - ongoing	Board Member	Australian Centre for China in the World	Australian National University	Australia

Position: Senior Lecturer
Phone: 83134312
Email: gerry.groot@adelaide.edu.au
Campus: North Terrace
Building: Kenneth Wills, floor 6
Org Unit: School of Social Sciences

Dr Gerry Groot

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