Dr Edward Chan is an Adjunct Fellow at the Australia-China Relations Institute at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS:ACRI). He was the inaugural recipient of the China Matters–UTS:ACRI Fellowship in 2024–2025. He is a scholar, researcher, and policy analyst specialising in China’s maritime security. His Fellowship project, How worried should Canberra be about China’s security interests in the Pacific? Perspectives from PRC and Pacific interlocutors, aimed to strengthen understanding of how Australia can effectively navigate its various maritime interests in the context of China’s rising presence in the South Pacific region, while seeking opportunities for engagement between the two countries in non-conventional security issues.
He is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Australian Centre on China in the World, the Australian National University (ANU). With expertise in international relations, Indo-Pacific security, China’s foreign policy, and maritime security, his current research focuses on China’s evolving influence in oceans governance. He is the author of China’s Maritime Security Strategy: The Evolution of a Growing Sea Power (Routledge, 2021) and the Associate Editor of The China Journal.