Project Research Assistant
Can Qin was born in China, where she studied Environmental Sciences. She migrated to New Zealand in 1999, and gained a Master in Social Sciences at the Auckland University of Technology in 2004. She then moved to Melbourne in 2005, and completed her PhD thesis in Sociology at La Trobe University in 2012.

She has contributed to various social research projects, e.g., the Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation project – Access, Recognition and Representation Philanthropy and Ageing in a Multicultural Society, conducted by The Asia-Pacific Centre for Social Investment and Philanthropy at Swinburne University of Technology in 2013. Can’s primary research interest is in international education development, particularly associated with the Chinese experience.