Jun Zhang

Professor

Discipline of Economics

BIO

Jun Zhang is a Professor at University of Technology Sydney (UTS) and Australian Research Council Research Fellow (DECRA). He received his PhD in Economics from Queen’s University, Canada. His research spans Industrial Organization, Economic Theory, Experimental Economics, and Operations Management, unified by the central theme of employing mechanism design to address complex economic issues and rigorously testing these theoretical models in controlled laboratory settings, ensuring their robustness before applying them to real-world societal challenges. Currently, his primary research interest lies in developing economic models andeconometric methods for structural estimation using real-world data. His publications appear in Journal of Economic Theory, Economic Journal, Management Science, Games and Economic Behavior, European Journal of Operational Research, International Journal of Production Economics, etc. ​​

Personal Websites: 

https://junzhang.mysxl.cn/

http://zhangjun.weebly.com/

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Professor
    University of Technology Sydney, Australia3 Jul 2026 - present
  • Associate Professor
    University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia1 Jul 2016 - 2 Jul 2026
  • Senior Lecturer
    University of Technology Sydney, EDG, Sydney, Australia1 Jul 2014 - 30 Jun 2016
  • Associate Professor
    Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, SIBA, Shanghai, China1 Sep 2013 - 30 Jun 2014
  • Assistant Professor
    Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, SIBA, Shanghai, China1 Jul 2010 - 31 Aug 2013

DEGREES

  • Ph.D in Economics
    Queen's University, Kingston, Canada1 Sep 2004 - 30 Jun 2010
  • MA in Economics
    University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada1 Sep 2003 - 31 Aug 2004
  • BA in Economics
    Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China1 Sep 1999 - 31 Aug 2003
  • BS in Mathematics
    Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China1 Sep 1999 - 31 Aug 2003

LANGUAGES

  • Chinese (Mandarin)
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review
  • English
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review

PROFILE TYPE

  • Academic

AVAILABILITY

  • Masters Research or PhD student supervision

DISCIPLINES