Yan Tan

Biography

In 2010 Dr. Yan Tan was awarded an Australian Research Council (ARC) Queen Elizabeth II Fellowship for the 5-year Discovery project “Climate change and migration in China: Theoretical, empirical and policy dimensions” (DP110105522). Since Jan. 2011 Yan has been employed at the University of Adelaide, first as an ARC QEII Fellow (2011–2015), and currently as an Associate Professor. Yan is a lead Chief Investigator on a major research project, entitled “Transnationalism and diaspora: Enhancing demography’s contribution to migration and development”, funded by the ARC under its Discovery program for 4 years (2017–2020) (DP170101726). Yan’s research falls within the field of population and environmental studies, with a focus on migration. The impacts of climate change (or of environmental change, broadly defined) on migration have been a core feature over the last five years. This work has focused particularly on China and Australia. Her current project aims to incorporate diaspora, circular migration and transnational linkages into demographic concepts of population and migration. It studies four countries (Australia, China, Indonesia and Singapore) to understand the characteristics of diasporas, their international linkages and their potential for enhancing development in origin countries. Four salient elements in Yan’s migration research are:

Research Interest

Medicine,Medical Education,Research,etc