Lauren Johnston

Lauren Johnston is a development economist with expertise in China-Africa relations and demographic change and the economy. She is an Associate Professor at the University of Sydney China Studies Centre, and an affiliated Senior Researcher at the South African Institute of International Affairs. Johnston holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Peking University, a M.Sc. in Development Econ from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), and a B.A./B.Com. from the University of Melbourne. Previously, she was a Fellow at the Overseas Development Institute in Sierra Leone and at the World Economic Forum in Geneva, a consultant for the World Bank and the United Nations, and a lecturer and research fellow at the University of Melbourne and Beijing Foreign Studies University.