Biography

Grown up in Taiwan, educated in USA, worked in Australia, Singapore, Japan, and now teaching in Malaysia, Professor Mike Leu has equipped himself with plenty of experience in the Asia Pacific region. He is a Professor in the School of Economics and Management, Xiamen University Malaysia. Prior to teaching in XMUM, he taught in Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University for 5 years, Nanyang Technological University for 16 years and worked as a Principle Research Officer with the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics for 4 years. While in NTU, he has also served as the Director for the Mandarin Executive Training Programme and the Deputy Director for the Msc (ME) programme (dubbed as “the Chinese Mayor’s Programme”).

His research interests are in international trade and finance, economic development and sustainable development, globalization and co-opetition as well as the political economy of East Asia. Professor Mike Leu obtained his first degree from the National Taiwan University. He was also awarded his MA and PhD from the University of California at Berkeley.

Research Interest

International trade and finance, economic development and sustainable development, globalization and co-opetition, and political economy of East Asia

Educational Background

• PhD (Trade), Agricultural & Resource Economics, University of California, Berkeley, USA (1990)
• MA (Statistics), University of California, Berkeley, USA (1983)
• MSc (Agricultural Economics), University of Nebraska-Lincoln (1980)
• BSc (Agricultural Economics), National Taiwan University (1976)

Working Experience

• Professor, IBU/SEM, Xiamen University Malaysia, September 2016 – Present.
• Self-Employment, Freelance Consultant, USA, December 2013 – September 2016
• Director, Great Century Consultancy Pte Ltd, Singapore, October 2012 – June 2014
• Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (LKYSPP), National University of Singapore, December 2011 – March 2013
• Professor, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Japan, September 2007 – September 2012
• Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, January 1992 – September 2007
• Principal Research Officer, Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resources Economics, Australia, March 1988 – January 1992
• Post Graduate Research Economist, University of California, Berkeley, March 1985 - January 1988

Research Experience

Representative Publications

• A Policy Innovation for Social and Economic Development: The Case of Integrated Resorts in Singapore, Social System Study, Ritsumeikan University, 2012
• Globalization and the Reconfiguration of East Asian Manufacturing since 1990s, China Economic Quarterly, 2006
• Food Security Issues in Singapore: Implications for East Asian Economies undergoing Agricultural Trade Liberalization, Edward Elgar, Chapter, 2000
• Values and Lifestyles of Young Singaporeans, Prentice-Hall, Book, 1998
• Economic Cooperation between Singapore and Japan, Inquiry and Research, Chapter, 1997
• NIEs and ASEAN: Trade Competitors? World Scientific Publishing Co., 1997
• ASEAN-5 and China: Trade Competitors?, East Asian Economic Issues, 1997
• Singapore's International Trade in Goods and Services, Economic Policy Management in Singapore, Addison-Wesley, Chapter, 1996
• The Cost to Australian Wool Growers of US Apparel Protection, Agricultural and Resources Quarterly, Journal, 1991
• Gains and Losses of Sugar Program Policy Options, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Journal, 1987
• Petroleum Scarcity and New Technology: A Case Study of U.S. Development Costs from 1959 to 1978, Land Economics, Journal, 1986
• The U.S. Sugar Program and Its Effects, Alternative Agricultural and Food Policies and the 1985 Farm Bill, Blaco Printers, Inc, Chapter, 1984

Honors / Awards

• Research Assistantship, University of Nebraska-Lincoln/University of Minnesota-St Paul/University of California, Berkeley
• Fellowship, University of California, Berkeley