Associate Professor Delia Lin is Associate Professor in Chinese Studies at the Asia Institute in the Faculty of Arts, University of Melbourne, a position she has held since joining the institution in 2018. She holds a BA and MA in linguistics, applied linguistics, and translation studies from a Chinese university in Wuhan and a PhD in Humanities from Griffith University, Australia. Prior to her current appointment, Lin served as Lecturer at the University of Adelaide, Bond University, Griffith University, Queensland University of Technology, and Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China. Her research specializations encompass the linguistic, cultural, philosophical, and psychological foundations of contemporary Chinese politics and governance. Lin teaches in the Master of Translation and Interpreting program and serves as Director of the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences.

Key publications include her monograph Civilising Citizens in Post-Mao China: Understanding the Rhetoric of Suzhi (Routledge, 2017); 'Creating a Virtuous Leviathan: The Party, Law, and Socialist Core Values' in Asian Journal of Law and Society (2019); 'Notions of Justice: A Comparative Cultural Analysis' (2017); the chapter 'High Justice versus Low Justice' in Justice (Cambridge University Press, 2017); 'Integrating Stability Maintenance into Comprehensive Governance: The Burgeoning "Safe China" Behemoth' in Modern China (2024); and 'Embedding "Society" into the Chinese Communist Party's Rule of Law' (co-authored, 2025). She received the Individual Teacher Award Commendation from the Griffith Awards for Excellence in Teaching and Learning. Lin participates in Australian Research Council projects, including China's Law-Based Governance Revolution Under Xi Jinping, contributing to scholarly insights on ideology, discourse, and social governance in China.

Professional Email: delia.lin@unimelb.edu.au