Section: Overview
Overview
Key publications
Research funding
Supervising & teaching
Career

Key details

Areas of expertise

  • Governance and regulation
  • Commercial law & intellectual property law
  • Australian & international taxation law
  • Immigration law
  • Small and medium-sized enterprises

Available to supervise research students

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About Yongqiang Li

Dr Yongqiang Li, FCIArb MAICD, is a Fellow of the UK Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria and the High Court of Australia, and a Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. He holds a Doctor of Philosophy, a Master of Public Policy and Management degree, two Graduate Diplomas (one in Legal Practice and one in Financial Planning), a Graduate Certificate in Tertiary Education, a Bachelor of Laws Degree, and a Bachelor of Applied Physics Degree.

He has the expertise and extensive experience in governance, intellectual property law, taxation law, wills and estate administration, disruptive technologies, ESG and Belt and Road Initiatives. He held governance roles in for-profit and not-for-profit entities.

He has supervised 11 research students to gain their degrees, including 8 PhDs, 1 DBA, and 2 Master by Research degrees. Dr Li has received several national and state-level competitive grants.  He is the Editor-in-chief of Law and Governance Journal and is frequently on the editorial board and as a peer reviewer. He chaired a few international conferences, including as a co-president of the 2017 International Scientific Conference of Economic and Social Development. He has been invited to deliver more than 50 customised guest lectures on topics of law, policy and university governance to senior policy decision-makers and business executives in Australia and Asia. He is a native Mandarin Chinese speaker and is learning Cantonese and Arabic.

Qualifications

  • PhD, Victoria University, Australia
  • GradDip, Victoria University, Australia
  • GradCert, Victoria University, Australia
  • GCTE, Victoria University, Australia
  • MSPPM, Carnegie Mellon University, Australia

Key publications

Year Citation
2020 Wei, Y., & Li, Y. (200101). Internationalization of Higher Education: Motivations, Strategies and Case Studies on Selected Countries : (1). China: Guangming Daily Press.

Year Citation
2017 Armstrong, A., & Li, Y. (170101). An evaluation of small business policy initiatives intended to stimulate regional development In Li, Y. ;. (Ed.), (pp. 676-682). Varazdin, Croatia: Varazdin Development and Entrepreneurship Agency.
2016 Li, Y., Armstrong, A., & Clarke, A. (160101). Small business governance in Australia: a balanced scorecard approach In Grow, H. S. (Ed.), Paper presented at Governance and law : across all borders. Melbourne: Victoria University, College of Law and Justice.
2015 Clarke, A., Armstrong, A., Greenway, M., & Li, Y. (150101). Profit and premierships in the AFL: the developing concept of elite sports governance Melbourne:
2014 Li, Y., Armstrong, A., & Clarke, A. (140101). Developing a responsive regulation system for non-listed small corporations in Australia: an evidence-based approach Washington DC:
2014 Li, Y., Armstrong, A., & Clarke, A. (140101). The impact of corporate governance on the financial performance of small corporations in Australia: a structural equation modelling approach Paper presented at 28th Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference. Southport, Queensland: Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management.

Year Citation
2022 Armstrong, A., & Li, Y. (220301). Governance and Sustainability in Local Government. Australasian Accounting, Business and Finance Journal, 16(2), (12-31).

doi: 10.14453/aabfj.v16i2.3

2020 Lv, P., Li, Y., & Mitra, D. (200101). Csr and performance of family businesses: A systematic review. Australasian Accounting, Business and Finance Journal, 14(3), (75-85).

doi: 10.14453/aabfj.v14i3.6

2015 Li, Y., Dai, W., Armstrong, A., Clarke, A., & Du, M. (150101). Developing an integrated supply chain solution to small businesses in Australia. International Journal of High Performance Computing and Networking, 8 (81-89).
2015 Li, Y., Dai, W., Armstrong, A., Clarke, A., & Du, M. (150101). Developing an integrated supply chain system for small businesses consortium in Australia: A service-oriented PHOENIX solution. International Journal of High Performance Computing and Networking, 8(1), (81-89).

doi: 10.1504/IJHPCN.2015.066541

Research funding for the past 5 years

Please note:

  • Funding is ordered by the year the project commenced and may continue over several years.
  • Funding amounts for contact research are not disclosed to maintain commercial confidentiality.
  • The order of investigators is not indicative of the role they played in the research project.

Leading Good Governance in Local Government Project
From: Department of Jobs, Precincts & Regions
Other investigators: Prof Anona Armstrong
For period: 2021-2022
Not disclosed

Supervision of research students at VU

Available to supervise research students

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Currently supervised research students at VU

No. of students Study level Role
4 PhD Principal supervisor
1 PhD Integrated Associate supervisor
1 PhD Integrated Principal supervisor

Currently supervised research students at VU

Students & level Role
PhD (4) Principal supervisor
PhD Integrated (1) Associate supervisor
PhD Integrated (1) Principal supervisor

Completed supervision of research students at VU

No. of students Study level Role
2 PhD Associate supervisor
1 PhD Principal supervisor
1 Doctor of Business Administration Principal supervisor
1 PhD by Publication Associate supervisor
2 PhD Integrated Associate supervisor
2 PhD Integrated Principal supervisor
1 Masters by Research Principal supervisor
1 Master of Research Associate supervisor

Completed supervision of research students at VU

Students & level Role
PhD (2) Associate supervisor
PhD (1) Principal supervisor
Doctor of Business Administration (1) Principal supervisor
PhD by Publication (1) Associate supervisor
PhD Integrated (2) Associate supervisor
PhD Integrated (2) Principal supervisor
Masters by Research (1) Principal supervisor
Master of Research (1) Associate supervisor

Teaching activities & experience

Dr Li is currently the Unit Coordinator for:

He has coordinated and lectured in 19 other units in the past ten years, covering topics such as migration law, economics and commercial law and has been invited to teach in Banking and Finance Law.

Key academic roles

Dates Role Department / Organisation
Oct 2019 - Present
Senior Lecturer
Victoria University
Dates Role & Department/Organisation
Oct 2019 -
Present
Senior Lecturer
Victoria University

Professional memberships

  • Member, Australia and New Zealand Law Teachers' Association
  • Member, Australia and New Zealand Academy of Management
  • Member, International Association for Islamic Studies
  • Member, The Institute and Faculty of Actuaries UK