Linda Matar, Ph.D.
E-mail: matar@mail.sysu.edu.cn
Education
Ph.D.
Department of Economics
School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
M.A.
American University of Beirut
B.A.
American University of Beirut
Academic Experience
2021-Present Associate Professor
School of International Studies
Sun Yat-sen University
2012-2020 Senior Research Fellow
National University of Singapore
Teaching Experience
Historical Discourse: A Critical Approach (From Reformation to 20th Century
Globalization and International Relations
International Systems and Organizations
International Studies
Managerial Economics
Political Economy
Development Economics
Comparative Development
Regionalism
Gender, Economics and Politics
Welfare State
Publications:
Books:
Matar, L. and Kadri, A. (eds) (2019). Syria: From National Independence to Proxy War, Palgrave Macmillan
Matar, L. (2016). The Political Economy of Investment in Syria. Palgrave Macmillan (Studies in the Political Economy of Public Policy)
Articles and Book Chapters:
Matar, L. (2024). 理解作为关键变量的新质生, Chinese Social Sciences Today (中国社会科学杂志社 Social Sciences in China Press), 22 May 2024
الأقليات العرقية والتعايش الاجتماعي في الصين، الصين اليوم، 2024-06-24,
琳达·玛塔尔 (2024) 东西问·武夷论坛｜琳达·玛塔尔：中国式现代化为何能引发国际共鸣？, 中新社, 24 March 2024.
Matar, L. (2023). 中国经济故事的特别之处, 中国社会科学报, Chinese Social Sciences Today (中国社会科学杂志社 Social Sciences in China Press), 28 August 2023,
االصين في بحر العرب: الجغرافيا السياسية لميناء الدُقم، حبر، 23 أيار 2023
Matar, L. and Kadri, A. (2023) China Against US imperialism in the Arabian Sea: The Case of Oman, Middle East Critique, Vol. 32, No. 2, Pages 285-303 (SSCI).
Matar, L. (2023) ‘Chinese Investment in the Arab Region: building bilateral cooperation and common development’, in: China’s 70-Year Development and the Construction of the Community with a Shared Future for Mankind (Volume 2), Social Sciences Academic Press
الإصلاحات النيوليبرالية دمّرت قدرة الصمود | عودة سوريا إلى مفتاح النموّ السريع: الزراعة، الأخبار،7 آذار 2022
Matar, L. (2022) ‘The Resilience of Syrian Agriculture’. Brill: Journal of Labor and Society, Vol 25, issue 2, pages 175–197, ISSN: 2471-4607 (EI).
دور الصين في أمن سوريا القوميّ ، الأخبار، 22 حزيران 2020
Matar, L. (2019) ‘Syria's Political Economy and Imperialism’, 2nd edition, in: Ness, I. and Cope, Zak (ed.s) (2019) The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Imperialism and Anti-Imperialism, Palgrave Macmillan
Matar, L., and Kadri, A. (2019). ‘Syria in the Imperialist Cyclone’ in Matar, L. and Kadri, A. (eds). Syria: from National Independence to Proxy War, Palgrave Macmillan
Matar, L., (2019). ‘Macroeconomic Framework in Pre-Conflict Syria’ in Matar, L. and Kadri, A. (eds). Syria: from National Independence to Proxy War, Palgrave Macmillan
Matar, L., and Kadri, A. (2019). ‘China’s Role in Syria’s National Security’ in Matar, L. and Kadri A. (eds). Syria: from National Independence to Proxy War, Palgrave Macmillan
Matar, L., (2018). ‘Degraded Capital Formation: The Achilles Heel of Syria’s Agriculture’, in Zurayk, R. and Woertz, E. Crisis and Conflict in the Agrarian World: An Evolving Dialectic, CABI
Matar, L., (2017). ‘Syria’s Economic History: Bumpy Road from Economic Nationalism to Neoliberalism’ in Ghazal, A., and Hanssen, J. (eds). The Oxford Handbook Of Contemporary Middle Eastern and North African History , Oxford University Press
Matar, L., (2013). ‘Twilight of ‘State Capitalism’ in Formerly ‘Socialist’ Arab States’. The Journal of North African Studies (JNAS), 18 (3), pp. 416-430, EI.
