SHI, Yanfei 1963-

PERSONAL:

Born October 27, 1963, in China; son of Hong Biao (a public servant) and Mei Yu (a doctor; maiden name, Zhang) Shi; children: Zuoming, Eric. Ethnicity: "Chinese." Education: Zhejiang Teachers College, B.S., 1982; Huazhoung University of Science and Technology, M.A., 1988; Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, D.Phil. (philosophy of science), 1991; University of Newcastle, D.Phil. (economics of science), 2000.

ADDRESSES:

Home—1/11 Conner Close, Palmerston, Australian Capital Territory 2913, Australia. Office—Science, Economic Analysis, and Evaluation Branch, Australian Department of Education, Science, and Training, Canberra, Australia. E-mail—yanfei.shi@dest.gov.au.

CAREER:

Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, China, research associate professor of philosophy of science and technology, 1991-96; Australian National Office for the Information Economy, Canberra, Australia, policy analyst, 2000-01; Australian Department of Communications, Information Technology, and the Arts, Canberra, research officer, 2001-03; Australian Department of Education, Science, and Training, Canberra, policy and research officer for science, economic analysis, and evaluation branch, 2003—.

WRITINGS:

(Editor, with Qiu Renzhong) Introduction to the Famous Works in the Twentieth-Century Western Philosophy, [Hunan, China], 1991.

Hermeneutics of Science, [Hunan, China], 1992.

The Economics of Scientific Knowledge, Edward Elgar Publishing (Northampton, MA), 2001.

Contributor to periodicals.