Romi Jain, MBA (SFSU, California), Ph.D.(CSU, Ohio), former postdoctoral research scholar at the University of British Columbia, is Executive Director of the British Columbia-based Canadian Society for Peace and Global Studies. She is the author of China's Soft Power and Higher Education in South Asia: Rationale, Strategies, and Implications (New York: Routledge, 2021). She has been a principal investigator of the research project funded through the competitive grant received from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. A China expert, Jain has published in Asian Survey, Diplomacy & Statecraft, India Quarterly, Asian Affairs, Journal of Third World Studies, and Economic and Political Weekly. Her short articles have appeared in Asian Times, The Diplomat, Eurasia Review, and University World News.
Jain has served as a Guest Editor-in-Chief of Harvard Asia Quarterly and a guest editor of Social Transformations in Chinese Societies (UK: Emerald). Her published book chapters include “China’s Geo-economic Diplomacy and the South China Sea Dispute: Promises and Pitfalls,” Navigating Uncertainty in the South China Sea: Interdisciplinary Perspectives (London/ Singapore: World Scientific Publishing Europe Ltd, 2021), and a chapter titled “Exploring China’s Geointellectual Footprint in Southeast Asia,” forthcoming in Empire Competition: Southeast Asia as a site of Imperial Contestation (New York: Pace University Press, 2021). Her conceptual contribution lies in developing the model of geointellect in China's context. Jain’s creative works include poems published in poetry books, anthologies, and literary journals.