Talk and Book Launch: Green Politics in China
Clean Air with Chinese Characteristics: Grassroots Environmentalism and Political ReformHow are Chinese people responding to China’s environmental crisis? What do the actions of environmental groups tell us about the prospect for political reform in China?Based on interviews with members of grassroots organisations, media, and the government, this talk will explore how environmental problems are transforming … Continue reading
A New ‘Chinese Way’? Multi-disciplinary perspectives on China as an alternative to the West
I’ve been kindly invited to give a paper on China’s scientific development at Durham this coming Thursday. From the list of speakers, I bet it’s going to be a stimulating event. This will be my 8th and the last invited talk for this academic year. After Durham comes a mini vacation and preparation for my … Continue reading
‘Author Meets Critics’ PACITA conference in Prague
Just got back from Prague, a wonderful city! Here I attended the conference, ‘Technology Assessment and Policy Areas of Great Transitions’, organised by the FP-7 project PACITA. The conference dedicated its ‘Author Meets Critics‘ session to my book ‘ The Cosmopolitanization of Science‘. I was asked to present the book I wrote in 4 years … Continue reading
Conference Dec 2012: Risk and Climate Change – The Shaping of a Cosmopolitan Future
Paris, I’m back! I’m organising a conference on cosmopolitanism and climate change this December on behalf of Prof Ulrich Beck’s Chair at Collège d’études mondiales, FMSH. This is quite an exciting event and I look forward to catching up with my friends in Paris! Risk and Climate Change: The Shaping of a Cosmopolitan Future Date: 10 … Continue reading
Guest Lecture Oct 2012
Guest Lecture at University of Sussex Bionetworking in Asia/Sussex Asian Studies Lecture Series Title: ‘China’s Bio-Governance: Imagined Cosmopolitan Communities’ Tuesday 2 October 16:00 until 18:00 Arts A103, Arts C Building. Speaker: Joy Zhang The life sciences and environmental studies largely define the world’s biological future, and China is key in the formation and deliverance of … Continue reading
Joy Zhang 