Low Carbon Innovation in Chinese Urban Mobility: Prospects, Politics and Practices

STEPS Working Paper 71 David Tyfield, Dennis Zuev, Ping Li and John Urry Download (PDF) China represents a test-case of global significance regarding the challenges of urban mobility transition to…

Pathways Towards Renewable Energy in China: Prospects, Politics and Practices

STEPS Working Paper 70 Frauke Urban and Sam Geall Download (PDF) China is not only the world’s largest energy consumer and greenhouse-gas emitter by volume, but also boasts the largest…

Low-Carbon Innovation in China: Prospects, Politics and Practices

STEPS Working Paper 69 by David Tyfield, Adrian Ely, Frauke Urban, Sam Geall, Dennis Zuev and John Urry Download (PDF) China’s potential transition to a low-carbon, climate resilient or ‘post-carbon’…

Putting the Power in ‘Socio-Technical Regimes’ – E-Mobility Transition in China as Political Process

Mobilities, Volume 9, Issue 4, 2014 (Special Issue: Mobilities & Foucault) View this open-access article online A mobility low-carbon transition is a key issue both socially and for mobilities research….

Health Biotechnology Innovation for Social Sustainability – A Perspective from China

China is not only becoming a significant player in the production of high-tech products, but also an increasingly important contributor of ideas and influence in the global knowledge economy. This…

Rethinking Regulation: international norms and local realities

Technologies are finding their way to more remote and diverse corners of the globe, bringing with them significant opportunities for human development, but also risks – to individuals, the environment,…

Rethinking Regulation: International Harmonisation and Local Realities

The STEPS Rethinking Regulation project is examining the harmonising regulation of two widely available technologies – transgenic cotton seeds and antibiotics – in China and Argentina. We wish to explore…

Regulating Technology: International Harmonization and Local Realities

Adrian Ely, Adrian Smith and Patrick van Zwanenberg Earthscan/Routledge, 2011 Buy this book About this book Examining the regulation of technologies, this book explores how the drive to harmonize regulatory…

Building institutions for an effective health system: Lessons from China’s experience with rural health reform

This paper is concerned with the management of health system changes aimed at substantially increasing the access to safe and effective health services. It argues that an effective health sector…