Studying China’s Political System and Foreign Relations in the heart of Beijing
Department of International Political Economy
Prof. WANG Bo

 
 

Prof. Wang Bo

Professor and Vice-Dean, School of International Relations

Deputy Director of Institute of Global Low Carbon Economy (Beijing)

Visiting Fellow at the School of Politics and International Studies, University of Leeds, UK

 

Prof. Wang has been a faculty member at SIR since 2006. He teaches courses on American Politics and Economy, International Security and Development, Energy and Environmental Political Economy, Energy and Environmental Diplomacy, etc. His research mainly covers International Energy and Environmental Political Economy, Policy Innovation and American Studies. Prof. Wang has been granted and directed several international and state funded research projects on climate change and energy policies. Besides serving as a peer reviewer for several international journals, he is also a member of the expert consultants committee for Chinese Ministry of Commerce on Environmental and Energy Issues. He has been commissioned as an Expert Consultant by the APEC Secretariat on Renewable and Clean Energy Investment since 2011. Prof. Wang served as a visiting fellow on Environmental and Energy Studies and the Chinese Director of the Business Confucius Institute at the Business School of University of Leeds, UK, from late 2012 to the summer of 2015 and is currently a research fellow at the University of Leeds. He held the position of research associate at the School of International Development, University of East Anglia, UK 2009-2011 and has been granted a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow Position for Climate Policy Research at the Belfer Center of Harvard Kennedy School, 2008-2009.

 

Prof. Wang Bo has been awarded a Ph.D. in International Relations by the China Foreign Affairs University in 2006. His dissertation concentrated on U.S. oil policy and the Sino-US relations.

 

Email: bowang@uiibe.edu.cn

 

Courses

Undergraduate program:

American Politics and Economic Policy; International Security and Development; Energy and Environment Political Economy

Master’s Program:

Energy and Environmental Diplomacy

 

Major Publications:

1. “The climate negotiations & sustainable development: Rational behind the debate and the need for a better understanding”(Co-authored with Sanwal Mukul), Advances in Climate Change Research 6 (2015),  225-228

2. “China and India and the New Climate Regime: The Emergence of a New Paradigm”; Global Policy, Vol. 6, Issue 4, Nov. (2015) (Co-authored with Sanwal Mukul)

3. Summary Report of The Public Private Dialogue on Renewable and Clean Energy Trade and Investment,( 2014), (Publishing number: APEC#215-CT-01.7)

4.“China’s Emission Peak and Its Energy Utilization”, (Co-authored with WANG Ran,) Annual Report on the Actions to Address Climate Change(2014); Social Science Academic Press, (2014)

5. China’s Green Low Carbon Development, Corresponding Deputy Editor, Springer; (2014)

6.“Sino-EU Cooperation on Climate Change”, in China’s Green Low Carbon Development, Springer, (2014)

7. Report on the Seminar on Successful Cases of Clean and Renewable Energy Investment in APEC (APEC, 2012) .

8. China’s Low Carbon Economic Development Report (in Chinese), 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 (Deputy editor), Social Sciences Academic Press, (2012; 2013; 2014; 2015).

9. “Sino-EU Security Relations” (with a focus on energy and climate security) book chapter Rutledge ( 2010).

10. “Can CDM Bring Technology Transfer to China”, Energy Policy, Vol.38, (2010).

11. “Exploring China’s climate change policy from both international and domestic perspectives’, American Journal of Chinese Studies, Vol. 16, No. 2 (2009).

12. “China’s environmental diplomacy”, American Journal of Chinese Studies, Vo. 15, No. 1 (2008).

13. American Oil Policy , World Affairs Press, (2008, in Chinese).

14. "China Low Carbon Economy Development Report 2012", China Social Sciences Academic Press, Nove, 2011, deputy editor;

15. “India Low Carbon Economic Development”, “China Low Carbon Economic Development Report 2011”, China Social Sciences Academic Press, March, 2011.

16. “More Emphasis on Rural Pollution Control and Ecological Issues”, China.com, March, 2011.

17. "Thoughts on Developing a Low-carbon Economy and Achieving Sustainable Development during the 12th Five-Year Plan", China.com, Feb, 2011.

18, "Farewell to Cancun, Climate Change Negotiations Have a Long Way to Go", China.com, December, 2010.

19. "Problems with Climate Assistance Funds", China.com, Dec, 2010.

20. "China's Coping Strategies for the Defense of the Kyoto Protocol", China.com, Dec, 2010.

21. Analysis of the Position of Developed Countries in the "Kyoto Protocol" Defending War, China.com, Dec, 2010.

22. "Cancun: China needs to move forward in the challenge" China.com, Nov, 2010.

23. “China's Countermeasures in the Post-Copenhagen Era”, China Energy News, Dec, 2009.

24. “Multi-level energy cooperation between China and the United States”, China Energy News, Nov, 2009.

 

Research Projects:

1. “Climate Change Governance and Energy Policy Innovation in the context of Sustainable Development: International Experience and China’s Options”, University of International Business and Economics Research Innovation Team Project, Project Director( 2016-2018);

2. “Technology Transfer in International Climate Change Negotiations and China’s Options”. China Social Sciences Research Foundation Project, Project Director, (2012-2016);

3. “Sectoral Approach in International Climate Change Negotiations and China’s Options”, China Ministry of Education Humanity and Social Sciences Research Foundation Project, Project Director,(2010-2016)

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