Dinosaur Dams: The Historical Origins of Chinese Hydroelectric Projects and Their Environmental Implications | Global Development Policy Center
Excited to share my @gdp-center.bsky.social working paper mapping how many Chinese-financed hydro projects are based on old, previously shelved designs.
These “dinosaur dams” don't run on fossil fuels but they are fossils... and carry heavy environmental + social risk 🦕
www.bu.edu/gdp/2025/08/...
02.09.2025 20:00 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
I loved the opportunity to reflect on fieldwork highs and lows for the forthcoming @madeinchinajournal.com issue! And to share some recent photos from the banks of the Coca River💧
24.06.2025 14:47 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Five Topics to Watch at the Fourth China-CELAC Forum | Global Development Policy Center
The fourth China-CELAC Forum is coming up! What to expect as Latin American leaders travel to Beijing next week? Probably not many big splashy deals, but @becky-ray.bsky.social @zcalbright.bsky.social and I have some thoughts! www.bu.edu/gdp/2025/05/...
07.05.2025 14:45 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Restoring Multilaterism | Richard Kozul-Wright & Kevin Gallagher
A reformed global agenda built on public foundations
“‘Pitiful’ is the word that the World Bank’s chief economist used to describe the decade-long embrace of private capital mobilization.
More of the same will do little to counter Trump or deliver crucial green investment or relief for debt burdened countries.”
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/res...
21.04.2025 12:46 — 👍 8 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Keeping my eyes peeled in the coming weeks for the next chapter in the Coca Codo Sinclair saga! Thrilled have been able to contribute to China Global South Project and think through what's coming next
26.03.2025 21:16 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
2025 is a BIG YEAR for development finance institutions involved in transition mineral mining. For @dialogueearth.bsky.social today, @julieradomski.bsky.social and I detail 5 major decision points coming up that will determine DFIs' support for a just transition for mining countries and communities.
24.03.2025 16:07 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
In a new report, Chiara Mariotti, @rishirbhandary.bsky.social, @kevinpgallagher.bsky.social + Richard Kozul-Wright outline 6️⃣ policy recommendations for multilateral + national development bank cooperation to advance development + climate change priorities.
Read more: www.bu.edu/gdp/2025/02/...
24.02.2025 14:33 — 👍 2 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 2
From the 19th-century gold rushes to the current scramble for lithium, Chinese labour and capital have been key to the making of the global capitalist system.
Join us in Lund from 16-19 June for the 2025 Global China Summer School. Deadline 14 March, apply here: www.ace.lu.se/article/glob...
14.02.2025 22:07 — 👍 22 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 1
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Politics, poetry, ports, pottymouth. She/her.
Typos and dropped words in every post, because sharing is caring.
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Professor of International Development at LSE. Emerging powers, energy, climate
Associate Professor at the University of Oxford - Director of @Tidecentre.bsky.social
Environmental journalism that lifts up local voices & fosters constructive global conversations.
Find us at: https://dialogue.earth
Postdoctoral Research Fellow @Boston University GDP Center | IR DPhil Nuffield College, University of Oxford | International political economy, IMF, structural power of finance, sub-Saharan Africa
climate and development finance at GDP Center
Assoc. Prof. at the School of International Service, American University, Washington DC. Sierra Leone. 🇸🇱
DMV 🦀.
Geographer 🌎
Research US militias, Christian Right, Northern Ireland, & #DC metro. Write 4 Political Research Associates/Public Eye, Greater Greater Washington, and Streetsense DC.
Love ocean creatures 🐳🦈🐙
American University's School of International Service prepares students to wage peace and build understanding in our world.
Sociology & communication prof at Penn researching: Internet, activism, digital media & technology, narrative, emotion, sinology. All views my own. Website: https://www.asc.upenn.edu/people/faculty/guobin-yang-phd
Dept of Global Labor and Work at Cornell | China in Global Capitalism w/Haymarket https://t.ly/uySU6 | Labor politics in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan | @aaup.org & @jvp.bsky.social
Sociologist@SUNY Buffalo | labor, gender, political economy, China
Associate Prof @UVASociology. works on bureaucracy, state/market relations, and political economy of China. Author of Markets with Bureaucratic Characteristics.
Political sociology, historical sociology, and modern Chinese history
Sociologist working on STS, data, and the state. Assistant Professor of Communication and Sociology at Northeastern University. chunchengliu.com
Sociologist of culture, politics, migration & global China. Visiting assistant professor at UC Riverside. Former postdocs at Harvard University & UPenn. PhD from Emory.
Website: www.weirongguo.com
Author of LEFTOVER WOMEN: The Resurgence of Gender Inequality in China and BETRAYING BIG BROTHER: The Feminist Awakening in China. https://letahongfincher.com
Stratification, inequality, population, China, history
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Professor of Sociology at Emory University, USA. 23-24 Fellow at Wiko Berlin. Author of The Politics of Compassion(2017, Stanford), Chairman Mao's Children(2021, Cambridge), The Culture of Democracy (2022, Polity)
Personal Website: www.binxu.net
