Institute of Development Studies

The Impact of Emerging Power: China-EU Cooperation and Global Governance

This project funds a research collaboration between three institutions: The Institute of World Economy and Politics at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, the German Development Institute (GDI) and IDS. Its aims are to:

1. promote mutual understanding and interaction between the three institutions
2. strengthen academic dialogue and exchange. We plan to work out a general research report based on field research and seminars, putting forward common views and recommendations for scholars and policy-makers
3. enhance academic exchange of young scholars and students.

The activities of the network focus on three global governance areas: climate change/energy, innovation and low carbon development, and development cooperation. Starting from a multi-level understanding of global governance, the project's research in China will include the following aspects: (1) summary of the domestic and global challenges China and Europe face in the three mentioned areas; (2) analyses of key governance aspects such as interests, policies, rules and regulations and how they influence both Europe's and China's role in global governance related to the three topics.

The network adopts a cooperative and comparative research approach, with three research teams formed with researchers from each of the three institutions. A joint workshop in Beijing at the beginning of the project laid the ground for a comparative research methodology and enhanced the mutual understanding of the project. A mid-term workshop will be held in Brighton in June 2010. A larger conference at the end of the project will be used to discuss results with scientific peers and present policy suggestions to actors actively involved in global governance.

(CO-REACH = Coordination of Research between Europe and China)

• IDS key contact: John Humphrey
• Project dates: September 2009 - April 2011
• Project status: Closed
• Funder: British Academy/ERA-NET CO-REACH (CO-REACH)

Researchers

• Jing Gu
• John Humphrey
• Rasmus Lema
• Lizbeth Navas-Aleman
• Hubert Schmitz
• Frauke Urban
• Axel Berger, German Development Institute
• CHEN Ying, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
• Doris Fischer, German Development Institute
• LI Dongyan, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
• Dirk Messner, German Development Institute
• Imme Scholz, German Development Institute
• SONG Hong, Chinese Academy of Social Science
• XUE Li, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
• ZHANG Yuyan, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

Partner Organisations

• German Development Institute (GDI)
• Institute of World Economics & Politics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (IWEP)

Selected Outputs

• Lema, R., Berger, A., Schmitz, H. and Song, H. (2011) 'Competition and Cooperation between Europe and China in the Wind Power Sector', IDS Working Paper 377, Brighton: IDS

Selected News

• Examining China's Financial Endorsement of Greece