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The 25 May issue of Nature features Dr Joy Zhang’s commentary on the state of Chinese governance of scientific research, ‘Transparency Is a Growth Industry’. China is currently the world’s second largest investor on scientific research and is increasingly seen … Continue reading →

On 27 March 2017 China’s official science newspaper, Science and Technology Daily, reported on Dr Joy Zhang’s ESRC workshop in Wuhan. The workshop stems from Dr Zhang’s ESRC funded project, ‘Governing Scientific Accountability in China‘. Extensive fieldwork from the study … Continue reading →

by Ausma Bernotaite Research Officer Ausma Bernotaite recently visited Huazhong University of Science & Technology (HUST), our partners in hosting the Scientific Risk and Public Communication workshop in Wuhan this March. Our partner for the workshop is Prof Ruipeng Lei, who is also the … Continue reading →

Scientific Risk and Public Communication Workshop 25-26 March (Saturday-Sunday), 2017 Venue: International Academic Exchange Center (IAEC), Huazhong University of Science & Technology, Wuhan, China Being a leading sponsor and beneficiary of life science research, the strategic importance of accountable governance … Continue reading →

Dr. Joy Zhang recently contributed to the China Policy Institute Analysis (CPI: Analysis) blog at the University of Nottingham. In this piece, Dr Zhang highlighted the similarities of public scepticism towards GM food between China and European countries. She argued that … Continue reading →

Speaking at the 3rd Global China Dialogue at the British Academy last Friday, Dr Joy Zhang argued that ‘sustainable sustainability’ depends not only on sound economic calculation, but also on healthy and fair social relations. There is both a temporal and a spatial dimension to … Continue reading →

Dr Joy Zhang recently attended the ChinaReproTech conference organised by the Reproductive Sociology Research Group at Cambridge. A most intriguing theme related to the governance of scientific accountability in China was the twin discourses on ‘insurance’ and ‘assurance’. Both papers … Continue reading →

GSA-China’s first phase of data collection in China is now complete. The research focus has been on how scientific accountability has been problematised and responded to in China. Thanks to NGOs staff, bioethicists and government administrators who have provided invaluable … Continue reading →