by Chris Jordan | Jul 12, 2015 | Brazil, China, Henry Tugendhat, Rising Powers in African Agriculture, Uncategorized
By Henry TugendhatImage by Gualberto107, FreeDigitalPhotos.netIf you think that the biggest story about Brazilian and Chinese agricultural engagements in Africa is land grabs, you’d be wrong. In fact, the big stories consist of almost everything else. From migration,...
by Chris Jordan | Jul 7, 2015 | Alison Harvey, Brian Salter, Governance in Global Biomedical Innovation, Uncategorized
To answer these questions authors Brian Salter and Alison Harvey looked at the case of the production of human/animal chimeras (i.e. genetic hybrids) in scientific research. It is not a new practice: “cytoplasmic hybrids fusing human and non-human (mouse or hamster)...
by Chris Jordan | Jul 3, 2015 | China, Innovation Systems Development in China and Russia, Philip Shapira, Uncategorized, Yanchao Li
By Yanchao Li and Philip ShapiraOver a two-week period in May 2015, we undertook a series of interviews in China with scientists and entrepreneurs working in the fast growing domain of synthetic biology. Synthetic biology involves redesigning biological components and...
by Chris Jordan | Jul 1, 2015 | Alec Waterworth, Brazil, Innovation Systems Development in China and Russia, Uncategorized
By Alec WaterworthIlha do Fundao is an island complex constructed in the Guanabara Bay north of downtown Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. The island’s transformation reflects broader trends of technological and industrial development and also some of the challenges seen in...
by Chris Jordan | Jun 28, 2015 | actor strategies, China, expectations, implementation, innovation policy, innovation system, path plasticity, Russia, Uncategorized
By Yanchao Li, Maria Karaulova, Oliver Shackleton and Philip ShapiraIn the arenas of science, technology and innovation, two of the world’s largest emerging economies – China and Russia – have placed great emphasis on seizing early opportunities to develop and exploit...
by Chris Jordan | May 31, 2015 | Boya Wang, China, Law Development and Finance in Rising Powers, Uncategorized
At a workshop on Law and Finance in Rising Powers, held at the Centre for Business Research, University of Cambridge, Boya Wang, Research Fellow at the Centre for Business Research, presented his research on corporate governance in China. In this podcast interview, he...
