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Methodological approaches to researching global China Open
Methodological approaches to researching global China REDEFINE will examine what China’s rise means for how we understand global development and, specifically, Europe’s place in it. REDEFINE aims to use the insights from international deve…
Conceptualising Chinese transnational infrastructure projects in Europe and beyond Open
Chinese actors have emerged as major funders and developers of large-scale transnational infrastructure projects in Europe and beyond. Despite this profound shift, geographers have not yet arrived at a clear conceptualisation of such proje…
How are Chinese investments in Europe shaped by the ‘de-risking’ narrative? Open
How are Chinese investments in Europe shaped by the ‘de-risking’ narrative? REDEFINE will examine what China’s rise means for how we understand global development and, specifically, Europe’s place in it. REDEFINE aims to use the insights f…
De-risking, re-balancing and recentralising: Intra-state relations in Chinese-backed transport infrastructure projects in Europe Open
China's Belt and Road Initiative is the most visible manifestation of the country's wider internationalisation efforts in which infrastructure connectivity projects are central. Existing spatialised narratives of these projects have useful…
The interface of environment and human wellbeing: Exploring the impacts of gold mining on food security in Ghana Open
This paper explores the intricate connections between the environment and human wellbeing, focusing on the interplay between mining, agriculture, and food security. Despite a vast body of literature examining the impact of mining on agricu…
Gold mining's environmental footprints, drivers, and future predictions in Ghana Open
The last two decades have seen a surge in gold mining operations around the world. Despite mining occupying a smaller geographical area compared to other land use/land cover (LULC) classes, it exhibits strong interconnections with various …
How far is Chinese infrastructure investment in Europe a success story? Open
How far is Chinese infrastructure investment in Europe a success story? REDEFINE will examine what China’s rise means for how we understand global development and, specifically, Europe’s place in it. REDEFINE aims to use the insights from …
View article: Reconceptualizing the Politics of Pockets of Effectiveness
Reconceptualizing the Politics of Pockets of Effectiveness Open
This previous chapter argued that existing studies of PoEs have struggled to specify the forms of politics that shape how PoEs emerge and perform PoEs over time. To help address this problem, this chapter outlines the new conceptual and me…
Is Europe going cold on Chinese infrastructure investment? Open
Is Europe going cold on Chinese infrastructure investment? REDEFINE will examine what China’s rise means for how we understand global development and, specifically, Europe’s place in it. REDEFINE aims to use the insights from international…
What happens when Chinese firms invest in European infrastructure Open
What happens when Chinese firms invest in European infrastructure REDEFINE will examine what China’s rise means for how we understand global development and, specifically, Europe’s place in it. REDEFINE aims to use the insights from intern…
Below the Belt? Territory and Development in China's International Rise Open
China's internationalization has been heralded by some as a new era of South–South cooperation. Yet such framings of development are pitched at an abstract space of the ‘global South’ which conceals more than it reveals. With some theory m…
A Transformative Presence? Chinese Migrants as Agents of Change in Ghana and Nigeria Open
has argued, 'The behaviour of thousands of newly settled Chinese businessmen and the conduct of the African communities in which they live and work will matter as much as the diplomacy and concessions made at the government level'.Conseque…
Large dams, energy justice and the divergence between international, national and local developmental needs and priorities in the global South Open
This paper investigates from a socio-technical and energy justice perspective the lack of coordination of international, national and local developmental priorities and inclusion of local needs in the decision making process of large dam c…
View article: Community <i>and</i> Conviviality? Informal Social Life in Multicultural Places
Community <i>and</i> Conviviality? Informal Social Life in Multicultural Places Open
This article contributes to understandings of the conviviality which has dominated recent sociological approaches to urban multiculture. The article argues for conviviality’s conceptual extension by reference to recent rethinking of commun…
Hope, Politics and Risk: The Case of Chinese Dam in Nigeria Open
The rise of Chinese infrastructure investment in Africa has raised a set of questions about whose development agendas are being fulfilled by such projects, where the power lies in these negotiations, and how local communities are impacted …
View article: Negotiating the educational spaces of urban multiculture: Skills, competencies and college life
Negotiating the educational spaces of urban multiculture: Skills, competencies and college life Open
This paper contributes to research on urban multiculture and debates as to how people routinely live and experience ethnic diversity in their everyday lives. This research takes an ‘unpanicked’ approach to multiculture that sits differentl…