Lunchtime seminars 2011/12

The purpose of these seminars is to allow staff and research students of SCCS to share information on what they are currently researching. They are a good opportunity to get feedback on preliminary work, as well as a good way of finding out if others have similar interests.

The seminar format is usually as follows:
12.30 - 13.00 Sandwiches, tea & coffee and discussion over lunch
13.00 – 13.20 Presentations
13.20 - 14.00 Q&A/Discussions

Contacts:
Bin Wu: bin.wu@nottingham.ac.uk ; Jenny Hall: jenny.hall@nottingham.ac.uk

Speaker/ Title	Date	Time	Venue
Dr Andreas Fulda Lecturer An Introduction to Research Ethics Procedures at the School of Contemporary Chinese Studies	16/05/2012	12.00pm - 2.30pm	C41, Dearing Building
Sam Beatson PhD student Foreign Investment In The Chinese Stock Market	09/05/2012	12.00pm - 2.30pm	B18, Amenities Building
Professor Wenxiang Gong Peking University Debates and Prospects of China's Image Construction: A Topic in the year of the Dragon	28/03/2012	12.00pm - 14.30pm	B18, Amenities Building
Professor Bernadette Robinson Do Chinese students learn differently from Western students?	15/03/2012	12.00pm - 14.30pm	C37, Dearing Building
Dr Jane Wellens Graduate School Ensuring an effective research environment for research supervision	29/02/2012	12.00pm - 2.30pm	C41 Dearing Building
Dr Deyong Ma Marie Curie Fellow Participation and Competition: Democratization at township level in rural China	22/02/2012	12.00pm - 2.30pm	C35, Dearing Building
Professor James Tang Singapore Management University Informal dialogue on political developments in Hong Kong	16/02/2012	12.00pm - 2.30pm	C35, Dearing Building
Dr Yanhong Liu Marie Curie Fellow Chinese perceptions of democracy	08/02/2012	12.00pm - 2.30pm	A12, International House
Neil Spiers Module specific update and timetabling	01/02/2011	12.00pm - 2.30pm	A32, Dearing Building
Giorgio Strafella PhD Student, SCCS The Renwen Jingshen Debate (1993-1995): Readings, Rewritings, and Methodological Matters	25/05/2011	12.00pm - 1.30pm	B18, Amenities Building
Tracey Fallon PhD Student, SCCS TBC	02/06/2011	12.30pm - 2pm	B18, Amenities Building

Previous Seminars 2009/10

Speaker/ Title	Date	Time	Venue
Dr. Dylan SUTHERLAND , Lecturer, SCCS Institutional Arbitrage and the Internationalisation of Chinese Business: The Role of Caribbean Tax Havens	08/10/09	12.30pm - 2pm	B14, Amenities Building
Dr. Andreas FULDA , Lecturer, SCCS How to run an effective meeting with the Open Space Methodology	15/10/09	12.30pm - 2pm	B14, Amenities Building
Ms. Qian CHENG , PhD student, SCCS China’s home country measures: how they affect outward investment from big businesses	22/10/09	12.30pm - 2pm	B14, Amenities Building
Mr. Sven MEYER , PhD student, SCCS Universal Banking practice in China	29/10/09	12.30pm - 2pm	B14, Amenities Building
Discussion: What is Contemporary Chinese Studies?	05/11/09	12.30pm - 2pm	B14, Amenities Building
Further Discussion: What is Contemporary Chinese Studies?	12/11/09	12.30pm - 2pm	B14, Amenities Building
Mr. Chuanjing WANG , Visiting Scholar, SCCS An introduction to Chinese Statistical System	19/11/09	12.30pm - 2pm	B14, Amenities Building
Ms. Dan LUO , PhD student, SCCS Development of the Chinese financial system and Reform of Chinese commercial banks	26/11/09	12.30pm - 2pm	B14, Amenities Building
Mr. MA Xiaohui and Ms. HUA Xin , Chinese Embassy China’s soft power and international image	03/12/09	12.30pm - 2pm	B14, Amenities Building
Dr. Dylan SUTHERLAND , Lecturer, SCCS Chinese businesses investing overseas	11/02/10	12.30pm - 2pm	B14, Amenities Building
Dr. Andreas FULDA , Lecturer, SCCS Conducting research on contemporary China. Reflections of an academic practitioner	18/02/10	12.30pm - 2pm	B14, Amenities Building
Dr. Stephen MORGAN, Associate Professor, SCCS The ins and and outs of citation databases and bibliometrics	04/03/10	12.30pm - 2pm	B14, Amenities Building
Dr. Andreas FULDA , Lecturer, SCCS Invitation to a brainstorming session on building an EU-China Civil Society Dialogue	11/03/10	12.30pm-2pm	B14, Amenities Building
Qian CHENG, PhD student, SCCS Understanding China’s OFDI: evidence from China’s largest SOEs	25/03/2010	12.30pm-2pm	B14, Amenities Building
Su-Jeong KANG, PhD student, SCCS China's Changing Views of Japan and Anti-Japanese Activism in the 1980s	20/05/2010	12.30pm-2pm	B14, Amenities Building
Junqing WU, PhD student, SCCS State Attitudes to Lay Religion. Transmission and transformation of the "White Lotus" concept from the Qing dynasty to the present day; Giorgio STRAFELLA, PhD student, SCCS The Job of a Humanist. The renwen jingshen 人文精神 debate, 1993-1995	03/06/2010	1pm-2pm	B19, Amenities Building

Previous seminars 2008/09

Speaker/ Title	Date	Time	Venue
Dr. Zhengxu WANG , Senior Research Fellow, CPI China’s Image in Southeast Asia	16/10/08	1pm - 2.30pm	Business School South building, A8
Ms. Lan GUO , PhD student, SCCS Impact of Pro-poor Tourism on Ethnic Minority in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan, China: Preliminary Investigation	23/10/08	1pm - 2.30pm	Business School South building, A8
Prof. FAN Mingtai , Institute of Quantitative and Technical Economies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Understanding China's Financial Transition: Should China continue to build Wall Street?	30/10/08	1pm - 2.30pm	Business School South building, A8
Mr. WANG Pan , PhD student, SCCS Distance, Trade and Gravity Model	06/11/08	1pm - 2.30pm	Business School South building, A8
Ms. Fang SU , PhD student, SCCS The relationship between illiteracy rate and health status: the implications for regional and gender inequality in China, 1990-2005	13/11/08	1pm - 2.30pm	Business School South building, A8
Dr. Stephen MORGAN , Associate Professor, SCCS Urban bias and regional inequalities in China, 1979-2005: Nutritional and welfare status	27/11/08	1pm - 2.30pm	Business School South building, A8
Mr. LI Hak Yin , PhD student, SCCS Stagnation of the political development in Hong Kong – 2008 Legislative Council Elections and its implications	04/12/08	1pm - 2.30pm	Business School South building, A8
Dr. Phillipe FORET , Lecturer, SCCS Is that China?	11/12/08	1pm - 2.30pm	Business School South building, A8
Dr. Andreas FULDA Hybrid Governance in China. Towards more participatory forms of policy making?	29/01/09	1pm - 2pm.00	Business School South building, A8
Dr. Dylan SUTHERLAND , Lecturer, SCCS Chinese Business Groups: Are Pyramids Forming?	12/02/09	12.30pm - 2pm	Amenities building, B14
Dr. LOU Wei , Associate Professor, Sustainable Development Research Centre at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Oil Price Falling and its Sequel in China----base on CGE Model".	19/02/09	1pm - 2pm	Business School South building, A24
Dr. Miwa HIRONO , RCUK Research Fellow, (Centre for International Crisis Management and Conflict Resolution, The University of Nottingham) Contemporary Civilizing Missions? International Christian NGOs in China’s Ethnic Minority Areas	26/02/09	1pm - 2pm	Business School South building, A24
Dr. Andreas FULDA , Lecturer, SCCS Hybrid Governance in Chinese Urban Communities. Can participatory engineering bring citizens back in?	05/03/09	1pm - 2pm	Business School South building, A24
Ms Chmutina KSENIA , Institute of Sustainable Energy Technology, School of the Built Environment , Nottingham University Problems of the energy efficiency policies for commercial buildings in China”.	12/03/09	1pm - 2pm	Business School South building, A24
Dr. Bin WU , Senior Research Fellow, CPI Interdisciplinary Perspective on Farmer Innovation in Poor Areas of China: old practice and new exploration	19/03/09	1pm - 2pm	Business School South building, A24
Dr. Xiaoling ZHANG , Lecturer, SCCS From Propaganda to Hegemony: the transformation of political informatiion in China	30/04/09	1pm - 2pm	Business School South building, A24
Dr. Guobing SHEN , Visiting Fellow, SCCS Antidumping and US-China Bilateral Intra-Industry Trade	14/05/09	12.30 – 1.30	Dearing building, B40

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