Global Public Policy and Governance - Perspectives Video Series: Global Governance of Emerging Technologies

Perspectives Video Series: Global Governance of Emerging Technologies: Prospects and Challenges

In this video, Prof. Li Tang from the School of International Relations and Public Affairs at Fudan University, and Prof. Cong Cao from University of Nottingham Ningbo China, together deliver a 17 mins talk about the highlights of this special issue (this opens in a new tab).

(Video can be accessed here)

https://igpp.fudan.edu.cn/igppen/5d/59/c31366a482649/page.htm (this opens in a new tab)

Professor Li Tang (PhD in Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology) is a professor in public policy at the School of International Relations and Public Affairs, Fudan University. Her current research focuses on responsible research and innovation, international scientific collaboration, and talents mobility. Her research has appeared in Nature, Science, Science and Public Policy. She is a co-inventor of the US granted patent “Identification disambiguation in databases”. Her research has been supported by the National Natural Science Foundation, the National Social Science Foundation of China, and the Ministry of Education, among others.

Professor Cong Cao (PhD in Sociology, Columbia University) is a professor at the University of Nottingham Ningbo China. His research has focused on science, technology, and innovation in China from the social science perspective, including scientific elite; human resources in science and technology; research, innovation, and entrepreneurship in nanotechnology and biotechnology; and the governance of science and technology. He is the author or co-author of five books, most recently, GMO China: How Global Debates Transformed China’s Agricultural Biotechnology Policies (Columbia University Press, 2018) and The Political Economy of Science, Technology, and Innovation in China: Policymaking, Funding, Talent, and Organization (Cambridge University Press, 2023). His research has been supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation, European Union’s Framework Program (FP) 7, and the National Natural Science Foundation of China, among others.

* Perspectives is a series of brief academic lectures sponsored by the Institute for Global Public Policy (IGPP) of Fudan University. The series invites scholars and practitioners to share their research, academic thoughts, frontier practices, and theoretical innovations on important global issues and policies, providing a fast track for the general public to understand today’s complex public governance. By sharing the Perspectives videos, IGPP exhibits its rich academic and research activities, and provides a high-quality platform for the publication and dissemination of frontier theoretical and practical innovations. The videos are mainly from the recorded lectures by invited speakers. Some are edited from lectures hosted by the IGPP or from lectures delivered by IGPP professors in academic conferences.