Dr Chen Xiang
Academic Visitor
Chen Xiang is an assistant professor of climate policy at Shanghai Jiao Tong University. She is also research associate at Harvard-China Project on Energy, Economy, and Environment at Harvard University. Her research focuses on the politics of climate change, aiming to bridge the gap between science and effective policymaking. She also studied nationalism and public opinion in Mainland China, Taiwan, and the US. Her research has appeared in International Affairs, The China Quarterly, Cambridge Review of International Affairs, Environmental Science & Policy, Energy for Sustainable Development, among other journals.
Selected publications:
Chen Xiang, and Ric Neo. 2024. ‘Political fact-checking and its effects on public attitudes: Experimental evidence from China.’ The China Quarterly.
Chen Xiang, and Qiang Xin. 2023. ‘Small states as helpless pawns? Panama’s diplomatic strategy over the Taiwan Strait.’ Cambridge Review of International Affairs, 1-19.
Chen Xiang, and Terry van Gevelt. 2022. ‘Political signalling and emissions trading schemes in China: Insights from Guangdong Province.’ Energy for Sustainable Development 71: 307-314.
Chen Xiang, and Terry van Gevelt. 2020. ‘Central inspection teams and the enforcement of environmental regulations in China.’ Environmental Science & Policy 112: 431-439.
Ric Neo, andChen Xiang. 2022. ‘State rhetoric, nationalism and public opinion in China.’ International Affairs 98(4): 1327–1346.