Research

I have generated over £2 million in research funding as Principal Investigator or Co-Investigator. I have a broad interest in environmental governance and sustainable development and have been working on a range of environmental issues ranging from climate change and biodiversity to agriculture and chemicals management. Below are different areas of my work and related research projects. Related outputs are listed on the Publication page. Please contact me if you want to know more.

• Sustainability governance of China’s overseas investments:
  – Sustainability governance of China’s global infrastructure investments (SGAIN) (2024-2028), Principal Investigator, UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship (GBP 1,656,886)
  – China and Global Sustainability Transition Conference (2025), Bath Institute of Sustainability and Climate Change Innovatoin Pot (GBP 11,900)
  
• Policy and politics of net zero transitions:
  – The Political Economy of Meat System Transformation (2021-2024), Principal member, Swiss Network of International Studies (CHF252,000)
  – GW4 Sustainable Food Consumption Research Community (2023-2024), Community Lead (GBP 20,000)
  
• Governance of critical mineral supply chains:
  – “Global governing gaps and accountability taps for solar energy and storage” (2024-2027), Co-Investigator, Australian Research Council (AUD180,580)
  – “From stone to phone: Livelihoods, resource governance and artisanal cobalt mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo” (2020-2021), Co-Investigator, Global Challenge Research Fund (GBP 39,890)
  
• Governance of the Sustainable Development Goals:
  – Taskforce on the Sustainable Development Goals (since 2021), Earth System Governance Project
  – The Future of the Sustainable Development Goals (2023), University of Bath HSS Internationalisation Fund (GBP 8,000)
  
• Private and voluntary sustainability standards:
  – The impact of export-oriented voluntary certifications on gender inequality in rural Brazil: The case of the Bonsucro-RED certification, Co-Investigator, Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)’s Institute for the Integration of Latin America (IDB-INTAL) (USD 8,000)
  – “Private Sustainability Governance and Emerging Economies: The Case of Tea Certification in China, India, and Kenya” (2018-2019), Principal Investigator, Swiss National Science Foundation Early Postdoc.Mobility Fellowship (CHF102,275)
  – “Transnational Private Governance for the Environment in China” (2015-2018), Principal Investigator, Swiss National Science Foundation Doc.CH Grant (CHF 203,544)