Research

I have generated over £4.5 million in research funding as principal 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. The related outputs are listed on the Publications page.

• Sustainability governance of China’s global engagement:
  – 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)
  – Transnational Private Governance for the Environment in China (2015-2018), Principal Investigator, Swiss National Science Foundation Doc.CH Grant (CHF 203,544)
   
• Transnational governance of forest-risk commodities:
  – Understanding policy changes and applying anticipatory design to improve governance for sustainable forest-risk commodities (2026-2031), Principal Investigator, UK FCDO’s Forest Governance, Markets and Climate Programme (GBP 2,499,942)
  – The politics of implementation of unilateral green trade policies (2026-2028), Principal Investigator, Bath-FAPESP SPRINT Fund (GBP 10,000)
  – 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)
   
• Polical economy of net zero transitions:
  – Global governing gaps and accountability taps for solar energy and storage (2024-2027), Co-Investigator, Australian Research Council (AUD180,580)
  – 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 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)