Seminar: "Chinese conflictive investments in hydropower" by Dr. Giuseppina Siciliano

Title: "Chinese conflictive investments in hydropower"

Speaker: Dr. Giuseppina Siciliano, SOAS University of London

Moderator: Prof. Joan Martinez-Alier

Day: Thursday, 19 April 2018

Time: 12h

Room: Z/022 ICTA-UAB

In recent years, both Chinese overseas investment and hydropower development have been topics of increasing interest and research, with Chinese actors acting as financiers, developers, builders and sub-contractors. This seminar explores the governance and socio-economic implications of large Chinese dams’ development in low- and middle-income countries in Asia and Africa by looking at energy justice and ecological distribution conflicts.

Bio

Giuseppina Siciliano is a Research Fellow in Environment and Development at the School of Oriental and African Studies SOAS, University of London. She holds a PhD in analysis and governance of sustainable development from Ca’ Foscari University in Venice. She works on Chinese energy infrastructure development in Africa and Asia and green transformations in the energy, water and land use sectors in the global South.

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