Francesca Chapman

Profile

My PhD focuses on the relationship between ‘Global China’, the environment and development in the Mekong River Basin. Using a political ecology approach, I am studying the role of China’s Ecological Civilisation in the region’s transboundary river politics.

I have a First-Class BA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from the University of Oxford, and postgraduate degrees (with Distinction) from the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna and the College of Europe.

I have previously been affiliated with several policy think tanks, most recently with ODI Global in London and the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) in Brussels. I have also worked at diplomatic institutions in China and Europe.

Research interests

(Global) China: Ecological Civilisation; the Belt and Road Initiative; Chinese subnational actors

The politics of international development, climate change and the environment: political ecology; global climate governance; eco-social policies

Water and energy governance: critical hydropolitics; water energy infrastructure; green transitions

Regional focus beyond China: the Mekong River Basin; the European Union; East Asia

Qualifications

• MA Social Research (Distinction), University of Leeds
• MA European Studies (Distinction), College of Europe
• MA International Relations (Distinction), Diplomatische Akademie Wien
• BA Philosophy, Politics and Economics (First Class), University of Oxford