Jesse Rodenbiker's guest appearances

Jesse Rodenbiker

1869, the Cornell University Press Podcast

The Belt and Road Podcast 

OwlTail

Download the free OA ebook:https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501769023/ecological-states/#bookTabs=1Read the transcript:https://otter.ai/u/60p3mmvvIkX1AwQjq7F6O2_eoR4?utm_source=copy_urlIn this episode, we speak with Jesse Rodenbiker, author of the new book Ecological States: Politics of Science and Nature in Urbanizing China. It’s available as a free OA ebook – download it from our website at cornellpress.cornell.edu. Jesse Rodenbiker is Associate Research Scholar at Princeton University with the Center on Contemporary China at the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies and Assistant Teaching Professor at Rutgers University with the Department of Geography.  We spoke to Jesse about China’s urban sustainability efforts and how they are increasing both state power and social inequality in China, the seminal ideas that shaped the field of ecology in China over the past one-hundred years, and the potential lessons that western nations can learn from China’s ecological initiatives.

Download the free OA ebook: <a href="https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501769023/ecological-states/#bookTabs=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501769023/ecological-states/#bookTabs=1</a> Read the transcript: <a href="https://otter.ai/u/60p3mmvvIkX1AwQjq7F6O2_eoR4?utm_source=copy_url" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://otter.ai/u/60p3mmvvIkX1AwQjq7F6O2_eoR4?utm_source=copy_url</a> In this episode, we speak with Jesse Rodenbiker, author of the new book Ecological States: Politics of Science and Nature in Urbanizing China. It’s available as a free OA ebook – download it from our website at <a href="http://cornellpress.cornell.edu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">cornellpress.cornell.edu</a>. Jesse Rodenbiker is Associate Research Scholar at Princeton University with the Center on Contemporary China at the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies and Assistant Teaching Professor at Rutgers University with the Department of Geography. We spoke to Jesse about China’s urban sustainability efforts and how they are increasing both state power and social inequality in China, the seminal ideas that shaped the field of ecology in China over the past one-hundred years, and the potential lessons that western nations can learn from China’s ecological initiatives.

1869, Ep. 134 with Jesse Rodenbiker, author of Ecological States

Tyler Harlan

Juliet is joined by friends and fellow researchers Jesse Rodenbiker and Tyler Harlan to discuss their recent experiences at the COP15 of the Conference on Biological Diversity, China's growing environmental leadership, and China's domestic environmental policies and their impact on BRI initiatives and overseas engagements. Jesse starts off the conversation with some background on China's approach to environmental governance - based on his articles "Making Ecology Developmental: China's Environmental Sciences and Green Modernization in Global Context,"  "Green silk roads, partner state development, and environmental governance," and his upcoming book "Ecological States: Politics of Science and Nature in Urbanizing China." Jesse Rodenbiker is an Associate Research Scholar at Princeton University with the Center on Contemporary China and an Assistant Teaching Professor of Geography at Rutgers University. He is also currently a fellow of the American Council of Learned Societies, and a China Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. He is a human-environment geographer and interdisciplinary social scientist focusing on environmental governance, urbanization, and social inequality in China and globally.Tyler Harlan is an Assistant Professor of Urban and Environmental Studies at Loyola Marymount University. His research focuses on the political economy and uneven socio-environmental impacts of China's green development transformation and the implications of this transformation for other industrializing countries. Juliet Lu is an Assistant Professor at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver in the Department of Forest Resources Management and the School of Public Policy &amp; Global Affairs.  Recommendations:Jesse:Maoism: A Global History by Julia LovellRosewood by Annah Lake Zhu Tyler:Certifying China by Yixian SunChina and the global politics of nature-based solutions in Environmental Science &amp; Policy  (2022) by Jeffrey Qi (former BRI Pod episode!) and Peter DauvergneChina's rising influence on climate governance: Forging a path for the global South in Global Environmental Change (2022) by Jeffrey Qi and Peter DauvergneJuliet:Check out the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) (where Jeffrey Qi incidentally works ;) for interesting analysis on the Convention on Biological Diversity and China. 

Juliet is joined by friends and fellow researchers Jesse Rodenbiker and Tyler Harlan to discuss their recent experiences at the COP15 of the Conference on Biological Diversity, China's growing environmental leadership, and China's domestic environmental policies and their impact on BRI initiatives and overseas engagements. Jesse starts off the conversation with some background on China's approach to environmental governance - based on his articles "<a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/350189830_Making_Ecology_Developmental_China%27s_Environmental_Sciences_and_Green_Modernization_in_Global_Context" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Making Ecology Developmental</a>: China's Environmental Sciences and Green Modernization in Global Context,"  "<a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14672715.2022.2150249" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Green silk roads, partner state development, and environmental governance</a>," and his upcoming book "<a href="https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501769009/ecological-states/#bookTabs=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ecological States: Politics of Science and Nature in Urbanizing China</a>." <a href="https://www.jesserodenbiker.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jesse Rodenbiker</a> is an Associate Research Scholar at Princeton University with the Center on Contemporary China and an Assistant Teaching Professor of Geography at Rutgers University. He is also currently a fellow of the American Council of Learned Societies, and a China Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. He is a human-environment geographer and interdisciplinary social scientist focusing on environmental governance, urbanization, and social inequality in China and globally. <a href="https://www.tylerharlan.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tyler Harlan </a>is an Assistant Professor of Urban and Environmental Studies at Loyola Marymount University. His research focuses on the political economy and uneven socio-environmental impacts of China's green development transformation and the implications of this transformation for other industrializing countries. <a href="https://julietlu.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Juliet Lu</a> is an Assistant Professor at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver in the Department of Forest Resources Management and the School of Public Policy &amp; Global Affairs.  Recommendations: Jesse:<ul><li><a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/602335/maoism-by-julia-lovell/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Maoism: A Global History</a> by Julia Lovell</li><li><a href="https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674260276&amp;content=bios" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rosewood</a> by Annah Lake Zhu </li></ul>Tyler:<ul><li><a href="https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262543699/certifying-china/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Certifying China</a> by Yixian Sun</li><li><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1462901122002489" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">China and the global politics of nature-based solutions</a> in Environmental Science &amp; Policy  (2022) by Jeffrey Qi (former BRI Pod <a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/196316/episodes/11064437" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">episode</a>!) and Peter Dauvergne</li><li><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S095937802200022X" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">China's rising influence on climate governance: Forging a path for the global South</a> in Global Environmental Change (2022) by Jeffrey Qi and Peter Dauvergne</li></ul>Juliet:<ul><li>Check out the <a href="https://www.iisd.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)</a> (where Jeffrey Qi incidentally works ;) for interesting analysis on the Convention on Biological Diversity and China. </li></ul>