PhD Seminar on Sustainable City Development:

Theories, methods, challenges, and experiences in China and the

Nordic countries, Fudan University, 30-31.10.2014

Venues:

§  Nordic Centre, Fudan University

§  Mahota Eco-Farm, Chongming Island

Organized by

§  Sino-Nordic "Urban Governance for Sustainable Cities Network" (UGN)

§  School of Social Development and Public Policy, University of Fudan

§  Fudan Nordic Centre, Shanghai

§  NIAS Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, Copenhagen

Structure: Presentation 20 min, discussant 5 minutes each and discussion 20 min

Program:

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30
Lunch
9:00 / Introduction
9:15 / Keynote: Dorthe Hedenstedt Lund
Governance models in the Nordic context and how they conflict
coffee/tea break
10:30 / Zhao Chunli
Revitalization of Cycling in a Former Bicycle Kingdom: Beijing
(Discussants: Yi Longfei, Outi Luova)
Kristin Ljungkvist
Climate change – a global problem yet utterly local
(Discussants: Hanne Wiemann Nielsen, Ren Yuan)
12:10-14:00 / Lunch
14:00-14:50 / Session 1
Zhu Hao
Environmental Governance, Due Process Theory and Social Innovation: the Case of Jiaxing City
(Discussants: Chen Dan; Jørgen Delman) / Session 2
Gustav Sundqvist
Working Class Ideology in the Workers’ Paradise - The Ideological Expressions of China’s Labour NGOs
(Discussants: Zhang Shen, Oscar Almén)
14:50-16:30 / Yi Longfei
The politics of local administration and environmental governance——in the case of Jiaxing model
(Discussants:Tan Jiaxin, Lise Herslund) / Chen Dan
Integration and Acceptance: The Human Capital Effects in Sustainable City in China
(Discussants: Gustav Sundqvist, Oscar Almén)
coffee/ tea break
Zhang Shen: A Study on the Household Carbon Emissions from the Perspective of the Social Stratification Theory
(Discussants: Zhao Chunli ,Ren Yuan
18:00-20:00 / Dinner
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31
08:30 / Set off from Hotel by bus
10:00 / Arrive at the farm
10:10- / Short videos about the farm
10:15 / Hanne Wiemann Nielsen
Big Cities – Quiet Places: exploring the possible links between immaterial and material qualities of place and their importance for sustainable urban planning
(Discussants: Zhu Hao, Outi Luova)
11:15 / Tan Jiaxin
Risk communication on water pollution: Interfacing between government agencies and citizens in Dongying city, the Yellow River Delta of China
(Discussants: Kristin Ljungkvist, Oscar Almén)
12:10 / Lunch: healthy hotpot
13:30 / Keynote: Dr Shen Jie
"Significance of China for theory building in urban studies"
14:30-15:00 / Concluding discussion
15:00 / Introduction to the farm and activities
16:00-17:30 / Return to hotel by bus