Oct 19, 2022
China's Rise Challenges Notions of the Science-State Relations
- 14:00 to 15:30
- Lecture
- Lise Meitner Research Group
- Caroline Wagner (The Ohio State University)
The rapid rise in China’s scientific capacity and strength on the global stage challenges concepts of the science-state relationship. Centuries of close ties between thriving scientific bases and democratic political systems led many to postulate that the two systems are interlinked and interdependent. In the 21st century, China’s science policy has contributed to a robust scientific system in a different type of state model. Theories of the relationships between science and the state, including the roles of science policy, planning, and investment, must be re-examined in light of China’s rapid rise in the world’s science and technology system. This talk will address these challenges and engage alternative hypotheses.
Biography
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Caroline WagnerCaroline S. Wagner is a Professor in the John Glenn College of Public Affairs, The Ohio State University, and the inaugural holder of the Milton & Roslyn Wolf Chair in International Affairs. She is an affiliate of Battelle Center for Science in the Public Interest, and the East Asian Studies Center. Dr. Wagner earned a doctorate from the University of Amsterdam School of Communications Studies (ASCoR) in Science and Technology Dynamics, Netherlands, under the guidance of Prof. dr. Loet Leydesdorff. She is the author, most notably, of The New Invisible College: Science for Development (2009).
Contact and Registration
Please register at the following link:
https://zoom.us/j/99212904798?pwd=ZE9jNXhocVB2Ry85cU9YY3VMNkdiQT09
This event is part of the LMRG & BCCN Lecture Series "China—The New Science Superpower?" For further information about the series, specific sessions, or questions concerning registration, please contact office-ahlers@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de.
About This Series
China’s push to become a leading science power is unprecedented in its speed, scope and, arguably, success. Reactions to China’s rise in global science are dichotomous: some anticipate that science made in China may come to dominate global academia while others deem it impossible to achieve scientific leadership under an authoritarian regime. A focus on rankings and statistics alone is apparently not enough to grasp the origins, characteristics, and the possible futures of China as a science superpower.
This monthly lecture series will bring together fresh empirical insights and intriguing theoretical reflections about the development of the science system in the People’s Republic of China and its global integration. Representing a variety of social science perspectives, our guest speakers will explore the evolution of Chinese science policy, interactions of societal norms and values and academia in the PRC, factors that enable or constrain scientific innovation, the global reception of scientific output and investment from China, the securitization of international collaboration, and much more.
