Understanding China’s Covid-19 Pandemic Workshops

Understanding China’s Covid-19 Pandemic

Workshop I: China’s National and Sub-National Responses to the Pandemic

Wednesday 9 February 2022, 10:00 – 13.40 (GMT/UTC)

https://uofglasgow.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAtcuyurjIrHddzCL72vipzUv7luytiZziC 

10.00am: Welcome and opening remarks by Professor Jane Duckett, University of Glasgow 

Panel 1 (Each paper: 20 mins presentation + 15 mins Q&A) 

10:05 – 11.30

Chair: Holly Snape

10.05–10.40: Qian Jiwei & Yoel Kornreich, National University of Singapore and Tel Aviv University
“Laws, ‘Directed Improvisation’ and Sticks: China’s Response to the First Wave of Covid-19”
Abstract 1

10.40–11.15: Bao Yajun & He Haibo, Peking University
“Strong Integrated Governance: Logic Analysis of County Area Governance for China's Covid-19 Prevention and Control” (NB: in Chinese)
Abstract 2

11.15 –11.30: Panel open discussion

11.30 –11.40: BREAK

 

Panel 2 (Each paper: 20 mins presentation + 15 mins Q&A)   

11:40 – 13:10

Chair: Ciqi Mei, Hua Wang

11.40 –12.15: Zhang Gaorong & Xiao Diwen, East China University of Political Science and Law and Guangdong Institute of Public Administration
“Risk Aversion, Political Status and Crisis Response Adjustments during the Covid-19 Era: Evidence from China”
Abstract 3

12.15 –12.50: Tai Yuehong, Yao Jielu & Elise Pizzi, University of Iowa and Wesleyan University
“Variations in Government Responsiveness: Policy Innovation and Diffusion during the Covid-19 Crisis”
Abstract 4

12.50 –13.10: Panel open discussion

13.10 –13.20: BREAK

13.20 –13.40: Workshop final roundtable discussion

 

Understanding China’s Covid-19 Pandemic

Workshop II: Covid-19 and Chinese Politics

Wednesday, 23 February 2022, 10:00 – 13.40 (GMT/UTC)

https://uofglasgow.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYvdu2gqTgtHdRpcGwNnDo_5ZYLaME14TgB

10.00: Welcome and opening remarks by Professor Jane Duckett, University of Glasgow

Panel 1 (Each paper: 20 mins presentation + 15 mins Q&A)

Chair: Sabrina Habich-Sobiegalla, Franziska Plümmer

10.05 –10.40: Qin Xuan & Catherine Owen, Fudan University and University of Exeter
“The Role of the CCP in Grassroots Policy Implementation: The Case of Covid-19"
Abstract 5

10.40 –11.15: Holly Snape, Weinan Wang & Hua Wang, University of Glasgow
“The Reach of the Party: Covid-19 ‘Community Prevention and Control’ in the People’s Republic of China"
Abstract 6

11.15 –11.30: Panel open discussion

11.30 –11.40: BREAK

 

Panel 2 (Each paper: 20 mins presentation + 15 mins Q&A)

11:40 – 13:10

Chair: Yingru Li

11.40am–12.15pm: Kailing Xie & Yunyun Zhou, University of Birmingham and University of Oslo
“Gendering National Sacrifices: The Making of New Heroines in China’s Counter-Covid-19 TV Series”
Abstract 7

12.15pm–12.50pm: Chi Zhang, University of St Andrews
“‘Class Enemies Hiding among the People’: China’s Mass Mobilisation Mechanism during the Covid-19 Pandemic” 
Abstract 8

12.50pm–13.10pm: Panel open discussion

13.10pm–13.20pm: BREAK

13.20pm–13.40pm: Workshop final roundtable discussion