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Following the Threads of China’s New Science Silk Road (🌐 Online Event)
🌏 Online Talk: Following the Threads of China’s New Science Silk Road
📅 Date: Monday, 9 December 2025
🕒 Time: 7:00 AM – 8:10 AM GMT+1
📍 Location: Online – Hosted from Sydney 🇦🇺
🌐 Organizer: China Studies Centre
🏷️ Description:
As China becomes an increasingly significant actor in global science, its policies are also extending outward. This talk, part of the CSC International Research Webinar Series, explores the relatively underexamined “Science Silk Road” component of China’s Belt and Road Initiative. Focusing on emerging international research partnerships, infrastructure investments, and exchanges, the event also delves into the methodological challenges of studying China’s global scientific reach from outside its borders.
💬 Includes livestream and Q&A session with the speaker.
🎤 Speakers:
Anna Lisa Ahlers – Head of the Lise Meitner Research Group “China in the Global System of Science” at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science; Professor II at the University of Oslo
🎟️ Free – Registration required
🔗 Livestream & registration
🧾 Topics: China’s Global Science Policy, Belt and Road Initiative, Science Diplomacy, International Collaboration, Research Infrastructure, Science & Technology