Date: Monday September 2^nd, 2024

Time: 4:00 -5:30 PM

Venue: WDR 1003

Speaker: Pippa Morgan, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Duke Kunshan University

Description

This book unpacks the political economy of China’s COVID-19 vaccine supplies to the Global South. Examining the political and economic forces at play, the book demonstrates how China’s vaccine provisions have been determined by a complex set of commercial interests, domestic politics and geopolitical relationships.

The book sheds light on how domestic interests shape China’s role in global governance and its international economic engagement. Its analysis contributes to broader academic debates on the politics and economics of crises, as well as offering new insights on how pre-existing political and market forces shape aid and trade in the context of crisis.

Bio

Pippa Morgan is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Duke Kunshan University. Her research mainly focuses on the political economy of South-South economic engagement, in particular China’s foreign aid, investment, contracting activities, and contribution to global health.

Pippa is the author of the book Chinese COVID-19 Vaccine Supplies to the Global South: Between Politics and Business, published in 2022 by Bristol University Press. Her research has also been published in various journals including Oxford Development Studies, China Quarterly, International Studies Quarterly, and Third World Quarterly.