CV Yixian Sun, Last update Jan. 31, 2016
Yixian Sun
The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (IHEID)
Chemin Eugène-Rigot 2, PO Box 136, 1211 Geneva 21, Switzerland
E-mail: [email protected], Tel: +41 78 790 16 91, www.yixiansun.com
Research Interests
Global Environmental Governance, Private authority, International Institutions and International
Organizations, International Political Economy, Environmental Policy in China, Climate Change
Current Position
Doctoral Researcher of the project “Transnational Private Governance for the Environment in China”,
Centre for International and Environmental Studies, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
(from Sept. 2015 to Aug. 2018).
Education
Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, Switzerland
Ph.D., International Relations/Political Science, August 2018 (expected)
 Supervisors: Liliana Andonova, Thomas Hale (Oxford University)
M.A. International Relations/Political Science, September 2009
Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
M.A., International Relations, June 2013
B.A., French, June 2010
Sciences Po, Paris, France,
Certificate of One-year Exchange Program (64 ECTS), Political Science and Economics, July 2009
Publications
- Peer-reviewed articles:
“Transnational Public-Private Partnerships as Learning Facilitators: The Case of Global Governance on Mercury.” Review and
Resubmission to Global Environmental Politics.
“Private Government in Advanced Industrial Democracies.” (with Liliana Andonova). In Oxford Bibliographies in Political
Science. Forthcoming. New York: Oxford University Press.
“Microblogging-Based Civic Participation on Environment in China: A Case Study of the PM 2.5 Campaign.” (with Irina
Fedorenko). VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations. 2015. Online first article (May 19):
1-29. Available from http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s11266-015-9591-1. doi: 10.1007/s11266-015-9591-1.
“The Causes of the NATO Crisis between France and the United States in the Period of de Gaulle.” Journal of Historical
Science (Shi Xue Yue Kan 《史学月刊》). 2013. 7(1): 128-131. (In Chinese)
- Book translation (from French to Chinese):
Expedition of China (《远征中国》). (with Kang An). By Paul Varin, Shanghai: Zhong Xi Book Company, 2011.
Work in Progress
“The Uptake of Private Environmental Governance in China.”
“Why Participating in Transnational Private Governance of Climate Change? A Cross-national
Analysis” (with Liliana Andonova).
Conference Presentation
International Studies Association Annual Convention, March 2016, Atlanta
Swiss Political Science Association Annual Congress, January 2016, Basel
European Consortium for Political Research General Conference, August 2015, Montreal.
Chinese Community of Political Science and International Studies Annual Conference, July 2015, Beijing.
Association for Asian Studies Annual Conference, March 2015, Chicago.
Awards & Grants
2015
Swiss National Science Foundation Doc.CH Fellowship (CHF 203’544 for a duration of three years)
ECPR Travel Grant for the ECPR General Conference 2015 (EUR 250)
Swiss Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences Travel Grant for International Conferences (CHF 1000).
2012 - 2014 Scholarship of the Graduate Institute (IHEID), Geneva.
2013
Best Delegation in the Oikos WTO Model 2013, organized by University of St. Gallen and WTO.
2010
First Prize of the Bachelor Thesis of Jiangsu Province and Best Bachelor Thesis of Nanjing University.
2007-2009 First Prize of People’s Scholarship awarded by Nanjing University for the excellence of study.
2008
No.4 of the national blog competition awarded by the Embassy of France in China, Beijing.
Academic Service
2014 - present
Sept. 2014
Organizer of Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Seminar, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies.
Student Committee of the Environmental Politics Junior Faculty Search, Graduate Institute of
International and Development Studies.
Assistantships & Consultancy
Jan. 2015 - present
July 2014 – Aug. 2015
May - Sept. 2013
2011
Writer and Editor for the Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB),
International Institute for Sustainable Development, Reporting Services (IISD RS).
Research assistant and coordinator of the EU Marie Curie Project “Macrohist”
Intern at United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Chemicals Branch, Division of
Technology, Industry and Economics, Geneva, Switzerland.
Teaching assistant for the undergraduate course People’s Republic of China’s Foreign
Relationship, Department of History, Nanjing University
Languages
Chinese (mandarin)
Native
English
Fluent
Fluent
French
Computer Skills
Stata, Nvivo, R (basic), Pajek, MS Office, Prezi, LaTeX
Association Membership
Association for Asian Studies, European Consortium for Political Research, International Studies Association,
Swiss Political Science Association
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