Sander Chan MA is a doctoral candidate in international environmental governance at the Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM) at the institute for Environmental Studies at VU University Amsterdam. Chan is also a research fellow under the EU Science and Technology Fellowship Programme in China, based at the School for Environment and Environmental Resources of Renmin University of China, Beijing. He is currently conducting research on the emergence, effectiveness and legitimacy of public-private and private-private governance arrangements in China’s sustainability policy. Chan coordinates the China Network of the Earth System Governance Project, a core research project of the International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change (IHDP). In 2009 he initiated the first EU-Earth System Governance Roundtable on the Future of Environmental Governance in China.
Recent Publications:
• Chan, Sander (to be published in 2010) Ethische narratieven en klimaatverandering in een transnationale context. (Ethical Narratives and Climate Change in a Transnational Context). Radix.
• Chan, Sander (2009) Partnerships for Sustainable Development in China: Adaptation of a Global Governance Instrument, European Journal of East Asian Studies. 8:1, pp.121-134
• Chan, Sander and Frank Biermann, Aysem Mert and Philipp Pattberg (2008) Partnerschappen voor duurzame ontwikkeling. In: Burg, Sander van den and Gert Spaargaren and Dick van Lith. Een andere rol voor de overheid? SWOME/VROM Marktdag 2008. Wageningen Universiteit, Leerstoelgroep Milieubeleid. Socio-scientific research on environment and energy/VROM, pp. 65-70.
• Biermann, Frank and Man-san Chan, Aysem Mert and Philipp Pattberg (2007) Multi-stakeholder Partnerships for Sustainable Development: Does the Promise Hold? In: Glasbergen, P., F. Biermann, and A. Mol (eds.) (2007), Partnerships, Governance and Sustainable Development: Reflections on Theory and Practice, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, UK, pp. 239-260. • Chan, Sander and Philipp Pattberg (2008) Private Rule-Making and the Politics of Accountability: Analyzing Global Forest Governance. Global Environmental Politics 8:3, pp. 103-121
• Pattberg, Philipp and Kacper Szulecki, Sander Chan, Aysem Mert (2008) Chapter VII: Assessing the Role and Relevance of the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) in Global Sustainability Governance. In: Partnerships for Sustainability: Examining the Evidence, National Academies of Sciences, Washington DC.
Newspaper contributions:
• Zorgen voor klimaat is naastenliefde. (Climate Care, a question of neighborly love) Article in Dutch. Nederlands Dagblad dd. 28 augustus 2007.
• Westen kan China beter goed voorbeeld geven. (Coal Power in China: West Should Set Example). Nederlands Dagblad dd. 28 juli 2008.
• Constructieve dialoog nodig tussen ChristenUnie en gelovige homo’s. (Constructive Dialogue Between ChristenUnie Party and Gay Christians Necessary). Nederlands Dagblad dd. 17 oktober 2008.
Interviews/Media appearances:
• TV: AT5 (Amsterdam Television, news), Netherlands 1 (‘Netwerk’, news and reports)
• Radio: Radio 1 (‘Dit is de dag’, news and interviews), Business News Radio (News), Amsterdam FM (News), Radio 2 (‘Spijkers met koppen’, VARA television, news and entertainment), Radio 5 (‘OBA Live’, live interviews).
• Interviews with newspapers: Reformatorisch Dagblad (Reformed Daily), Nederlands Dagblad (Netherlands Daily), Volkskrant, NRC Handelsblad, Trouw, De Pers, Metro, Het Parool (Amsterdam).
