We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Jessica DiCarlo as Chevalier Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Transportation and Development in China at the Institute of Asian Research, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs at the University of British Columbia.
Jessica’s research focuses on Chinese capital and infrastructure as global drivers of political-economic and environmental change. Her dissertation drew on seventeen months of ethnographic fieldwork in Laos and China, where she examined the construction and planning of the Laos-China railway and related economic zones. She situates her research in critical development studies, political ecology, political and economic geography, and infrastructure studies.
At SPPGA, she aims to develop a policy-oriented research agenda centered on Chinese development, holding two policy workshops during her tenure.
She is especially excited to teach a course for SPPGA’s professional Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs.
Professor Kristen Hopewell, Canada Research Chair in Global Policy and Wilson China Fellow, shares: “We are delighted to have Jessica DiCarlo join us as the Chevalier Postdoctoral Fellow. Jessica brings an exciting program of research on China’s Belt and Road Initiative, and will enrich our policy engagement and teaching activities in this important area.”
