On Wednesday May 30th, Dr. Bryan Tilt will share state-of-the-art findings of his research in China. His presentation will examine values, goals, and priorities in China’s environmental bureaucracy and their implications for sustainable development. The event will be held in the Gregory Forum and is open/free to the public.
This is his description of the presentation: “As economic reforms have transformed the People’s Republic of China over the past several decades, rapid industrial development has resulted in air and water pollution problems that threaten the health of China’s citizens and damage the environment. This presentation, based on recent fieldwork in an industrial township in Sichuan Province, examines community perceptions of pollution and the regulatory decisions of pollution monitoring and enforcement officials. The presentation discusses the values, goals and priorities in China’s environmental bureaucracy and their implications for sustainable development.”
Bryan Tilt is an assistant professor of anthropology at Oregon State University. His research focuses on sustainable development in China, with emphasis on the implications of industrial pollution for human health and ecological sustainability.