【cideg academic seminar no.96】
strategies for lead markets in e-mobility in china and germany
speaker: holger b？r, research fellow at the environmental policy research centre (ffu), freie universit？t ,berlin
moderator: chen ling, associate professor of school of public policy and management, tsinghua university
time: 15:00-17:00, april 17th, 2013
venue: room 609,
language: english
organizer: center for industrial development and environmental governance（cideg）, tsinghua universtiy
brief introduction：
sustainable development can only be achieved by extensive innovation in environmental technology and its rapid international diffusion. the crucial factors for this are the creation and extension of lead markets since they provide a platform to gain experience on the basis of which technological achievement and international diffusion can be pushed forward. currently, newly industrialised countries are preparing to leapfrog into a position of technological leadership.
the research project on lead markets for environmental innovations has been studying lead markets and strategies for those in several countries and technologies. the presentation will present preliminary findings from the analysis of lead market strategies for lead markets in e-mobility in china and germany.
the chinese and german governments have announced their goal to become a lead market in the technology. both countries start from different positions in terms of technological capacity and industrial development and employ significantly different strategies in fostering a lead market in this technology field. the presentation will present these strategies and contrast them to highlight similarities and differences between them – and will discuss the potentials of international cooperation in the field.
bio of speaker:
holger b？r joined the environmental policy research centre as an intern and later student assistant in june 2008. since september 2009, he works at the as a research fellow on a variety of topics related to the ecological modernization of the economy, environmental and climate policy as well as sustainable development. in this field, he has researched policies to foster innovation in environmental technologies, the use of public procurement and means to foster the transfer of environmental policies and technologies, political strategies to retrench environmentally harmful subsidies as well as combining developmental and environmental policy goals, in particularly in china.
he holds a m.a. in political science and public administration from the university of constance, germany and a b.a. in economics and social sciences from the university of erfurt, germany. during his studies, he spent one term at the university of tartu, estonia and studied for two terms at the faculty of environmental studies at york university, toronto.
during his studies, he received scholarships from the german academic exchange service, the heinrich-b？ll-foundation and the haniel-foundation.