James Keeley is a China specialist working on agriculture, environment and science and innovation. His research and consultancy focuses on policy processes, governance and the political economy of change. He was formerly a Research Officer at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, and is currently a Senior Researcher at the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), based in London. He co-authored ‘Understanding Environmental Policy Processes: cases from Africa’ (Earthscan, 2003, with Ian Scoones), and ‘China: the next science superpower?’ (Demos, 2007, with James Wilsdon). He has spent several years living and working in China, and can work in Chinese.

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Participation in Policy Practice Projects

• DFID China Country Programme Evaluation

Experience outside The Policy Practice

Demos Atlas of Ideas Project, Report on China - 2007

• Paper: Wilsdon, J. and J. Keeley, 2007. China: the Next Science Superpower? Demos Pamphlet. Atlas of Ideas Series. (London: Demos)'

Research on biotechnology policy in China 2003 - 2006

• Paper: Keeley, J. 2006. Balancing technological innovation and environmental regulation: an analysis of Chinese agricultural biotechnology governance. Environmental Politics. Vol 15. No. 2. Special Issue on Environmental Governance in China. April

• Paper: Keeley, J. 2005. Interrogating China's Biotech Revolution: the developmental state meets the risk society. In M. Leach, I. Scoones and B. Wynne. Science, citizenship and globalisation. London: Zed Press

• Paper: Keeley, J. 2003. The biotech developmental state? Investigating the Chinese gene revolution. IDS Working Paper 207, Biotechnology Policy Series, no 6

• Paper: Keeley, J. 2003. Regulating biotechnology in China: the politics of biosafety. IDS Working Paper 208, Biotechnology Policy Series, no 7

Research on biotechnology policy in Zimbabwe - 2003

• Paper: Keeley, J. and I. Scoones. 2003. Seeds in a globalised world: agricultural biotechnology in Zimbabwe. IDS Working Paper 189, Biotechnology Policy Series, no 8

• Paper: Keeley, J. and I. Scoones. 2003. Contexts for regulation: GMOs in Zimbabwe. IDS Working Paper 190, Biotechnology Policy Series, no 9

Briefing paper on biotechnology - 2003

• Paper: Keeley, J (ed) 2003. Democratising Biotechnology. IDS Briefing Series. Series of 13 Briefings. IDS: Brighton

Major Study of Environmental Policy Processes in Africa - 2003

• Paper: Keeley, J. and I. Scoones. 2003. Understanding Environmental Policy Processes: cases from Africa. London:Earthscan

Research on policy processes for sustainable livelihoods - 2001

• Paper: Keeley, J. 2001. Influencing policy processes for Sustainable Livelihoods: strategies for change. Lessons for Change in Institutions and Policy No. 2. IDS: Brighton