The HNC regularly hosts
guest lectures in English and Chinese on a variety of different topics. This past
week, Professor Richard Brubaker, Founder of Collective Responsibility, gave a
lecture on China’s changing economy and the implications for the environment and sustainability.
Professor Richard Brubaker, who is the Founder of Collective
Responsibility, a Shanghai-based sustainability consultancy, gave a lecture titled, “Sustainability,
Leadership and Innovation in China.” Professor Brubaker is a Visiting Professor
of Sustainability at China-Europe International Business School (CEIBS). He was
joined by Chuli Duan, Business Development Manager in Corporate Strategy and
SAIS DC graduate.
The lecture focused on the transition that China’s economy is
undergoing and implications that this has for environmental and other sustainability
concerns in China and across Asia. Professor Brubaker also focused on entrepreneurial
activities in Asian cities that are using new technologies, such as urban
aquaculture, to address sustainability concerns, and the numerous opportunities
that on-going technological change is creating.
