Tonghua Li

Research

Title of research:

The high politics of food: investigating the intersection between geopolitics, food security and environmental sustainability

Brief overview of research topic:

I am doing a PhD co-supervised by Professor Tony Heron in the Department of Politics & International Relations and Jonathan Green at the Stockholm Environment Institute, York. I am interested in studying how geopolitical dynamics alter food production and consumption patterns and reflect on the potential impacts of such changes on environmental sustainability.

Funding

University of York - China Scholarship Council (CSC) joint-funded PhD Scholarship

Research interests

environmental politics, food security, the political economy of international relations, global trade and sustainable production and consumption, Geopolitics.

Tonghua is a researcher on the PhD in Environment and Politics.

Qualifications

Qualifications

• Master of Science in International Relations (Distinction), University of Glasgow, UK
• Bachelor of Management in Agricultural & Forestry Economics Management, Yunnan Agricultural University (Co-operation Programme with New Zealand Lincoln University), China and New Zealand

Teaching

Seminar- Introduction to Comparative Politics (POL00013C) 2024-2025 

Seminar- York Policy Lab (POL00016C) 2024-2025 

Presentations

“Food security and green trade in the shadow of geopolitics - a case study of the US-China trade war”, Green Trade Lab Annual Workshop, KU Leuven, Belgium, July 2024