Faculty
Raymond Yu Wang (王雨)
Address: Center for Social Sciences, Southern University of Science and Technology, 1088 Xueyuan Avenue, Shenzhen 518055, P. R. China
Email: wangy63@sustech.edu.cn
Bio
Dr. Raymond Yu Wang is an Associate Professor at the Center for Social Sciences at Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech). He earned a Bachelor of Science in Geography from Beijing Normal University, an MPhil in Natural Resources Management from Renmin University of China, and a Ph.D. in Geography from the University of Hong Kong. Before joining SUSTech, Dr. Wang served as an Associate Professor in the School of Government at Sun Yat-sen University and as a Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Hong Kong. Dr. Wang’s research, grounded in political geography and political ecology, primarily explores the intersections of environmental governance, modernization, and social-ecological transformations in the Global South, with a special focus on Greater China and Southeast Asia. His work encompasses diverse topics related to water and land, including irrigation institutions, regional and transboundary water governance, hydraulic infrastructures, land development and urbanization, and public participation and environmental NGOs. Dr. Wang’s research has garnered support from various funding bodies, including the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), the Ministry of Education, and the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province. His scholarly contributions have been published in prestigious journals such as The China Quarterly, Journal of Contemporary China, Regulation & Governance, Ecology & Society, and Land Use Policy. In addition to his research, Dr. Wang has served on the editorial boards of Water Alternatives and the International Journal of Water Resources Development. He also holds membership in multiple academic organizations, including the Cultural Geography Committee and the Political Geography Committee of the Chinese Geographical Society, the Environmental Sociology Committee of the Chinese Sociological Society.
Research areas
Political Ecology; Political Geography; Cultural Geography; Water Governance; Environmental Politics
Education Background
2009 - 2014, The University of Hong Kong, Ph.D. in Human Geography
2007 - 2009, Renmin University of China, M.Phil. in Natural Resources Management
2003 - 2007，Beijing Normal University, B.Sc. in Geography
Academic Positions
2020 - present, Center for Social Sciences, Southern University of Science and Technology, Associate Professor
2016-2020, School of Government, Sun Yat-sen University, Associate Professor
2014-2016, Faculty of Social Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Post-doctoral Fellow
Professional services and outreach
Water Alternatives, Editorial Board Member
International Journal of Water Resources Development, Editorial Board Member
Political Geography and Geo-relations Committee, Geographical Society of China, Committee Member
Chinese Association for Administrative Division and Regional Development Promotion, Committee Member
Environmental Sociology Committee, Sociological Society of China, Committee Member
Representative Academic Publications
1. Wang, R. Y. (2024). (Re)producing uneven waterscapes in South China: the materiality and spatiality of the Dongshen Inter-Basin Water Supply Project. Geographical Research, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1111/1745-5871.12684
2. Wang, R. Y., Liu, X. F., & Zhang, W. Y. (2022). China's Water Governmentality and the Shaping of Hydrosocial Territories in the Lancang-Mekong Region. The China Quarterly, 252, 1233-1255. doi:10.1017/S0305741022000820
3. Wang, R. Y., & Liu, Q*. (2022). Probing NGO–community interactions through village cadres and principal–agent relationships: Local effects on the operation of NGO projects in rural China. Journal of Contemporary China, 31(135), 445-458. doi:10.1080/10670564.2021.1966904
4. Wang, R. Y., van Rijswick, M., & Dai, L. (2022). Improving connectivity in water governance: the implementation of water cooperation mechanisms in disparate political and social contexts. International Journal of Water Resources Development, 38(4), 545-553. doi:10.1080/07900627.2022.2071848
5. Wang, R. Y., Cheng, T. P., & Wang, O. B. (2021). Institutional bricolage in irrigation governance in rural northwest China: Diversity, legitimacy, and persistence. Water Alternatives, 14(2), 350-370.
6. Wang, R. Y., & Cheng, T. P. (2021). Integrating institutions with local contexts in community-based irrigation governance: A qualitative systematic review of variables, combinations, and effects. International Journal of the Commons, 15(1), 320–337. doi:http://doi.org/10.5334/ijc.1108
7. Wang, R. Y., Lam, W. F., & Wang, J. X. (2021). Irrigation management in East Asia: Institutions, socio-economic transformation and adaptations. Water Alternatives, 14(2), 319-331.
8. Wang, R. Y., Ng, C. N., & Qi, X. X.* (2020). The Chinese characteristics of payments for ecosystem services: a conceptual analysis of water eco-compensation mechanisms. International Journal of Water Resources Development, 36(4), 651-669. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2019.1605889
9. Wang, R. Y., Liu, T., & Dang, H. (2018). Bridging critical institutionalism and fragmented authoritarianism in China: An analysis of centralized water policies and their local implementation in semi-arid irrigation districts. Regulation & Governance, 12(4), 451-465. doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/rego.12198
10. Wang, R. Y., Ng, C. N., Lenzer Jr, J. H., Dang, H. P., Liu, T & Yao, S. J. (2017). Unpacking water conflicts: A reinterpretation of coordination problems in China’s water governance system. International Journal of Water Resources Development. 33(4), 553-569. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2016.1197824
11. Wang, R. Y., Si, Z. Z., Ng, C. N., & Scott, S. (2015). The transformation of trust in China's alternative food networks: disruption, reconstruction, and development. Ecology and Society, 20(2). doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.5751/ES-07536-200219