About the project
The impetus for this Centre is to enable Chinese decision makers to establish efficient abatement strategies on environmental challenges through ensuring a sustainable development. Environmental change needs to be analyzed in the context of the social, political and economic setting of contemporary China. In order to obtain this knowledge, integrated assessment studies of the ways pollution, climate change, and inadequate resource management affect the environment and humans are required.
- Information pamphlet (pdf)
- SINCIERE slide presentation (pdf)
Objectives
Our SINCIERE Vision:
- To act as a catalyst and mediator for cooperation between China and Norway within the field of environmental research.
- Facilitate interdisciplinary and policy relevant research and serve as a node for a broad network of associated institutions.
Background
CIENS is a strategic research collaboration between independent research establishments: CICERO, NIBR, NIKU, NILU, NINA,TØI, the Norwegian Meteorological Institute, the Oslo Metropolitan University and the University of Oslo.
- Members of SINCIERE on Norwegian side are UiO and CIENS.
- Member on Chinese side is RCEES.
- Associated members are all the partners of the Norwegian members as well as from CAS , CASS , CRAES , Chinese Universities (Agricultural, Nanjing, Peking, Renmin, Tsinghua, and Wuhan).
- CAS, CASS and CRAES are all affiliated with relevant Ministries in China, carry out, and finance strategic research in compliance with national priorities. CAS is the largest and most important source for developing research politics and strategies in China.
Staff
We have an office and a staff consisting of Chinese and Norwegian director and a scientific coordinator. The Norwegian Director is Professor Rolf D. Vogt. Kari Kveseth is the Administrative and Scientific Coordinator.