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Courses
Taught in 2009-2010
1st
term:
GRM3021 Final Year Thesis I
GRM3401 Strategic Environmental Assessment
GRM5001 Research Seminar I
2nd
term:
Teaching
Fields
Sustainability and governance
Energy and sustainability
Strategic Environmental Assessment
Research
Interests
Environmental governance and related mechanisms
Strategic Environmental Assessment
Conceptions of environmental sustainability, growth and progress
Services/Posts
Associate Fellow, Institute of European Environmental Policy (IEEP)
Member, International Association for Impact Assessment (IAIA)
Member, Training and Development Committee of the IAIA
Selected
Publications
Bina, O., Wallington, T., and Thissen, W. (in press 2009) on 'Strategic Environmental Assessment: Theory and Research' to 'International Experience and Perspectives in Strategic Environmental Assessment' Eds. Barry Sadler and Jiri Dusik, London: Earthscan.
Partidario, M., Sheate, W., Bina, O. and Byron, H. (2009) 'Sustainability Assessment for agriculture scenarios in Europe's mountain areas: lessons from six pilot studies', Environmental Management. 43, 144-165, 10.1007/s00267-008-9206-3
Bina, O. (2008) 'Context and systems - thinking more broadly about effectiveness in Strategic Environmental Assessment. The case of China', Environmental Management. 42 (4):717-733.
Bina, O. (2008) A review of 'Theory & Practice of Strategic Environmental Assessment: Towards a more systematic approach' (by Thomas B. Fischer), Environmental Impact Assessment Review.
Bina, O. (2008) 'Strategic Environmental Assessment' to 'Innovation in Environmental Policy? Integrating Environment for Sustainability' Eds. Andrew Jordan and Andrea Lenschow, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.
Bina, O. (2007) 'A critical review of the dominant lines of argumentation on the need for Strategic Environmental Assessment', Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 27:585-606.
Wallington, T. Bina, O. and Thissen, W. (2007) 'Theorising Strategic Environmental Assessment: Fresh Perspectives and Future Challenges', Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 27:569-584.
Sheate, W., Partidario, M., Byron, H. and Bina, O. (2007) 'Sustainability Assessment of Scenarios for Agriculture Development and Biodiversity Conservation in Mountain Areas', Environmental Management, 41 (2):282:299.
Bina, O. (2006) In search of governance amid disconnection: a review of 'Governance for Sustainable Development - A foundation for the future' (editors: Ayre, G. and Callway, R., 2005), Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal, September.
Owens, S., Rayner, T. and Bina, O. (2004) New agendas for appraisal: reflections on theory, practice and research, Environment and Planning A, 36:1943-1959.
Conference Papers and Other
Bina, O. and Soromenho-Marques, V. (2008) Inequality, Trust and Opportunity, Chinadialogue, 5 November 2008, www.chinadialogue.net (English and Chinese).
Bina, O. (2008) Relevance of Europeˇ¦s Environmental Policy Integration Concept for China: Evidence of De Facto EPI and Questions About Effectiveness, EPIGOV Papers No. 37, Ecologic - Institute for International and European Environmental Policy, Berlin, available at: http://www.ecologic.de/projekte/epigov/download-area.htm.
Bina, O. (2007) Despair or hope? China's choice between ecological crisis and sustainable futures. In 2007 Beijing International Conference on Environmental Sociology - Collection Part I, Centre for Studies of Sociological Theory and Method, Renmin University of China, held at Remin University of China, Beijing, pp. 69-100.
Research Projects
European Commission Asia Pro-ECO project. Lead Scientist and co-author of a successful proposal for the 2.5-year project (463,000 Euro) on 'Policy Instruments for Chinese Sustainable Future: Environmental Policy Integration and Strategic Environmental Assessment for the Energy and Transport Sectors'. The application was led and submitted by the Wuppertal Institute.
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