Su Bai

I am a DPhil student in International Relations at Brasenose College, University of Oxford. My research interests centre around China’s environmental foreign policy. My combined DPhil–MPhil project examines how China manages a “green” image in international environmental regimes and when investing in the Global South, with a regional focus on South America. My research is funded by the ESRC Grand Union DTP.

Before joining DPIR, I obtained a BSc in International Relations from LSE and received the Coral Bell Prize for the best overall degree performance. My undergraduate dissertation examines normative contestation and competing leadership among China, the European Union, and the United States during the 2009 Copenhagen Conference on Climate Change (COP15). I also completed an MSc in Environmental Policy and Regulation at LSE, during which I researched the effectiveness of private environmental standards and corporate environmental sustainability reporting practices.

I have interned with the UNFCCC Adaptation Division and worked as an assistant researcher for several think tanks, including the International Institute of Green Finance, the Canadian Center for the Responsibility to Protect, and the Center for China and Globalization. I have also worked with private corporations regarding green finance and ESG policies. Outside academia, I am a certified Freediver dedicated to exploring and protecting the ocean.

Research Interests

Chinese Environmental Foreign Policy 

Global Environmental Politics 

Corporate Sustainability Governance

Languages 

Mandarin Chinese (Native) 

English (Native) 

Spanish (B1)