I am delighted to pass along the call for papers for a future issue in China Global Pulse developed around the theme: China’s Science Silk Road and the New Geopolitics of Knowledge Production. The details of the CfP follows below.
Global China Pulse (GCP) is a biannual Open Access journal that focuses on China’s international engagements in their various manifestations. Launched in 2022 as a spin-off of The People’s Map of Global China and as a sister publication of the Made in China Journal, GCP aims to provide scholars and practitioners conducting grounded research on China’s global footprint with a platform to publish content in diverse styles and experiment with various approaches and formats. GCP rests on two pillars: the conviction that today more than ever it is necessary to bridge the gap between the scholarly community, civil society, and the public; and the related belief that Open Access is essential to ethically reappropriate academic research from commercial publishers who restrict the free circulation of ideas. The journal is published by the Global China Lab, a non-profit organisation founded by some members of our editorial board with the aim of advancing open knowledge about China.
Global China Pulse 1/2027: China’s Science Silk Road and the New Geopolitics of Knowledge Production
As part of its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), China has launched the ‘Science Silk Road’ program, aimed at investing in science and research cooperation with countries along the newly envisioned Silk Road. Whether it is Chinese researchers collecting climate data in the Amazon, conducting space research in the Arctic, or sharing ‘Chinese wisdom and solutions’ in urban governance across Asia and Africa, the Science Silk Road has driven the rapid emergence of new science infrastructures and networks with complex implications for the South, North, and beyond. While the Science Silk Road promises to foster research cooperation that addresses global challenges and promotes sustainable development, it also marks a new arena of geopolitical contestation between the United States and China.
Yet little is currently known about whether, and how, the Science Silk Road shapes research, society and development in BRI countries and globally. Does the Science Silk Road give rise to distinct ways of doing science and research? How does China’s science and research cooperation address local-global development challenges? And how does China’s science diplomacy reshape the existing global science system, along with its networks and partnerships?
For this special issue of Global China Pulse, we invite contributions that critically examine the Science Silk Road’s multi-level impacts on BRI countries, established science powers, and international research cooperation.
Submission Details: Pitches of up to 300 words should be submitted by 30 September 2026. Full manuscripts, upon acceptance, will be due by 31 January 2027. Please send your abstracts and inquiries to editors[at]madeinchinajournal[dot]com. For specific inquiries about this call for papers, please contact our guest editors:
Han Cheng, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, hcheng[at]mpiwg-berlin[dot]mpg[dot]de
Anna Lisa Ahlers, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, alahlers[at]mpiwg-berlin[dot]mpg[dot]de
Hang Zhou, Université Laval, hang[dot]zhou[at]pol[dot]ulaval[dot]ca
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