讲座回顾：从批判地理学看水治理的全球实践与学科启示
讲座题目：水与发展：从批判地理学到区域国别研究
主讲人：王雨 南方科技大学社会科学中心副教授、研究员
主持人：巴枫 中国农业大学人文与发展学院/国际发展与全球农业学院 讲师
讲座时间：2025年10月14日（星期二）15:30-17:00
讲座地点：中国农业大学（东校区）新图书馆7318室
讲座语言：中文
讲座内容：水是支撑农业现代化、城镇化、区域与全球发展不可或缺的要素，但其在发展研究中的重要性尚未被充分挖掘。本次报告首先阐释批判地理学区域性、综合性、关系性和辩证性视角，然后通过灌溉、城市水景、国际航运等水—社会系统的跨地方、跨尺度研究，尝试揭示水、技术、权力与发展之间的复杂互动关系，进而呈现水与水利基础设施如何塑造国家和区域的制度、经济、生态以及发展路径。批判地理学强调发展实践与地方性的相互嵌入与相互塑造，能为深入理解不同区域和国家的差异化发展路径提供理论洞见，并为构建全球南方的发展知识体系提供支撑。
主讲人简介：王雨，南方科技大学社会科学中心副教授、研究员、博士生导师，国际期刊International Journal of Water Resources Development主编（editor-in-chief），曾任中山大学政治与公共事务管理学院副教授、“百人计划”引进人才。研究方向为政治生态学、文化地理学和政治地理学，代表性成果揭示了农业现代化、城镇化、全球化过程中的复杂水治理体系及其权力运作机制，基于中国实践经验发展了批判制度主义和水-社会关系等理论框架，深化了关于社会-生态转型过程和机制的认识。近年来主持国家自然科学基金3项，教育部人文社会科学基金2项，在国内外知名期刊上发表学术论文50余篇。兼任中国地理学会文化地理专业委员会、政治地理与地缘关系专业委员会委员，中国社会学会环境社会学专业委员会理事，世界水资源学会中国分会常务理事等社会职务。
Title: Water and Development: From Critical Geography to Country and Region Studies
Speaker: Raymond Yu Wang Associate Professor and Research Fellow at the Center for Social Sciences at Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech)
Moderator: Ba Feng Assistant Professor of CIDGA, COHD, CAU
Time: 15:30-17:00, Tuesday, October 14th, 2025
Venue: Room 7318, New library, East Campus of CAU
Language: Chinese
Overview: Water is an essential element that supports agricultural modernization, urbanization, as well as regional and global development. However, its importance in development studies has not been fully explored. This presentation first explains the regional, integrative, relational, and dialectical perspectives of critical geography. It then attempts to reveal the complex interactions between water, technology, power, and development through trans-local and cross-scale studies of hydrosocial systems, such as irrigation, urban waterscapes, and transboundary navigational systems. The aim is to demonstrate how water and hydraulic infrastructure shape national and regional institutions, economies, ecologies, and development paths. Critical geography emphasizes the interrelations and mutual constitution between development practices and local contexts, offering theoretical insights for a deeper understanding of alternative development paths of different regions and countries, while also supporting the construction of development knowledge for the Global South.
Introduction to the Speaker: Dr. Raymond Yu Wang is an Associate Professor and Research Fellow at the Center for Social Sciences at Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech). Dr. Wang is the editor-in-chief of International Journal of Water Resources Development and an editorial board member of Water Alternatives. Before joining SUSTech, Dr. Wang served as an Associate Professor in the School of Government at Sun Yat-sen University. 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. 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, 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.
讲座回顾：从批判地理学看水治理的全球实践与学科启示
讲座题目：水与发展：从批判地理学到区域国别研究
主讲人：王雨 南方科技大学社会科学中心副教授、研究员
主持人：巴枫 中国农业大学人文与发展学院/国际发展与全球农业学院 讲师
讲座时间：2025年10月14日（星期二）15:30-17:00
讲座地点：中国农业大学（东校区）新图书馆7318室
讲座语言：中文
讲座内容：水是支撑农业现代化、城镇化、区域与全球发展不可或缺的要素，但其在发展研究中的重要性尚未被充分挖掘。本次报告首先阐释批判地理学区域性、综合性、关系性和辩证性视角，然后通过灌溉、城市水景、国际航运等水—社会系统的跨地方、跨尺度研究，尝试揭示水、技术、权力与发展之间的复杂互动关系，进而呈现水与水利基础设施如何塑造国家和区域的制度、经济、生态以及发展路径。批判地理学强调发展实践与地方性的相互嵌入与相互塑造，能为深入理解不同区域和国家的差异化发展路径提供理论洞见，并为构建全球南方的发展知识体系提供支撑。
主讲人简介：王雨，南方科技大学社会科学中心副教授、研究员、博士生导师，国际期刊International Journal of Water Resources Development主编（editor-in-chief），曾任中山大学政治与公共事务管理学院副教授、“百人计划”引进人才。研究方向为政治生态学、文化地理学和政治地理学，代表性成果揭示了农业现代化、城镇化、全球化过程中的复杂水治理体系及其权力运作机制，基于中国实践经验发展了批判制度主义和水-社会关系等理论框架，深化了关于社会-生态转型过程和机制的认识。近年来主持国家自然科学基金3项，教育部人文社会科学基金2项，在国内外知名期刊上发表学术论文50余篇。兼任中国地理学会文化地理专业委员会、政治地理与地缘关系专业委员会委员，中国社会学会环境社会学专业委员会理事，世界水资源学会中国分会常务理事等社会职务。
Title: Water and Development: From Critical Geography to Country and Region Studies
Speaker: Raymond Yu Wang Associate Professor and Research Fellow at the Center for Social Sciences at Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech)
Moderator: Ba Feng Assistant Professor of CIDGA, COHD, CAU
Time: 15:30-17:00, Tuesday, October 14th, 2025
Venue: Room 7318, New library, East Campus of CAU
Language: Chinese
Overview: Water is an essential element that supports agricultural modernization, urbanization, as well as regional and global development. However, its importance in development studies has not been fully explored. This presentation first explains the regional, integrative, relational, and dialectical perspectives of critical geography. It then attempts to reveal the complex interactions between water, technology, power, and development through trans-local and cross-scale studies of hydrosocial systems, such as irrigation, urban waterscapes, and transboundary navigational systems. The aim is to demonstrate how water and hydraulic infrastructure shape national and regional institutions, economies, ecologies, and development paths. Critical geography emphasizes the interrelations and mutual constitution between development practices and local contexts, offering theoretical insights for a deeper understanding of alternative development paths of different regions and countries, while also supporting the construction of development knowledge for the Global South.
Introduction to the Speaker: Dr. Raymond Yu Wang is an Associate Professor and Research Fellow at the Center for Social Sciences at Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech). Dr. Wang is the editor-in-chief of International Journal of Water Resources Development and an editorial board member of Water Alternatives. Before joining SUSTech, Dr. Wang served as an Associate Professor in the School of Government at Sun Yat-sen University. 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. 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, 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.
