Prof. Kathinka Furst, PhD

Dr. Fürst received her PhD degree at the Faculty of Law, University of Amsterdam and her MA degree at the Center from Environment and Development at the University of Oslo. She has a BA in Sinology from Beijing Language and Culture University.

Her research generally looks at environmental regulation and justice in China. Environmental law and regulation researcher with interest in environmental policy processes, law enforcement and compliance and the role of non-state actors in environmental governance processes. Socio-legal studies, qualitative methodology with specialization in comparative case studies. Dr. Fürst has extensive experience in interdisciplinary research through her work as an administrative coordinator for the Sino-Norwegian Center for Interdisciplinary Environmental Research and research fellow at the Social Science Research Council’s China Environment and Health Initiative.

Prior to joining Duke Kunshan University Dr. Fürst work as a consultant on program management and evaluation focusing on environmental governance projects in China. She also has substantial experience in research project design, implementation and monitoring.