Biography
Jewellord (Jojo) Nem Singh is an Assistant Professor in International Development at the International Institute of Social Studies in The Hague, part of Erasmus University Rotterdam. In 2020, he was awarded the European Research Council Starting Grant (2021-2026) for his research project “Green Industrial Policy in the Age of Rare Metals: Trans-regional Comparison of Growth Strategies in Rare Earths Mining” (GRIP-ARM). In addition, Jojo held two highly prestigious research fellowships, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Research Fellowship Award at the Freie Universitëit Berlin (FUB) in 2017 and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) at the University of Tokyo in 2016. In 2014, the [International Science Council][]recognised his potential for research excellence by being awarded as a World Social Science Fellow. He held two tenure track posts at the Institute of Political Science in Leiden University (2018-2021) and Department of Geography in the University of Sheffield (2013-2016).
He served as Expert Consultant on several projects with development agencies and international NGOs, including *Publish What You Pay Coalition *(London), *United Nations Development Programme *(Brussels), and *United Nations Research Institute in Social Development *(Geneva).
Research Achievements
Jojo’s research falls into four main areas of inquiry: (1) political economy of industrial policy and development planning in the global south; (2) politics and governance of natural resources; (3) citizenship and social movements perspectives on democratization; and (4) the developmental consequences of China’s engagement with the global South.
His total grant capture in 2021 is €2,036,828 in his role as principal investigator, international co-investigator and in fellowship awards. He also organised a total of 10 fully funded international workshops in Leiden, Sheffield, Copenhagen and Tokyo. His work has been funded by the European Research Council, UK Economic and Social Research Council, British International Studies Association, Political Studies Association and Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation.
Jojo is the editor of two special issues, [Developmental States beyond East Asia][Developmental States beyond East Asia]* *(book version with [Routledge 2019, 2020][Routledge 2019_ 2020]) with Jesse Ovadia, and [Resource Governance and Norm Domestication in the Developing World][Resource Governance and Norm Domestication in the Developing World]with Kate Macdonald. He is also co-editor of [Demanding Justice in the Global South: Claiming Rights][Demanding Justice in the Global South_ Claiming Rights]* with Jean Grugel, Anders Uhlin and Lorenza Fontana and [Resource Governance and Developmental States in the Global South: Critical International Political Economy Perspectives][Resource Governance and Developmental States in the Global South_ Critical International Political Economy Perspectives] *with France Bourgouin. His work has appeared in *Third World Quarterly, Environmental Policy and Governance, Citizenship *Studies, New Political Economy, and Annual Review of Environment and Resources, to name a few.
Jojo welcomes potential Post-doctoral fellows and PhD students interested in political economy, comparative social sciences, and environment-development nexus.
International Institute of Social Studies
- nemsingh@iss.nl
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Work
- Marcos Eduardo Melo dos Santos, Jewellord Nem Singh, Rui Castro, Hugo Santos, Hirdan Katarina de Medeiros Costa & Edmilson Moutinho dos Santos (2024) - SWOT analysis of Brazilian energy policy: A comparative panel data analysis of the twenty largest economies - Energy Policy, 191 - doi: 10.1016/j.enpol.2024.114172 - [link]
- Brenda Silveira, Marcos Eduardo Melo dos Santos, Fernando Joaquim Ferreira Maia, Ana Paulo Basso, Jewellord Nem Singh & Hirdan Katarina de Medeiros Costa (2024) - Incentives for photovoltaic energy generation: A comparative analysis of policies in Spain, Germany, and Brazil - Energy Strategy Reviews, 54 - doi: 10.1016/j.esr.2024.101415 - [link]
- Jojo Nem Singh (2023) - Business of the State: Why State Ownership Matters for Resource Governance - [link]
- Jewellord Nem Singh (2023) - The new geographies of an energy transition: A challenge or a developmental opportunity? - doi: 10.4324/9781003301981-12 - [link]
- Jewellord T. Nem Singh (2023) - Recentring industrial policy paradigm within IPE and development studies - Third World Quarterly, 44 (9), 2015-2030 - doi: 10.1080/01436597.2023.2216140 - [link]
- Jewellord T. Nem Singh (2023) - The advance of the state and the renewal of industrial policy in the age of strategic competition - Third World Quarterly, 44 (9), 1919-1937 - doi: 10.1080/01436597.2023.2217766 - [link]
- Jojo Nem Singh (2022) - The Renaissance of the Developmental State in the Age of Post-Neoliberalism - doi: 10.4337/9781789908756.00016 - [link]
- Jojo Nem Singh (2022) - The (Local) Cost of Reducing our Dependency on Imported Raw Materials - [link]
- Jojo Nem Singh (2022) - Environmental Governance amidst the Climate Crisis and Energy Transition in the 21st Century - IIAS Newsletter (International Institute for Asian Studies), 93 - [link]
- Jojo Nem Singh (2021) - Mining Our Way out of the Climate Change Conundrum?: The Power of a Social Justice Perspective - [link]
- Jojo Nem Singh (10 november 2023) - Global Innovation & Value Summit (GIVS) 2023, Nov 17: 'Moving Forward With ESG: Scoring For Value Creation'
- Jojo Nem Singh (10 november 2023) - Global Innovation ; Value Summit (GIVS) 2023, Nov 17: 'Moving Forward with ESG: Scoring for Value Creation'
- Jojo Nem Singh (10 november 2023) - Global Innovation & Value Summit (GIVS) 2023 『ESGとともに前進:価値創造に向けたスコアリング』
- Jojo Nem Singh (9 november 2023) - Global Innovation & Value Summit (GIVS) 2023, Nov 17: 'Moving Forward With ESG: Scoring For Value Creation'
- Jojo Nem Singh (16 november 2021) - The Challenge of Securing Access to Minerals for the Green Transition
- Jojo Nem Singh (2023) - The Wilson Center (External organisation) (Member)
Activiteit: Membership of network › Academic - Jojo Nem Singh (2023) - International Institute for Asian Studies (External organisation) (Member)
Activiteit: Membership of committee › Academic - Jojo Nem Singh (2022) - Achieving Responsible Supply of Critical Minerals: Why Mining is Part of the Solution (Speaker)
Activiteit: Invited talk › Professional - Jojo Nem Singh (2022) - A Conflict of Interest? Minerals and the Renewable Energy Transition (Speaker)
Activiteit: Invited talk › Professional - Jojo Nem Singh (2022) - Launch of Initiative for a Just Transition in Energy Sector (Speaker)
Activiteit: Invited talk › Professional - Jojo Nem Singh (2022) - Rare Earths Elements: The Global Supply Chain, A Q&A with an Expert (Speaker)
Activiteit: Invited talk › Professional - Jojo Nem Singh (2022) - Institute for Policy Studies (External organisation) (Chair)
Activiteit: Membership of board › Professional - Jojo Nem Singh (2022) - International Studies Review (Journal) (Member of editorial board)
Activiteit: Editorial work › Academic - Jojo Nem Singh (2022) - The New Race for Resources: Critical Minerals and the Uncertain Future of Clean Energy Transition (Speaker)
Activiteit: Invited talk › Academic - Jojo Nem Singh (2021) - International Institute for Asian Studies (External organisation) (Member)
Activiteit: Membership of network › Academic
IIAS
- Start date approval
- juni 2023
- End date approval
- maart 2025
- Place
- LEIDEN
- Description
- Member, Selection Committee Fellowship Scheme
International Studies Review
- Start date approval
- juni 2023
- End date approval
- juni 2026
- Place
- LEIDEN
- Description
- Member of Editorial Board
General Information
- Year
- 2023
- Course Code
- ISSGENERAL-23-24
3305 Techniques for Case-study Research
- Year
- 2023
- Course Code
- ISS-3305-23-24