Dr Neil Munro
- Senior Lecturer in Chinese Politics (Political & International Studies)
telephone:
0141 3307628
email:
Neil.Munro@glasgow.ac.uk
College of Social Sciences, School of Social & Political Sciences, Adam Smith Building, Glasgow, G12 8RT
Biography
I have a BA (combined honours) in Chinese and Russian (Queensland, 1990) and a PhD in public policy from University of Strathclyde (2004).
Prior to joining U. Glasgow in 2011, I held research posts at the Universities of Aberdeen (2005-2010) and Strathclyde (1997-2005). I also worked in the Forestry Commission of Great Britain (1992-1996).
Research interests
Publications
Selected publications
Munro, N. and Yi, D. (2025) China’s Strategic Culture and Cross-Strait Relations: A Perilous Triangle. Routledge. (Accepted for Publication)
Munro, N. , Chng, N. R. and Chen, L. (2024) Green shoots of revival: political leadership and the differentiation of space in a “Zero Pollution Village” in rural Zhejiang, China. Capitalism Nature Socialism, 35(2), pp. 57-74. (doi: 10.1080/10455752.2023.2178945)
Munro, N. and He, Z. (2023) Exit and voice strategies by patients in dealing with incentive structures in the Chinese healthcare system. In: Jacobs, L. A., Wada, Y. and Vertinsky, I. (eds.) Global Health Security in China, Japan, and India: Assessing Sustainable Development Goals. Series: Asia Pacific legal culture and globalization. UBC Press: Vancouver. ISBN 9780774867702
Munro, N. (2021) Explaining public participation in environmental governance in China. Environmental Values, 30(4), pp. 453-475. (doi: 10.3197/096327120X15868540131314)
Munro, N. (2018) Does refusal bias influence the measurement of Chinese political trust? Journal of Contemporary China, 27(111), pp. 457-471. (doi: 10.1080/10670564.2018.1410981)
Munro, N. (2017) Predictors of support for state for state social welfare provision in Russia and China. Europe-Asia Studies, 69(1), pp. 53-75. (doi: 10.1080/09668136.2016.1265643)
Duckett, J. , Hunt, K. , Munro, N. and Sutton, M. (2016) Does distrust in providers affect health-care utilization in China? Health Policy and Planning, 31(8), pp. 1001-1009. (doi: 10.1093/heapol/czw024) (PMID:27117483) (PMCID:PMC5013779)
Munro, N. and Duckett, J. (2016) Explaining public satisfaction with health care systems: findings from a nationwide survey in China. Health Expectations, 19(3), pp. 654-666. (doi: 10.1111/hex.12429) (PMID:26595456) (PMCID:PMC4991297)
Munro, N. (2014) Profiling the victims: public awareness of pollution-related harm in China. Journal of Contemporary China, 23(86), pp. 314-329. (doi: 10.1080/10670564.2013.832532)
Munro, N. (2012) Connections, paperwork or passivity: strategies of popular engagement with the Chinese bureaucracy. China Journal, 68, pp. 147-176. (doi: 10.1086/666576)
Munro, N. and Kweka, O. (2021) Trust in providers of domestic water: a comparison of the public utility and informal vendors in Dar es Salaam. Journal of Development Studies, 57(10), pp. 1710-1722. (doi: 10.1080/00220388.2021.1887479)
Munro, N. (2022) China's identity through a historical lens [Special Issue on Strategic Culture]. Journal of Advanced Military Studies, 2022, pp. 35-48. (doi: 10.21140/mcuj.2022SIstratcul003)
Munro, N. (2018) 'Market justice' in China and Russia. Journal of Chinese Governance, 3(3), pp. 307-330. (doi: 10.1080/23812346.2018.1490102)
All publications
Grants
Completed
- Scottish Funding Council grant (SFC/AN/12/2017) Social Accountability for Sustainable Domestic Water in Dar es Salaam. September 2017-March 2018. Principal Investigator with Co-Investigators Nai Rui Chng, Marian Scott, Claire Miller, William Sloan and Stephanie Connelly (all Glasgow). £49,992.
- ESRC grant (ES/J011487/1) Performance evaluations, trust and utilization of health care in China: understanding relationships between attitudes and health-related behaviour. March 201--February 2015. Co-Investigator with Jane Duckett (PI, Glasgow), Kate Hunt (Glasgow) and Matt Sutton (Manchester). £508,678.
- ESRC grant (ES/J012688/1) Rising Powers: unequal powers, authoritarian powers, unstable powers? September 2012--August 2015. Co-Investigator with Stephen White (PI, Glasgow), Jane Duckett (Glasgow) and Ian McAllister (ANU). £574,174.
- EU-China Environmental Governance Programme, Public participation of environmental governance in the Jiaxing model and its applicability in Zhejiang province. October 2012--September 2014. Consultant with Wei YU (PI, Zhejiang Provincial Government), Laurence Van Der Maesen (European Foundation for Social Quality), Hinrich Voss (Leeds), and Ka LIN (Zhejiang University). €420,000, of which €25,000 to U. Glasgow.
Supervision
- Bu, Wenchao
How effective is China’s SO2 emissions regulation? - Chen, Hao
The Main Driving Forces of China's Knowledge Economies Transition - Yi, Duanyi
How unique was China's Nuclear Strategy ( 1964-1993)
Teaching
Undergraduate Teaching
- China's International Relations
Postgraduate Teaching
- China's International Politics
Research datasets
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