Mao, KuoRay

Colorado State University

United States

KuoRay Mao is Associate Professor of Sociology at Colorado State University. His research examines the intricate relationship between development, environmental crises, and the global environmental regulatory framework. His recent projects explore how neoliberal governance strategies—such as payment for ecosystem services and green finance—perpetuate social and environmental injustices and lead to the rise of authoritarian environmentalism in the Global South.

Contributions

• Authoritarian Environmentalism and Epistemological Violence: A Southern Green Criminology Analysis of the 2014 Lanzhou Water Crisis and the Belt and Road Initiative Expansion into the Global Water Sector

  Articles

  Vol. 12 No. 4 (2023)