Long Institute Associated Fellow Huiqi Yan will defend her PhD thesis on her analysis of pesticide compliance in China. She seeks to provide a more comprehensive understanding of compliance and some feasible and adaptive suggestions for enhancing pesticide enforcement effectiveness in China.

PhD Dissertation title: Why Chinese Farmers Obey the Law: Pesticide Compliance in Hunan Province, China

Supervisors: Prof. B. van Rooij; Prof. W. Huisman (VU)

Co-supervisor: Dr J.J. van der Heijden