Fundação Getulio Vargas, Brazil

Higher School of Economics, Russia

Indian Institute of Management, India

Fudan University, China

University of Western Cape, South Africa

Host

Institute for Global Public Policy (IGPP), Fudan University, China

Co-hosts

China-Arab Network of Schools of Public Policy and Administration (CANSPPA) 

Key Project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant 72234001)

27-28 June 2025 ｜ 2025年6月27-28日

Fudan University, Shanghai, China ｜ 复旦大学、上海、中国

Background and Goals

In 2013 a group of scholars from leading universities in the BRICS countries met in Shanghai and resolved to develop academic cooperation and hold annual scientific gatherings and events on a range of topics of mutual interest. Following on from this, in 2016 an expert group on public administration was launched, and since then annual symposia have been held on various issues relating to development and governance in the BRICS countries. The BRICS consortium has since expanded and in addition to Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, it now includes Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Iran, Indonesia, and Egypt and referred to as BRICS+. More than a fora for the delivery of research papers, the symposia serve as a vehicle to build a community of scholars who share a commitment to crafting alternative models of development based on the BRICS’ experiences.

Following the Sixth International Symposia held at the Indian Institute of Management in Raipur, India, the Seventh Symposium is to be hosted by the Institute for Global Public Policy (IGPP) at Fudan University in Shanghai. The broad orientation of the symposium will be on the advancement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the approaches adopted by different BRICS countries, and the possibilities which exist for collaboration between them in attaining these goals. Given the existential threat to humanity posed by climate change, a particular (but not exclusive) focus of the symposium will be on the approaches adopted by BRICS+ countries to mitigate and adapt to the negative impacts of climate change. Amongst the topics which might be explored under this theme are the following:

• Reforms introduced in the public sector to address organizational and/or societal problems associated with climate change mitigation and adaptation. This would include considerations of the extent to which advancement of other SDGs is being constrained by climate change and environmental degradation and how this is being addressed. 

• Measures adopted by BRICS+ countries in support of a green and just transition in developing countries.

• Collaboration between BRICS+ countries in forging a consensus on measures necessary to reduce CO2 emissions and other factors contributing to global warming.

• Case studies of local/regional governance approaches to ongoing climate impacts (extreme and more frequent floods, drought, heat, wildfire, and longer term impacts such as sea level rise).