Position: Principal Research Fellow in Global Political Economy — University of Sussex, UK

Role: Lead Convenor, Critical Minerals Policy Lab | Principal Investigator, GRIP-ARM Project

Funding: European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant No. 950056 — “Green Industrial Policy in the Age of Rare Metals: A Trans-regional Comparison of Growth Strategies in Rare Earths Mining (GRIP-ARM)”

Jojo Nem Singh is a Principal Research Fellow in Global Political Economy at the University of Sussex, UK, and one of the lead convenors of the Critical Minerals Policy Lab .

He is the Principal Investigator of a European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant project titled “Green Industrial Policy in the Age of Rare Metals: A Trans-regional Comparison of Growth Strategies in Rare Earths Mining (GRIP-ARM)” (Grant no. 950056).

Research Expertise:

– Global political economy of critical minerals
– Resource nationalism and state ownership
– Green industrial policy in developing countries
– Rare earths mining and supply chain governance
– Industrialisation strategies in the Global South
Consultancy & Advisory Experience: He has worked as an Expert Consultant for:

– European Commission
– United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD)
– Publish What You Pay (PWYP)
– Transnational Institute
His research examines how countries can leverage critical mineral resources for sustainable industrial development, with a focus on value addition, local content policies, and the geopolitical dimensions of global supply chains.