Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Research areas
Primary research areas
Luke Patey's research focuses on economic security, industrial competitiveness, emerging technologies, and economic coercion and sanctions within Europe-China relations, US-China relations, and the Indo-Pacific region. He also examines the impact of oil and extractives on conflict and development in Africa and China’s relations with the Global South.
Patey is author of How China Loses: The Pushback Against Chinese Global Ambitions (Oxford University Press USA, 2021) and The New Kings of Crude: China, India, and the Global Struggle for Oil in Sudan and South Sudan (Hurst, 2014). His writing has appeared in The New York Times, Financial Times, Foreign Policy, Foreign Affairs, The Guardian, and The Hindu.
Patey has been a visiting scholar at the United Nations University (Tokyo), the Social Science Research Council (New York), Peking University (Beijing), and Centre d'études et de recherches internationals (Paris). Patey holds a BSc (Hons.) in commerce from Queen’s University (Kingston, Canada) and a MSc and PhD from the Copenhagen Business School.
External positions
Lead Senior Research Fellow, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies
1 Oct 2016 → …
Fellow, Rift Valley Institute
15 Dec 2015 → …
Research associate, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies
1 Oct 2014 → 1 Oct 2016
Working group member on China-Africa, Social Science Research Council
2013 → …
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Research output
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How China Loses: The Pushback against Chinese Global Ambitions
Patey, L., 4 Jan 2021, Oxford University Press. 400 p.Research output: Book, Anthology, Thesis, Report › Book › Research › peer-review
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Germany Can Afford to Spurn China: The economic case for Germany cozying up to China is surprisingly weak
Patey, L., 4 Nov 2022, In: FP Foreign Policy.Research output: Articles: Journal and Newspaper › Journal Article › Research
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Wind and wires: Can Europe stay ahead in green and 5G technologies?
Patey, L., 26 Apr 2022, Hinrich Foundation . 28 p.Research output: Book, Anthology, Thesis, Report › Report › Research
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The myths and realities of China's economic coercion: Understanding Beijing’s evolving statecraft
Patey, L., 24 Nov 2021, Copenhagen: Danish Institute for International Studies, 4 p. (DIIS Policy Brief; No. November, Vol. 2021).Research output: Working Paper, Paper, Policy Brief, Brief, Impact › Policy Briefs, Briefs and Impacts › Research
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The new kings of crude: China, India, and the global struggle for oil in Sudan and South Sudan
Patey, L., 2014, London: Hurst Publishers. 357 p.Research output: Book, Anthology, Thesis, Report › Book › Research › peer-review
Activities
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Geoeconomic Competition - The EU is less vulnerable than it thinks - a look at critical minerals and more
Patey, L. (Speaker)
10 Jun 2024Activity: Talk or Presentation › Communicating lecture/presentation
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Der globale Wettlauf um kritische Ressourcen – Asien im Fokus
Patey, L. (Speaker)
10 Jun 2024Activity: Talk or Presentation › Communicating lecture/presentation
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EU-China Wind Competition
Patey, L. (Speaker)
2024Activity: Talk or Presentation › Communicating lecture/presentation
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European China Conference 2023
Patey, L. (Participant)
16 Nov 2023Activity: Participating in or Organising an Event › Participation in or Organisation of Conference
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China's next act and the US-China tech war
Patey, L. (Co-organizer), Jiang, Y. (Co-organizer) & Patey, L. (Chair)
6 Sept 2023Activity: Participating in or Organising an Event › Participation in or Organisation of Workshop, Roundtable, Seminar, Course
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DIIS Maritime: Geopolitiske spændinger og hybride trusler til søs. Implikationer for dansk søfart og maritim infrastruktur
Larsen, J. (PI), Forsby, A. B. (CoI), Patey, L. (CoI), Clausen, M.-L. (CoI), Norman, J. (CoI), Mortensgaard, L. A. (CoI) & Gad, U. P. (CoI)
01/05/2025 → 30/06/2030
Project: Research
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DIIS Tech Group
Fejerskov, A. M. (CoPI), Berling, T. V. (CoPI), Lang, J. (CoPI), van Munster, R. (CoPI), Lund Petersen, K. (CoPI), Henriksen, S. (CoPI), Seddig, S. (CoPI), Kleist, N. (CoPI), Kolling, M. (CoPI), Clausen, M.-L. (CoPI), Schouten, P. (CoPI), Schott, R. M. (CoPI), Patey, L. (CoPI), Malmvig, H. (CoPI) & Surwillo, I. (CoPI)
01/06/2021 → 01/06/2024
Project: Research
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Arktis-analyse
Banke, C. F. S. (CoPI), Olesen, M. R. (PI), Patey, L. (CoI) & Hansen, F. S. (CoI)
15/01/2020 → 30/06/2020
Project: Consultancy
Press/Media
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EU skal styrke samarbejdet med Taiwan – med eller uden Trump
13/05/2025
1 Media contribution
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EU skal styrke samarbejdet med Taiwan – med eller uden Trump
13/05/2025
1 Media contribution
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Sådan “vasker” Kina varer for at undgå Trumps told
11/05/2025
1 Media contribution
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Kina “vasker” sine varer for at undgå Trumps told: Sådan fungerer det
06/05/2025
1 Media contribution
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Silkevejen sikret: Panamakanalen er tilbage i USA's fold
16/04/2025
1 Media contribution
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Prizes
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Short-listed for Africa Asia Book Prize - The New Kings of Crude
Patey, L. (Recipient), 14 Aug 2015
Prize: Prizes, Scholarships, Distinctions
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China, India, and new global norms of business, security, and development
Patey, L. (Recipient), Aug 2015
Prize: Prizes, Scholarships, Distinctions