Peter Hugh Nolan

CBE The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...

(born April 1949) is the Chong Hua Chair in Chinese Development and is Director of the University’s Centre of Development Studies, University of Cambridge and a Fellow of

Jesus College, Cambridge Jesus College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college's full name is The College of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Saint John the Evangelist and the glorious Virgin Saint Radegund, near Cambridge. Its common name comes fr ...

. He previously held the Sinyi Professor of Chinese Management, at the

Cambridge Judge Business School Cambridge Judge Business School is the business school of the University of Cambridge. The School is a provider of management education. It is named after Sir Paul Judge, a founding benefactor of the school. The School is considered to be par ...

also at the

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. Nolan is a member of the Advisory Board of ''Cambridge Journal of Eurasian Studies''. Nolan was named in the

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and made a

Commander of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...

for his work in developing British and Chinese business relations. Peter Nolan received his BA degree from the University of Cambridge, and his MSc and PhD from the

School of Oriental and African Studies SOAS University of London (; the School of Oriental and African Studies) is a public research university in London, England, and a member institution of the federal University of London. Founded in 1916, SOAS is located in the Bloomsbury ar ...

at the University of London. He was also awarded an honorary doctorate by

Copenhagen Business School Copenhagen Business School (Danish'': Handelshøjskolen i København'') often abbreviated and referred to as CBS (also in Danish), is a public university situated in Copenhagen, Denmark and is considered one of the most prestigious business schoo ...

. In June 2021, Peter Nolan was subject to controversy when he cautioned students against holding debates on

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, in the light of him and

being allegedly funded by

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. This is one of the many incidents reported in the media where the

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may be interfering with academic freedom in universities around the world.

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* * * https://archive.today/20120720212706/http://uk.cbs.dk/research/departments_centres/institutter/arc/hoejreboks/nyheder/peter_nolan_appointed_honorary_doctor_at_cbs * http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=404903 * https://web.archive.org/web/20100414165012/http://www.soas.ac.uk/events/event56425.html {{DEFAULTSORT:Nolan, Peter 1949 births Living people People educated at St Boniface's Catholic College Alumni of SOAS University of London Fellows of Jesus College, Cambridge Academics of the University of Cambridge Commanders of the Order of the British Empire