Wei Liu
Guest Research Scholar
Equity and Justice Research Group
Population and Just Societies Program
Biography
Wei Liu joined the Risk and Resilience (RISK) Program at IIASA in 2012, and is currently leader of the Governance in Transition research area. Trained in ecology and social sciences, he collaborates with academia, NGOs and government and combines hard and soft systems modeling with stakeholder participatory processes and citizen science approaches on research related to resilience and sustainability transitions of complex socio-techno-ecological systems. His current research projects, mostly funded by international programs such as H2020, include community resilience in the Himalayas, nature-based solutions for disaster risk reduction and climate adaptation in Europe, social-ecological impacts of infrastructure development in Southern Africa, and anticipatory governance of emerging technologies such as synthetic biology, etc..Dr. Liu also devotes a substantial amount of his time to capacity building activities, developing and facilitating serious games to enhance systems thinking/analysis capacity for a varied audience (from young researchers to practitioners). Additionally, he provides consultancy services and policy advice to a range of governmental agencies and international non-governmental organizations, often on the topics of biodiversity conservation, climate and/or disaster risk and resilience, and poverty reduction.
Last update: 31 JUL 2018
Publications
Mechler, R. , McQuistan, C., McCallum, I. , Liu, W. , Keating, A., Magnuszewski, P., Schinko, T. , Laurien, F. , & Hochrainer-Stigler, S. (2018). Supporting Climate Risk Management at Scale. Insights from the Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance Partnership Model Applied in Peru & Nepal. In: Loss and Damage from Climate Change. Eds. Mechler, R. , Bouwer, L., Schinko, T. , Surminski, S., & Linnerooth-Bayer, J., pp. 393-424 Cham, Switzerland: Springer. ISBN 978-3-319-72025-8 10.1007/978-3-319-72026-5_17.
Liu, W. , Dugar, S., McCallum, I. , Brown, S., See, L. , & Mechler, R. (2017). Participatory and Collaborative Digital Mapping to Enhance Disaster Resilience. In: European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2017, 23–28 April 2017, Vienna, Austria.
Fang, J., Liu, W. , Yang, S., Brown, S., Nicholls, R.J., Hinkel, J., Shi, X., & Shi, P. (2017). Spatial-temporal changes of coastal and marine disasters risks and impacts in Mainland China. Ocean & Coastal Management 139 125-140. 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2017.02.003.
Magnuszewski, P., Mochizuki, J. , Keating, A., French, A., Liu, W. , Mechler, R. , & Linnerooth-Bayer, J. (2017). Smart gaming for informing policy. In: IIASA Institutional Evaluation 2017, 27 February-1 March 2017, IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria.
Keating, A. & Liu, W. (2017). Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance. In: IIASA Institutional Evaluation 2017, 27 February-1 March 2017, IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria.