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
Liu, J., Hull, V., Yang, W., Vina, A., An, L., Carter, N., Chen, X., Liu, W. , Ouyang, Z., & Zhang, H. (2016). Lessons from local studies for global sustainability. In: Pandas and People. Coupling Human and Natural Systems for Sustainability. Eds. Liu, J., Hull, V., Yang, W., Vina, A., Chen, X., Ouyang, Z., & Chang, H., pp. 240-252 New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198703549
Hull, V., Yang, W., Liu, W. , Tan, Y., Yang, J., Zhang, H., Ouyang, Z., & Liu, J. (2016). Pandas-people coexistence and competition. In: Pandas and People. Coupling Human and Natural Systems for Sustainability. Eds. Liu, Junguo, Hull, V., Yang, W., Vina, A., Chen, X., Ouyang, Z., & Zhang, H., pp. 49-59 New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198703549
Yang, W., Dietz, T., Liu, W. , & Liu, J. (2016). Quantifying human dependence on ecosystem services. In: Pandas and People. Coupling Human and Natural Systems for Sustainability. Eds. Liu, Junguo, Hull, V., Yang, W., Vina, A., Chen, X., Ouyang, Z., & Zhang, H., pp. 60-71 New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198703549
Liu, W. , Ming, M., Lu, Y., & Jin, W. (2016). Citizen Science for Post-disaster Sustainable Community Development in Ecologically Fragile Regions - A Case from China. In: European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2016, 17–22 April 2016, Vienna, Austria.
Liu, W. , McCallum, I. , See, L. , Dugar, S., & Laso-Bayas, J.C. (2016). Digital technologies in support of flood resilience: A case study for Nepal. In: European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2016, 17–22 April 2016, Vienna, Austria.