Wei Liu

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

Martin, J. , Scolobig, A., Pelling, M., Linnerooth-Bayer, J., Deubelli, T. , Liu, W. , & Oen, A. (2022). Transformative Adaptation through Nature-Based Solutions. In: Österreichischer Klimatag 2022, 20-22 April 2022.

Perumal, L., New, M.G., Jonas, M. , & Liu, W. (2021). The impact of roads on sub-Saharan African ecosystems: a systematic review. Environmental Research Letters 16 (11), e113001. 10.1088/1748-9326/ac2ad9.

Martin, J.G.C. , Scolobig, A., Linnerooth-Bayer, J., Liu, W. , & Balsiger, J. (2021). Catalyzing Innovation: Governance Enablers of Nature-Based Solutions. Sustainability 13 (4), e1971. 10.3390/su13041971.

Du., S., Shen, J., Fang, J., Fang, J., Liu, W. , Wen, J., Huang, X., & Chen, S. (2021). Policy delivery gaps in the land-based flood risk management in China: A wider partnership is needed. Environmental Science & Policy 116, 128-135. 10.1016/j.envsci.2020.11.005.

Parajuli, B.P., Khadka, P., Baskota, P., Shakya, P., Liu, W. , Pudasaini, U., B.C., R., Paul, J., Buytaert, W., & Vij, S. (2020). An Open Data and Citizen Science Approach to Building Resilience to Natural Hazards in a Data-Scarce Remote Mountainous Part of Nepal. Sustainability 12 (22), e9448. 10.3390/su12229448.

Fang, J., Liu, M., Liu, W. , Pathak, S., Li, S., Tang, X., Zhou, L., & Sun, F. (2020). Piloting a capital-based approach for characterizing and evaluating drivers of island sustainability- An application in Chongming Island. Journal of Cleaner Production 261, e121123. 10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.121123.

Khadka, P., Liu, W. , Parajuli, B.P., & Pudasaini, U. (2020). Participatory mapping and collaborative action for inclusive and sustainable mountain landscape development in Far West Nepal. DOI:10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-17907. In: European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2020, 4-8 May 2020, Vienna, Austria.

Parajuli, B.P., Shakya, P., Khadka, P., Liu, W. , & Pudasaini, U. (2020). Open data in building resilience to recurrent natural hazards in remote mountainous communities of Nepal. DOI:10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-4761. In: European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2020, 4-8 May 2020, Vienna, Austria.

Jacobzone, S., Baubion, C., Radisch, J., Hochrainer-Stigler, S., Linnerooth-Bayer, J., Liu, W. , Rovenskaya, E. , & Dieckmann, U. (2020). Strategies to Govern Systemic Risks. In: Systemic Thinking for Policy Making: The Potential of Systems Analysis for Addressing Global Policy Challenges in the 21st Century. pp. 133-142 Paris, France: New Approaches to Economic Challenges, OECD Publishing. ISBN 978-92-64-49456-510.1787/879c4f7a-en.

Romano, O., Matsumoto, T., Beck, M.B., Fath, B. , & Liu, W. (2020). Cities and the Circular Economy. In: Systemic Thinking for Policy Making: The Potential of Systems Analysis for Addressing Global Policy Challenges in the 21st Century. pp. 67-76 Paris, France: New Approaches to Economic Challenges, OECD Publishing. ISBN 978-92-64-49456-510.1787/879c4f7a-en.

Martin, J.G.C. , Linnerooth-Bayer, J., Liu, W. , & Scolobig, A. (2019). NBS in-depth case study analysis of the characteristics of successful governance models. Deliverable 5.1 of the PHUSICOS project

Liu, W. (2019). Operationalizing polycentricity for landscape resilience. Landscape Architecture Frontiers 7 (3), 8-11. 10.15302/J-LAF-1-010002.

Ziervogel, G., New, M., & Liu, W. (2019). Making cities water-wise and climate-resilient - Lessons and experience from the Cape Town drought. Landscape Architecture Frontiers 7 (3), 94-99. 10.15302/J-LAF-1-030002.

Niu, K., Liu, W. , Xiao, Z., Wu, A., Yang, T., Riondato, I., Ellwanger, A.L., Ang, A., Gamba, M., Yang, Y., & Giacoma, C. (2019). Exploring Local Perceptions of and Attitudes toward Endangered François’ Langurs (Trachypithecus francoisi) in a Human-Modified Habitat. International Journal of Primatology 40 (3), 331-355. 10.1007/s10764-019-00091-0.

Khadka, P., Liu, W. , & Schiller, A. (2019). Roads, Landslides and Local Socio-ecological Resilience in Far Western Nepal. In: European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2019, 7–12 April 2019, Vienna, Austria.

Hu, K., Guo, Y., Hochrainer-Stigler, S., Liu, W. , See, L. , Yang, X., Zhong, J., Fei, F., Chen, F., Zhang, Y., Zhao, Q., Chen, G., Chen, Q., Zhang, Y., Ye, T., Ma, L., Li, S., & Qi, J. (2019). Evidence for Urban–Rural Disparity in Temperature–Mortality Relationships in Zhejiang Province, China. Environmental Health Perspectives 127 (3), e037001. 10.1289/EHP3556.

Solinska-Nowak, A., Magnuszewski, P., Curl, M., French, A., Keating, A., Mochizuki, J. , Liu, W. , Mechler, R. , Kulakowska, M., & Jarzabek, L. (2018). An overview of serious games for disaster risk management – Prospects and limitations for informing actions to arrest increasing risk. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 31, 1013-1029. 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2018.09.001.

Mochizuki, J. , Keating, A., Liu, W. , Hochrainer-Stigler, S., & Mechler, R. (2018). An overdue alignment of risk and resilience? A conceptual contribution to community resilience. Disasters 42 (2), 361-391. 10.1111/disa.12239.

Liu, W. , Dugar, S., McCallum, I. , Thapa, G., See, L. , Khadka, P., Budhathoki, N., Brown, S., Mechler, R. , Fritz, S., & Shakya, P. (2018). Integrated Participatory and Collaborative Risk Mapping for Enhancing Disaster Resilience. ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information 7 (2), p. 68. 10.3390/ijgi7020068.

Paul, J.D., Buytaert, W., Allen, S., Ballesteros-Cánovas, J.A., Bhusal, J., Cieslik, K., Clark, J., Dugar, S., Hannah, D.M., Stoffel, M., Dewulf, A., Dhital, M.R., Liu, W. , Nayaval, J.L., Neupane, B., Schiller, A., Smith, P.J., & Supper, R. (2018). Citizen science for hydrological risk reduction and resilience building. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water 5 (1), e1262. 10.1002/wat2.1262.

Mechler, R. , Calliari, E., Bouwer, L., Schinko, T. , Surminski, S., Linnerooth-Bayer, J., Aerts, J., Botzen, W., Boyd, E., Deckard, N., Fuglestvedt, J.S., González-Eguino, M., Haasnoot, M., Handmer, J., Haque, M., Heslin, A., Hochrainer-Stigler, S., Huggel, C., Huq, S., James, R., Jones, R.G., Juhola, S., Keating, A., Kienberger, S., Kreft, S., Kuik, O., Landauer, M., Laurien, F. , Lawrence, J., Lopez, A., Liu, W. , Magnuszewski, P., Markandya, A., Mayer, B., McCallum, I. , McQuistan, C., Meyer, L., Mintz-Woo, K. , Montero-Colbert, A., Mysiak, J., Nalau, J., Noy, I., Oakes, R., Otto, F.E.L., Pervin, M., Roberts, E., Schäfer, L., Scussolini, P., Serdeczny, O., de Sherbinin, A., Simlinger, F., Sitati, A., Sultana, S., Young, H.R., van der Geest, K., van den Homberg, M., Wallimann-Helmer, I., Warner, K., & Zommers, Z. (2018). Science for Loss and Damage. Findings and Propositions. In: Loss and Damage from Climate Change. Eds. Mechler, R. , Bouwer, L., Schinko, T. , Surminski, S., & Linnerooth-Bayer, J., pp. 3-37 Cham, Switzerland: Springer. ISBN 978-3-319-72025-810.1007/978-3-319-72026-5_1.

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 978-3-319-72025-810.1007/978-3-319-72026-5_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.

Keating, A. & Liu, W. (2017). Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance. In: IIASA Institutional Evaluation 2017, 27 February-1 March 2017, IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria.

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.

Liu, W. , Magnuszewski, P., Yang, Y., & Chen, N. (2017). Navigating Conservation-Development-Disaster Complexities in Social-Ecological Systems Using Role-play Serious Gaming. In: Resilience 2017, 20-23 August 2017, Stockholm Waterfront Congress Centre, Sweden.

Keating, A., Campbell, K., Mechler, R. , Magnuszewski, P., Mochizuki, J. , Liu, W. , Szoenyi, M., & McQuistan, C. (2016). Disaster resilience: What it is and how it can engender a meaningful change in development policy. Development Policy Review 35 (1), 65-91. 10.1111/dpr.12201.

McCallum, I. , Liu, W. , See, L. , Mechler, R. , Keating, A., Hochrainer-Stigler, S., Mochizuki, J. , Fritz, S., Dugar, S., Arestegui, M., Szoenyi, M., Laso Bayas, J.C. , Burek, P. , French, A., & Moorthy, I. (2016). Technologies to Support Community Flood Disaster Risk Reduction. International Journal of Disaster Risk Science 7 (2), 198-204. 10.1007/s13753-016-0086-5.

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

Liu, J., Hull, V., Luo, J., Yang, W., Liu, W. , Vina, A., & Vogt, C. (2016). Human-nature interactions over distances. In: Pandas and People. Coupling Human and Natural Systems for Sustainability. Eds. Liu, J., Hull, V., Yang, W., Vina, A., Chen, X., Ouyang, Z., & Zhang, H., pp. 218-239 New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198703549

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

Liu, W. , Vina, A., Yang, W., Lupi, F., Ouyang, Z., Zhang, H., & Liu, J. (2016). Energy Transition from Fuelwood to Electricity. 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. 120-133 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

Hull, V., Yang, W., Liu, W. , Tan, Y., Yang, J., Zhang, H., Ouyang, Z., & Liu, J. (2016). Peek into a home for pandas and people. In: Pandas and People. Coupling Human and Natural Systems for Sustainability. Eds. Liu, Junguo, Hull, V., Yang, W., Vina, A., Che, X., Ouyang, Z., & Zhang, H., pp. 37-48 New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198703549

Liu, W. (2016). Resilience of electricity networks to natural disasters. In: Protecting Electricity Networks from Natural Hazards. Eds. Komendantova, N. , pp. 71-75 Vienna, Austria: OSCE.

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.

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.

See, L. , McCallum, I. , Liu, W. , Keating, A., Hochrainer-Stigler, S., Mochizuki, J. , Fritz, S., Dugar, S., Arestegui, M., Szoenyi, M., Laso-Bayas, J.C. , Burek, P. , French, A., & Moorthy, I. (2016). The potential of crowdsourcing and mobile technology to support flood disaster risk reduction. In: European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2016, 17–22 April 2016, Vienna, Austria.

Keating, A., Mechler, R. , Magnuszewski, P., Liu, W. , & Mochizuki, J. (2015). System Analysis in International Development: From Concept to Application in Flood Prone Communities. In: Systems Analysis 2015 - A Conference in Celebration of Howard Raiffa, 11 -13 November, 2015, Laxenburg, Austria.

Liu, W. , Dhugar, S., Bhandari, D., Keating, A., & Mechler, R. (2015). Diagnosing Disaster Resilience of Communities as Complex Socioecological Systems. In: Systems Analysis 2015 - A Conference in Celebration of Howard Raiffa, 11 -13 November, 2015, Laxenburg, Austria.

Liu, J., Hull, V., Luo, J., Yang, W., & Liu, W. (2015). Multiple telecouplings and their complex interrelationships. Ecology and Society 20 (3) 10.5751/ES-07868-200344.

Liu, W. , Vogt, C., Lupi, F., He, G., Ouyang, Z., & Liu, J. (2015). Evolution of tourism in a flagship protected area of China. Journal of Sustainable Tourism 24 (2), 203-226. 10.1080/09669582.2015.1071380.

Hull, V., Roloff, G., Zhang, J., Liu, W. , Zhou, S., Huang, J., Xu, W., Ouyang, Z., Zhang, H., & Liu, J. (2014). A synthesis of giant panda habitat selection. Ursus 25 (2), 148-162. 10.2192/URSUS-D-13-00011.1.

Hull, V., Zhang, J., Zhou, S., Huang, J., Vina, A., Liu, W. , Tuanmu, M.-N., Li, R., Liu, D., & Hu, W. (2014). Impact of livestock on giant pandas and their habitat. Journal for Nature Conservation 22 (3), 256-264. 10.1016/j.jnc.2014.02.003.

Scolobig, A., Mechler, R. , Komendantova, N. , Liu, W. , Schroeter, D., & Patt, A. (2014). The co-production of scientific advice and decision making under uncertainty: Lessons from the 2009 L'Aquila earthquake, Italy. Planet@Risk 2 (2), 71-76.