Jieling Liu
I finished my Ph.D. in the Interdisciplinary Program on Climate Change and Sustainable Development Policies in June 2022, with Distinction and Honours.
My research interests include institutional solutions on common-pool resources, urban governance and policy-making, and institutional change.
My thesis “Transforming Urban Green Space Governance in China under Ecological Civilisation - An Institutional Analysis" departs from political science and institutional economics perspectives, and addresses the research question: "What are the institutional factors that influence local governments to promote or sacrifice ecosystem services of urban ecological resources, in the context of climate change?" through the theoretical application of property rights, transaction costs, and common-pool resource governance, the analytical application of Elinor Ostrom's (Nobel Laureate in Economics) Institutional Analysis and Development framework, and the empirical case study in Guangzhou, China.
Three of my most significant conclusions are: 1) To fully mobilise the potential of Nature-based Solutions and integrate ecosystem services in climate policies, nationally and locally, institutions must be established to reconise the material existence of ecosystem services as an essential common-pool resource and a precious property by itself, and not just some kind of attachment to land resources. 2) The rights to access, use, monitor, own and manage this precious property much be distributed across all levels and kinds of stakeholders, so long as they are factually impacted by any intervention of Nature-based Solutions. 3) The cultivation and restoration of nature and its ecosystem services is a long-term effort, and it must be adopted massively and now and fully supported by synergistic urban planning policies, if decisionmakers truly want to focus on long-term, sustainable and inclusive climate solutions.
My Ph.D. was supervised by Prof. Dr. Franz Gatzweiler, Executive Director of "Urban Health and Wellbeing - A Systems Approach", a science program of the International Science Council hosted by the Institute of Urban Environment - Chinese Academy of Sciences, and was co-supervised by Prof. Dr. Olivia Bina at the Institute of Social Sciences - University of Lisbon.
My other long-term focus is on the medium and long-term impact of economic instruments of carbon (emissions trading and tax), renewable energy development, climate finance, and other climate policies on industry, foreign trade, and urban planning and development, particularly in China and Europe. I have seven years of consulting and training experience for large international research and development financial institutions.
My thesis “Transforming Urban Green Space Governance in China under Ecological Civilisation - An Institutional Analysis" departs from political science and institutional economics perspectives, and addresses the research question: "What are the institutional factors that influence local governments to promote or sacrifice ecosystem services of urban ecological resources, in the context of climate change?" through the theoretical application of property rights, transaction costs, and common-pool resource governance, the analytical application of Elinor Ostrom's (Nobel Laureate in Economics) Institutional Analysis and Development framework, and the empirical case study in Guangzhou, China.
Three of my most significant conclusions are: 1) To fully mobilise the potential of Nature-based Solutions and integrate ecosystem services in climate policies, nationally and locally, institutions must be established to reconise the material existence of ecosystem services as an essential common-pool resource and a precious property by itself, and not just some kind of attachment to land resources. 2) The rights to access, use, monitor, own and manage this precious property much be distributed across all levels and kinds of stakeholders, so long as they are factually impacted by any intervention of Nature-based Solutions. 3) The cultivation and restoration of nature and its ecosystem services is a long-term effort, and it must be adopted massively and now and fully supported by synergistic urban planning policies, if decisionmakers truly want to focus on long-term, sustainable and inclusive climate solutions.
My Ph.D. was supervised by Prof. Dr. Franz Gatzweiler, Executive Director of "Urban Health and Wellbeing - A Systems Approach", a science program of the International Science Council hosted by the Institute of Urban Environment - Chinese Academy of Sciences, and was co-supervised by Prof. Dr. Olivia Bina at the Institute of Social Sciences - University of Lisbon.
