Dr. Suili Xiao

• Ecosystem services
• Biodiversity
• Urban ecology
• Green city development
• Urban-rural transformation
• Peri-urban landscapes
• Land use change
• Nature conservation

Since 2019

Senior researcher, Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development, Dresden (IOER)

2017-2018

Academic visitor in IOER, German Chancellor Fellowship of Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

2018(04-07)

Academic visitor in Cambridge University, research on Urban Nature from Historical, Cultural and Political Perspectives

2011-2017

Environmental policy researcher & program manager, Foreign Economic Cooperation Office, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, PRC

2004-2006

Lecturer, University of Science and Technology, Beijing, China

 

2006-2011

PhD in Beijing Forestry University. Title: "Urban Greening System Functions and Layout for Livability of Beijing" as well as "Forest recreation carrying capacity in Suburban Mountain area of Beijing"

2000-2004

B.S. of Forestry Ecotourism, Northeast Forestry University, study on "Forest Resources Protection and Recreation"

 

Urban-Rural Assembly (URA) - Managing inclusive transformation-to-sustainability processes at the urban-rural interface of the Huangyan-Taizhou region in China through the development of new strategic governance tools and the implementation of exemplary pilot projects as catalysts for regional value chains

Towards Green Cities - The Values of Urban Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in China and Germany (Duration: 2017, BfN)

Rethinking Urban Nature - is developing new perspectives on urban nature, using cities as unique laboratories to explore the complex intersections between nature, culture, and urban space (Duration: 2018, European Research Council (ERC))

CEP-BCI -The Core Environment Program and Biodiversity Conservation Corridor Initiative in Great Mekong Subregion (GMS) (Duration: 2011-2017, Asian Development Bank (ADB))