LEIWEN JIANG

Professor and Founding Director
Asian Demographic Research Institute, Shanghai University

ljiang@shu.edu.cn

Field of Study: Demographie, Environnement, Population et développement
 
Specialization: Estimations et projections, Familles et ménages, Migration Interne, Mathematical Demography, Population et environnement, Urbanization
 
Regional focus: Etats Unis et Canada, Asie du Sud, Southeast Asia, East Asia
 
Education: Doctorat (Ph.D, MD), The University of Amsterdam, Démographie, 1999
 
Working languages: Anglais
Chinois
 
Other association membership in population or related fields: Asian Population Association (APA), European Association for Population Studies (EAPS), Population Association of America (PAA)
AAG, AGU
Curriculum Vitae:
 
Professional Summary:

Leiwen Jiang is a demographer engaged in improving the demographic component of integrated environment and climate assessments. He studies population dynamics, urbanization, household consumption patterns and their socioecological implications. He is Professor and Founding Director of Asian Demographic Research Institute (ADRI) at Shanghai University, and Senior Associate at Population Council. He taught at Brown University and Peking University; worked as research fellow at International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) and Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research; and was a scientist of National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and Chief Demographer at Population Action International (PAI). He served as Member of IUSSP Scientific Panel on Climate Change and was a scientific committee member of IUSSP Population and Environmental Research Network (PERN). He was a Council Member of Asian Population Association (APA) and chaired the nomination committee of the 7th APA Council. He served as a Lead Author of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 5th Assessment Report and coordinated the IPCC Scholarship Program Technical Committee. He is also a member of IIASA Scientific Advisory Committee.

 

Publications:

1. Jiang, L. and B. O’Neill, 2018: Determinants of urban growth during demographic and mobility transitions: evidence from India, Mexico, and the US. Population and Development Review, vol. 44 (2): 363-389.
2. Jiang, L., B. Jones, D. Balk, B. O’Neill, 2022. The importance of reclassification to understanding urban growth: a demographic decomposition of the United States, 1990-2010. Population, Space and Place. https://doi.org/10.1002/psp.2562
3. Jiang, L. and B.C. O’Neill, 2017: Global urbanization projections for the Shared Socioeconomic Pathways. Global Environmental Changes 42: 193-199
4. Jiang, L. 2014: Internal consistency of demographic assumptions in the shared socioeconomic pathways (SSPs). Population and Environment. 35(3): 261-285.
5. Jiang, L. and Karen Hardee, 2011: How do recent population trends matter to climate change, Population Research and Policy Review, 30(2): 287-312.

 
Honorary or professional positions and awards:
 
2024 Chair, Nomination Committee of the 7th Council of Asian Population Association (APA).

2023- Member of the Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC), International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)

2018-20 Council Member, Asian Population Association (APA)

2018- Advisory Board Member, Vienna Institute of Demography (VID)

2017-20 Scientific Committee Member, IUSSP Population and Environment Research Network (PERN)

2019 Member of Expert Panel, UN Commission on Population and Development 52nd Session

2018 Vice Chairman of National Organization Committee and Member of Scientific Committee of the 4th Conference of Asian Population Association (APA)

2018 Award of Outstanding Contribution by Asian Population Association (APA)

2016- Principal Investigator, Asian MetaCentre for Population and Sustainable Development Analysis

2016-18 Chair, Asian Population Association (APA) Scientific Group on One-Belt-One-Road Initiative and its Socioecological Implications

2010-14 Lead Author, Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC) the 5th Assessment Report

2015-16 Coordinator, Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC) Scholarship Program Technical Committee of Working Group III

2015 Member, UN Expert Panel on Integrating Population Issues into the Post-2015 Development Agenda

2011-13 Member, Scientific Panel for Climate Change, International Union for Scientific Studies of Population (IUSSP)

Best paper award (social sciences), Shanghai University, 2019

Best Poster Award, Population Association of America Annual Meeting, 2015, 2018, and 2019

Highest academic achievement award, Shanghai University, 2017

Highest academic achievement award of China Population Association, 2002

Highest academic achievement award of Peking University, 2001
Research grants:
Current grants:



2024-25; China urbanization comparative analysis based on 2020 Census data

European Commission

Total amount: euro 15000

Role PI



2023-24: Asian Population and Sustainable Development Analysis, APF 2023 and training program

China Natural Science Foundation

Total amount: RMB 260,000

Role: PI



1/2017-12/2025: International Migration under One-Belt-One-Road Initiative

China National Social Sciences Foundation (National Key Project)

Total amount: 800,000 RMB

Role: PI



2023-24: Updating Urbanization Projections using Degree or Urbanization Data, European Commission,

Total amount euro 15000

Role: PI



2021-24: Town+Gown Task Order Related to Climate Vulnerability, Impact, and Adaptation Analysis (VIA RFP), Co-PIs Joel Towers and Timon McPhearson.

New York City Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS).

Total Amount: $2.5 million.

Role: co-investigator



2019-20: Demographic Projection for Integrated Multi-sector, Multi-scale modeling (IM3) Scientific Focus Area

Department of Energy (Subcontract through University of Denver)

Total amount: $160,000

Role: PI



2018 – 2020: Leadership for Ecozoic (L4E)

the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund

Total amount: $500,000

Role: PI



2017-20: Integrated Multi-Sector, Multi-Scale Modeling (IM3) Scientific Focus Area. PI Ian Kraucunas.

US Department of Energy Office of Science.

Total Amount: $13 million.

Role: co-investigator