LEIWEN JIANG
Asian Demographic Research Institute, Shanghai University
ljiang@shu.edu.cn
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.
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.
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
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