Educational Background

2008 - 2012  PhD on Environmental Assessment. The Danish Center for Environmental Assessment, Department of Planning

2005 - 2008  Aalborg University, Denmark (Best engineering university in Europe. M.Sc. in Environmental Science (2022 US News subject ranking 49)

2001 - 2005  School of Environment, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China，B.Sc. in Environmental Engineering School of Environment, Hubei University, Hubei, China  

Work Experience

2016 - Present   Supervisor for master students, Associate Professor, Guangxi University, China

2013 - 2016       Project coordinator at Viegaard Stuterri Aps, Denmark

2011 - 2014       Coordinator of the China-Denmark Research Center for Strategic Environmental Assessment and Sustainable Development, established jointly by The Danish Center for Environmental Assessment, Aalborg University, Beijing Normal University, China, and the Appraisal Center for Environmental Engineering, Ministry of Environmental Protection, China.

2021 - 2014       Coordinator of the Joint European Master in Environmental Studies----Cities and Sustainability (JEMES CiSu), master student and scholar exchange between Aalborg University, Beijing Normal University and Beijing University of Technology.

Granted Projects

[1] 2017-2022. “The 100 Talent Project Award”. Chairman of the research. Funded by Guangxi Province (RMB 300,000)

[2] 2017-2020. “Research on the SEA implementation at the inter-organizational level in the context of Belt and Road Initiative”. Chairman of the research. Funded by National Social Science Foundation (RMB 200,000).

[3] 2016-2017. “Research on the collaboration mechanism of China and ASEAN renewable energy”, Chairman of the research. Funded by Social Science Planning Office of Guangxi Province (RMB 100,000).

[4] 2008-2012. “Searching for cumulative understanding of effectiveness - A focus on critical factors of environmental assessment”. Aalborg University.

[5] 2010-2012. “Evaluation of the SEA implementation of the Copenhagen Spatial Plan 2009”. Copenhagen Kommune and Aalborg Univeristy.

[6] 2008-2010. “Biodiversity Impact Assessment of the Main Industrial Development Strategies of Beibu Gulf Economic Zone, GuangXi Province, China”. Participant of the project. Funded by Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP)

[7] 2007-2008. “Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of Jiangxian (Shanxi) Eco-industry Regional Development Plan”. Participant of the project. Funded by MEP

[8] 2005-2006. “EIA of Feng lingdu (Shanxi) Eco-industry Regional Development Plan”. Participant of the project. Funded by MEP

[9] 2007. “SEA of Industry Development in Ordos, Inner-Mongolia Autonomous Region, China”. Participant of the project. A pilot study of MEP

[10] 2006-2007. “SEA of Dalian Forest Park (Eastern region) Development, Dalian City, China” Participant of the project. Funded by Dalian Municipality

[11] 2006. “Atmospheric Environmental Capacity Assessment of Datong City, Shanxi Province”. Participant of the project. Funded by Datong City

Honors and Awards

[1] Best Teacher Awards in 2018, Guangxi University, China

[2] Best Supervisor Awards in 2022, Guangxi University, China

[3] Reviewer for Elsevier journals, 2012-present

[4] Member of Centre of Strategic Environmental Assessment for China, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, 2009-2014

[5] Member of International Association for impact assessment (IAIA), 2009-2012

Publications

[1] Huixing Miao, Xiaojie Chen, Jie Zhang. 2024. Are carbon tax and subsidies both effective in improving innovation efficiency? A study of China’s industrial sector. Economic Change and Restructuring. Forthcoming.

[2] Jie Zhang, jiwei Chen, Guohui Chen. 2024. The temporal and spatial dynamics of FDI productivity spillovers: A technology gap perspective. Journal of Policy Modeling. Forthcoming.

[3] Junling Liu, Jie Zhang, Yudian Liu. 2023. The nexus between green finance and CO2 emissions in China: New evidence from a panel smooth transition regression. Academic Journal of Environment & Earth Science. Vol.5, Issue 8: 68-79, DOI: 10.25236/AJEE.2023.050808.

[4] Xiaowen Chen, Jie Zhang. 2024. The threshold effect of digital service trade on carbon emissions: an empirical study based on RCEP countries. Economic Change and Restructuring. Forthcoming.

[5] Jiwei Chen, Jie Zhang. 2024. The Nexus between Green Finance and Energy Consumption in regional comprehensive economic partnership countries. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-024-32003-y.

[6] Guohui Chen, Jie Zhang. 2022. Regional inequality in ASEAN countries: evidence from an outer space perspective. Emerging Market Finance and Trade. https://doi.org/10.1080/1540496X.2022.2119810.

[7] Jie Zhang, Zuojun Fan, Yaowen Chen, Jingjing Gao, Wen Liu. 2020. Decomposition and decoupling analysis of carbon dioxide emissions from economic growth in the context of China and the ASEAN countries. The Science of the Total Environment Vol 714 Pages: 136649 Published: 2020-Jan-11 (Epub 2020 Jan 11).

[8] Jie Zhang, Lone Kørnøv, Per Christensen. 2020. A historical review of the cumulative science in SEA effectiveness，Environmental Impact Assessment Review 83, 106412.

[9] Juanita Gallego Dávila, Jie Zhang, Lone Kørnøv. 2020. Challenges to carry out Transboundary Environmental Assessment in ASEAN countries. Environmental Impact Assessment Review 84, 106432.

[10] Yaowen Chen, Zuojun Fan, Jie Zhang, Min Mo, 2019. Does the connectivity of the Belt and Road Initiative contribute to the economic growth of the Belt and Road countries? Emerging Markets Finance and Trade. 2019 Issue 14.

[11] Md. Safiqul Islam, Ailian Huang, Jie Zhang. 2019. Major Challenges and Remedies in Building the Bangladesh-China-India-Myanmar Economic Corridor. China Quarterly of International Strategic Studies. Vol. 4, No. 4, 1–17.

[12] Jie Zhang, Lone Kørnøv, Per Christensen. 2018. The discretionary power of the impact assessment practitioner. Environmental Impact Assessment Review 2018,72:25-32.

[13] Lone Kørnøv, Jie Zhang, Per Christensen. 2014. The influence of street level bureaucracy on the implementation of Strategic Environmental Assessment. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management. DOI: 10.1080/09640568.2013.873711.

[14] Jie Zhang, Per Christensen, Lone Kørnøv. 2013. Critical factors for EIA implementation: Literature review and research options, Journal of Environmental Management 114, 148-157.

[15] Jie Zhang, Per Christensen, Lone Kørnøv. 2013. Review of critical factors for SEA implementation. Environmental Impact Assessment Review 38, 88-98.

[16] Searching for cumulative understanding of effectiveness - A focus on critical factors of environmental assessment. 2012. Aalborg University Press.ISBN: 978-87-91404-37-5

[17] Wei Li, Dechang Xie, Jie Zhang. 2009. Application of landscape ecological method in planning environment impact assessment----a case study for east part of Dalian Forest Park. China Environmental Science 29(6): 605-610.                                                              

[18] Participation in compilation of Book: Wei Li, Tianwei Li. 2008. Theory, Methods and Experience of Strategic Environmental Assessment at the Policy Level. Beijing: The Science Press. ISBN: 978-7-03-021787-5.

[19] Participation in compilation of Book: Wei Li, Zhen Li and Tianwei Li. Development, Experience and Practice of Strategic Environmental Assessment. Beijing: Chemical Industry Press. ISBN 7-5025-8602-4.