Political Science
Main research or teaching areas
- Political economy of biodiversity financing
- Sustainable finance
- Gender finance
Current research and teaching
Julia Mao’s current research project studies the political economy of biodiversity financing, with a focus on the roles of Swedish public expenditures for biodiversity conservation and their relation to financial markets. It is a part of the MISTRA Biopath Programme at Lund University. She is also a Research Fellow at UNDP, working for the Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN).
Prior to the PhD studies, she worked as the Director of International Cooperation and a researcher at the International Institute of Green Finance (IIGF), carrying out research projects,policy analysis, and stakeholder engagement. Her research covers global sustainable finance, biodiversity finance, and gender finance related topics.
Areas of expertise
- Global Sustainable Finance Development
- Green finance, gender finance, biodiversity finance in China
Publications
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Closing the Funding Gap: Biodiversity Finance Mechanisms
Julia Qian Mao
(2025) Palgrave Studies in Emerging Risk Management and Sustainable Finance , p.333-360
Book chapterWhat do we (not) know about biodiversity finance governance?
Jesper Svensson, Julia Mao, Nils Droste
(2025) Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 75
Journal article review
Introduction
Having academic background in both Finance and Sustainability Science, Julia Mao enjoys working on cross-disciplinary topics in multi-stakeholder environments.