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Julia Qian Mao

Doctoral student

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Julia Mao, photo.
Contact details
  • Email: julia_qian [dot] mao [at] svet [dot] lu [dot] se
Organisation
  • Department of Political Science
  • Service point: 35
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Other affiliations
  • Doctoral student
    BECC: Biodiversity and Ecosystem services in a Changing Climate

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.

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

Introduction

Having academic background in both Finance and Sustainability Science, Julia Mao enjoys working on cross-disciplinary topics in multi-stakeholder environments.

Research Projects

MISTRA Biopath

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