Julia Qian Mao

Julia Qian Mao

Doctoral student

 https://orcid.org/0009-0003-8164-9345

Personal profile

Research

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 served as the Director of International Cooperation and a researcher at the International Institute of Green Finance (IIGF), carrying outresearch 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

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 13 - Climate Action
  • SDG 14 - Life Below Water
  • SDG 15 - Life on Land
  • SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals

UKÄ subject classification

  • Social Sciences
  • Political Science

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  • Mistra BIOPATH

    Arvidsson, S. (PI), Elliot, V. (Researcher), Smith, H. (Researcher), Gipperth, L. (Researcher), Droste, N. (Researcher), Alkan Olsson, J. (Researcher), Stenseke, M. (Researcher), Loor, M. (Project communication officer), Generosi, J. (Project coordinator), Sahlin, U. (Researcher), Börjesson, P. (Researcher), Asgharian, H. (Researcher), Andersson, F. N. G. (Researcher), Islar, M. (Researcher), Somsen, J. (Researcher), Svahn, F. (Researcher), Paananen, M. (Researcher), Appelgren, V. (Researcher), Baeckström, Y. (Researcher), Jonäll, K. (Researcher), Dzielinski, M. (Researcher), Liu, L. (Researcher), Jonsson, S. (Researcher), Lundtofte, F. (Researcher), Magnusson, J. (Researcher), Sterner, T. (Researcher), Antonelli, A. (Researcher), Groom, B. (Researcher), Silvestro, D. (Researcher), Palme, U. (Researcher), Svensson, J. (Researcher), Cao, V. (Research student), Lindblad, M. (Research student), Sidemo Holm, W. (Researcher), Coelho, C. (Researcher), Olofsson, E. (Research student), Fransson, L. (Research student) & Mao, J. Q. (Research student)

    2022/10/01 → 2026/09/30

    Project: Research