Dr. Jingyuan Xu is an assistant professor at Institute for Global Public Policy (IGPP), Fudan University and a researcher at LSE-Fudan Center. She received her B.A. in International Politics from Fudan University and Ph.D. in Public Policy from the City University of Hong Kong. Dr. Xu's research focuses on global environmental and climate governance, collaborative governance and public finance management. Her recent work has appeared in Public Administration Review, Climate Policy, Environmental Politics, Public Money and Management, Environmental Education Research, among others. She is the principal investigators of several research projects funded by CPSF and NSFC. She is the program director of Master Program in Global Public Policy (MGPP). She teaches courses on Chinese Public Policy, Public Financial Management, and Qualitative Research Method.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Environmental and climate governance, collaborative governance, public finance and budgeting, policy implementation in China

ACADEMIC POSITIONS：

• 2021.06-present, Assistant professor, Institute for Global Public Policy, Fudan University

• 2019.06-2021.05, Post-doctoral fellow, School of International Relationship and Public Affairs, Fudan University

• 2018.11-2019.06, Senior research associate, Department of Public Policy, City University of Hong Kong

EDUCATION

• 2014-2019, Ph.D. in Public Policy, City University of Hong Kong

• 2010-2014, B.A. in International Politics, Fudan University

• 2012.9-2013.1, Exchange program in Political Science University of California, Riverside

EXECUTIVE EDUCATION PROGRAMS

Master in Global Public Policy

The Master in Global Public Policy (MGPP) is a two-year, full-time, English-taught program that trains students on the theoretical and applied dimensions of global policy analysis, implementation and evaluation. Students who fulfill the graduation and degree requirements will be awarded the Master of Management Science in Public Policy from Fudan University. 

COURSES

Chinese Public Policy

Graduate course (Fall semester), 2022-

Qualitative Research Methods

Graduate course(Spring semester), 2022-

Public Financial Management

Undergraduate course(Spring semester), 2023-

English papers:

• Chenlin Zhao, XiaoHu Wang, Peter T.Y. Cheung and Jingyuan Xu (Corresponding author).Influence of External Authorities on Collaborative Actions. Public Administration Review, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1111/puar.13616

• Jingyuan Xu and Yue Zhang. Has the international climate regime promoted climate justice? Evidence from Clean Development Mechanism projects in China. Climate Policy, 2022, 22(2): 222-235.

• Xiaohu Wang and Jingyuan Xu.Debate: The central government’s capacity building role in policy implementation in China, Public Money and Management, 2022, 42(2): 57-58.

• Jingyuan Xu. Conflicts in multi-level governance: an analysis of international climate policy implementation at the sub-national level. Global Public Policy and Governance, (2021)1: 401–420

• Xu, J.,Wang, X.,& Xiao, H. (2020). How environmental bureaucrats influence funding legislation: An information processing perspective. Environmental Politics, 29(7): 1284-1305.

• Wang, X., Berman, E., Chen, D., & Xu, J. (Corresponding author). (2020). Shaping pro-environmental attitudes among public service trainees: An experimental study. Environmental Education Research, 27(2): 295-311.

• Wang, X.,Xiao, H., Yan, B., & Xu, J.(Corresponding author). (2020). Administrative accountability and early responses during public health crises — Lessons from COVID-19 in China. Public Money and Management, 41(1): 73–76.

• Xu, J. & Zhao, C. (2020). Assessing the role of legal documentation in transboundary collaborations: A comparative analysis of water supply projects in Hong Kong and Singapore. Journal of Water Law, (26): 249-257.

Chinese papers:

• Chunkui Zhu, Zhaoyang Wu and Jingyuan Xu, How Can Public Services Provision Influence the Citizens’ Happiness: Empirical Testing Based on the Income-Happiness Framework. Public Administration and Policy Review, 2022(02):15-34.

• Jingyuan Xu, How to Tackle the Dilemma in Climate Governance for the European Union Countries (Book Review), Fudan International Studies Review, 2021(01): 263-269.

• Chunkui Zhu, Mengyuan Liu and Jingyuan Xu, Research on the Progress and Prospect on Climate Policy Attitude, Nanjing Journal of Social Science, 2021(05):71-81+99.

• Chenlin Zhao and Jingyuan Xu(Corresponding author), Collaborative Governance between Hong Kong and the Mainland: A Comparative Case Study on the Three Forms of Cross-Border Governance, Journal of Public Administration, 2020(02): 58-75

• Jingyuan Xu, Yingyi Wang and Xiaohu Wang, Policy Challenges and Strategies for Governing Wildlife Protection: A multi-Case Study of Natural Habitat Preservation and Illegal Trade, Fudan Public Administration Review, 2020 (21): 203-228

Book chapters：

• Jingyuan Xu and XiaoHu Wang. “National Sustainability Planning: China’s Experiences and Lessons”. In Robert Brinkmann (ed.) The Palgrave Handbook of Global Sustainability. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. 2022

• Jingyuan Xu and Xiaohu Wang. “Performance Budgeting: Linking Administrative Strategies to Budgetary Outcomes” in Marc Holzer and Andrew Ballard (eds.) Public Productivity and Performance Handbook(third edition), New York: Routledge.2021

• Hanyu Xiao and Jingyuan Xu. “The Development of Fiscal Transparency in China: A Critical Review” in Xiaowei Zang and Hon Chan (eds.) Handbook of Public Policy and Public Administration in China. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd. 2020

Commentary：

• Jingyuan Xu. Adapting to Climate Change in China: A Focus on Vulnerable Groups (in English and Arabic). Alternative Policy Solutions. 2022-8-31: https://aps.aucegypt.edu/en/articles/814/adapting-to-climate-change-in-china-a-focus-on-vulnerable-groups.

• Jingyuan Xu and Hanyu Xiao. Fiscal transparency in China progress, challenges and agenda, (in Chinese). The papers, 2020-5-17: https://m.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_7408366?from=timeline&isappinstalled=0

Research projects：

• 2023-2025 “Research on the Driving Factors and Inventive Mechanism of Local Climate Policy Adoption under the Carbon Peaking and Carbon Neutrality Goals (No.7220040531)”,National Natural Science Foundation. (Principal investigator)

• 2020-2022 “Research on the Clean Development Mechanism: Project Distribution, Sustainability Evaluation and Policy Innovation (No.2020M681193)”, Chinese Postdoctoral Science Foundation. (Principal investigator)

• 2020-2023. “The role of authoritative imposition in collaborative actions: an empirical assessment of procedural and institutional design factors (No. 11604120)”. Research Grant Council of Hong Kong Government. (Participant)

• 2018-2019. “Administrative Strategies and Budgetary Outcomes: An Analysis of Hong Kong Environmental Legislation and Spending (No. 7005146)”. Strategic Research Fund of City University of Hong Kong. (Participant)

• 2015-2017. “Institutional Development and Budgetary Decision Making—the case of Hong Kong (No. 11600715)”. Research Grant Council of Hong Kong Government. (Participant)

Academic Awards:

• Best Paper Award, Global Public Policy and Governance, 2022

• Best Paper Award, Public Administration and Policy Review (in Chinese), 2022

• Best Thesis Award of the Third Young Scholar Forum of Journal of Public Administration(in Chinese), 2019

• The Outstanding Academic Performance Award, City University of Hong Kong, 2015