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sustainability science, public policy, citizen engagement, public-private-partnership, water governance

Biography

Herlin Chien is the Deputy Executive Director for Sustainable Development Office and Full Professor at College of Humanities and Social Sciences, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology in Pingtung, Taiwan. In 2012, she served as the Founding Director for ICLEI-Local Government for Sustainability East Asia Training Center in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. With her two doctoral degrees in the field of political science and sustainability science, her recent research interest is to understand recursive human-nature coevolution process from a social-ecological system dynamics perspective. Theoretical concepts or tools she adopts include common-pool resource system coding, coupled infrastructure system framework, common international classification of ecosystem services, adaptive governance, urban resilience and ICT-enabled urban commoning. She also has a particular interest in fresh water ecosystem such as restoration of urban river, biodiversity under water, water pollution from livestock waste and protection of metropolitan water catchment. From 2021-2024, she is a Co-Investigator in Taiwan team for Belmont Forum international cooperation project-ABRESO: Abandonment and Rebound-Societal views on landscape-and land-use change and their impacts on water and soils. Since 2023 February, she is also the host of a Taiwan Sustainability Hub at her university in collaboration with National Technology and Science Council – TSH@NPUST 1.5 Degree Food and Consumption Transition with a analytical focus from a Water-Energy-Food (WEF) nexus perspective. Her email: hchien@mail.npust.edu.tw

Beyond academic works, Dr. Chien also has a longterm interest in collaborating with civil society including serving as Taiwan host for Asia Civil Society Research Network (ACSRN), engaging in collective efforts to promote open government and open parliament initiatives with PMOs (parliamentary monitoring organizations), and to empower women via NGOs such as Business and Professional Women, BPW International with official UN consultation status. From 2024 to 2027. Dr. Chien serves as the Regional Coordinator for the Asia Pacific for BPW International.

Research Interests: social-ecological system, ecosystem services, ICT-enabled urban commons, adaptive governance, resilience, blue-green infrastructure, citizen engagement

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Employment (5)

National Pingtung University of Science and Technology: Pingtung City, TW

2024-02-01 to present | Full Professor (College of Humanities and Social Sciences)
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National Pingtung University of Science and Technology: Pingtung, TW

2019-08-01 to 2024-02-28 | Associate Professor (College of Humanities and Social Sciences)
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Wenzao Ursuline University of Languages: Kaohsiung, TW

2016-08-01 to 2018-07-31 | Associate Professor (Dept. of International Affairs)
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Wenzao Ursuline University of Languages: Kaohsiung, TW

2009-08-01 to 2016-07-31 | Assistant Professor (Dept. of International Affairs)
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National Sun Yat-sen University: Kaohsiung, TW

2008-08-01 to 2009-07-31 | Assistant Professor (Graduate Institute of Political Science)
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Education and qualifications (2)

United Nations University: Tokyo, JP

2018-08-30 to 2021-08-01 | PhD Degree (Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability)
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National Sun Yat-sen University: Kaohsiung, TW

2004-09-01 to 2008-06-30 | PhD (Graduate Institute of Political Science)
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Professional activities (4)

BPW UN ESCAP Representative: Bangkok, TH

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Asia Civil Society Research Network: Melbourne, AU

2023-03 to present | Host of Taiwan Charter
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TSH@NPUST 1.5 Food Production and Consumption Transition: Pingtung, TW

2023-02-14 to present | Host of TSH@NPUST
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Business and Professional Women, BPW International: Bogota, EC

2024-11-22 to 2027-11-21 | Regional Coordinator for Asia Pacific
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Funding (2)

2025-2026 Add-On International Cooperation India-Taiwan Project (with Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur, IITJ, School of Liberal Arts): Designing Water Sustainability in Urban Contexts from Sociohydrological Systems Approach: A Study of Bangalore, India, and Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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NSTC, Taiwan (Taipei, TW)
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2025-2026 International Cooperation Italy-Taiwan Project, (with CNR-IRCrES, Research Institute on Sustainable Economic Growth of the Italian National Research Council) Conservation and Restoration of Ecosystem Services for Promoting Biodiversity: A Critical Zone Perspective to Compare Italy and Taiwan Mountain Study Sites

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NSTC, Taiwan (Taipei, TW)
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