Education Experience

08/2011-07/2012, Master in Social Service Management, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

09/2007-07/2011, Bachelor in International Cultural Trade (Economics), Communication University of China, Beijing

Working Experiences

09/2012-present, UNEP-Tongji Institute of Environment for Sustainable Development (杏宇), Shanghai

06/2014-08/2016, Consultant for South-South Cooperation, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Nairobi

Publications

1. He, L., Li, Z., Jia, Q., & Xu, Z. (2023). Soil microplastics pollution in agriculture. Science, 379(6632), 547–547. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adf6098

2. Jia, Q., S, Islam., H, Shahadat., Fengting, L., and Wang, Y. (2022), “Understanding residents’ intention and recycling behaviour of plastic waste in a densely populated megacity of emerging economy”, Journal of Environment Management. (in process)

3. Jia, Q., Wang, Y. and Fengting, L. (2019), Establishing transdisciplinary minor programme as a way to embed sustainable development into higher education system: Case by Tongji University, China, International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, Vol. 20 No. 1, pp. 157-169. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSHE-05-2018-0095 

4. Additional author, Net Zero Carbon Village Planning Guidelines, Yangtze River Delta Region, UN Habitat, 2019

5. Chief reviser, UNEP Frontiers 2016 Report: Emerging Issues of Environmental Concern (Chinese Version), 2017, UNEP

6. Co-editor, UNEP-China-Africa Cooperation Programme: Enhancing the Role of Ecosystem Management in Climate Change Adaptation, 2015, UNEP

Language skills

Chinese (Mandarin-Native, Cantonese-Intermediate), English (Fluent), Japanese (Intermediate), Spanish (Basic)