Research fields: population studies (marriage, fertility, population & development, population policies)
Email：liujianghua@tsinghua.org.cn；jh930.liu@mail.xjtu.edu.cn
Address: The School of Public Policy & Administration, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xian 710049, Shaanxi, China
1. Education
2007~2011, PhD research in Human (Behavioural) Ecology, The University of Sheffield, UK
Thesis Title: Evolutionary foundation of life-history shifts during the recentdemographic transitions in humans
PhD degree was conferred in December, 2011
2002~2005, MEng research in Environmental Biology, Tsinghua University, China MEng degree was conferred in July, 2005
1998~2002, BEng study in Environmental Engineering, Zhengzhou University, China BEng degree was conferred in July, 2002
2. Employment
2022~, Professor, School of Public Policy & Administration, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China
2014~2021,Associate Professor, School of Public Policy & Administration, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China
2011~2013, Postdoctoral Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Germany
2005~2007, Teaching instructor for undergraduate students majoring in EnvironmentalScience, Northwest Agriculture & Forestry University, China
3. Teaching
1) Courses taught:
2019~2022: Fundamentals of Population & Development Studies, MPhil students,18hours
2016~2022: Public Management Research Methods, undergraduate students, 32×7=224hours
2016~2021: Social Statistics, undergraduate students, 32×6=192hours
2021: Public Management Research Methods, MPhil& PhD students, 32 hours
2017~2019: Discipline Frontier, undergraduate & MPhil students, 4 hours
2016, 2021: Public Management Research Methods, MPA students,68hours
2014~2015: Applied Statistics, MPA students, 36 hours
2) Postgraduate studentssupervised:8MPhil students; 4 PhD students.
4. Awards
2018：Xi’an Outstanding Survey Report 2017, the Second Class (rank: 1/5). Awarded by the Xi’an Municipal Government
2017：Xi’an Outstanding Survey Report 2014−2015, the First Class (rank: 2/3). Awarded by the Xi’an Municipal Government
5. Major Research Grants
2016.06~2019.12,The Effect of Family Support on the Effectiveness of Implementing the Universal Two-Child Policy, Funded by the National Social Science Fund of China, 0.3 million Yuan
2014.06~2020.07,Xi’an Fertility Survey & Two-child Policy Implementation Evaluation 2014−2019, Funded by the Xi’an Municipal Government, 0.8 million Yuan
6. The Selected Publications
1) English Journal Publications(*: corresponding author)
①Zhang, L.,Liu*, J.& Lummaa, V. (2022) Intention to have a second child, family support and actual fertility behavior in current China: An evolutionary perspective.American Journal of Human Biology34, e23669.
②Liu*, J.& Zhang, L. (2022) Fertility intention-based birth forecasting in the context of China’s universal two-child policy: an algorithm and empirical study in Xi’an City.Journal of Biosocial Science54, 516–532.
③Xu, L. &Liu*, J.(2020) The turnover intention among grassroots family planning staff in the context of China’s universal two-child policy: A case study of the Xi’an city. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health17, 8478, 1–18.
④Liu, J.& Zhou, Z. (2019) Mothers’ subjective well-being after having a second child in current China: A case study of Xi’an City.International Journal of Environmental Research & Public Health16, 3823.
⑤Liu, J.& Lummaa, V. (2019) Whether to have a second child or not? An integrative approach to women's reproductive decision-making in current China.Evolution & Human Behavior40, 194–203.
⑥Liu, J., Duan, C. & Lummaa, V.（2017）Parent-offspring conflict over family size incurrent China.American Journal of Human Biology29, e22946.
⑦Liu, J.(2016) Cohort marriage kinetics in the context of migration, with a case study of Japan, 1920–1940.Journal of Biosocial Science48, 577–592.
⑧Liu, J.& Lummaa, V. (2014) An evolutionary approach to change of status-fertility relationship in human fertility transition.Behavioral Ecology25, 102–109.
⑨Liu, J., Rotkirch, A. & Lummaa, V. (2012) Maternal risk of breeding failure remained low throughout the demographic transitions in fertility and age at first reproduction in Finland.PLoS ONE7, e34898.
⑩Liu, J.& Lummaa, V. (2011) Age at first reproduction and probability of reproductive failure in women.Evolution & Human Behavior32, 433–443.
2) The Chinese Consulting Reports
①Yang, X. & Liu, J. (2019) The Effective Implementation of the Universal Two-child Policy Warrants an Effective Nursery Institution for 0−3 Years Babies. Length: 3,000 words.
②Liu, J. & Yang, X. (2018) Xi’an Fertility Survey & Two-child Policy Implementation Report 2016. Length: 65,000 words.
③Liu, J. & Yang, X. (2016) Xi’an Fertility Survey & Two-child Policy Implementation Report 2015. Length: 56,000 words.
④Liu, J. & Yang, X. (2015) Xi’an Fertility Survey & Two-child Policy Implementation Report 2014. Length: 64,000 words.
