Professor, PhD
Department of Agricultural Economics, College of Economics and Management , Northwest A&F University
No.3 Taicheng Road, Yangling, Shaanxi , China 712100
Email: hbchen@nwafu.edu.cn
Basic Information
Haibin Chen combines and integrates methods and theories from multiple scientific disciplines, e.g., economics, sociology, and ecology, to develop better understanding of the complex social-ecological systems. In his work, theoretical/conceptual models and simulations are developed to describe and analyze the complex and intricate interactions between and among different ecological and/or social components of environmental governance systems, with a particular focus on pastoral areas and watersheds. He authors/co-authors over 50 publications and continuously undertakes peer-review tasks for a number of journals, e.g., Journal of Rural Studies, Land Use Policy, Ecological Economics, People and Nature, Rangeland Ecology & Management , etc. He serves as a Session Editor of Global Sustainability .
Research Interests:
●Environmental Collaborative Governance
●Social-Ecological Network
●Resilience Assessment
●Rangeland Sustainability
●Watershed governance
Education:
●Ph.D. in Natural Resources, Beijing Normal University (2011–2016)
●M.S. in Land Resource Management, Beijing Normal University (2004–2007)
●B.S. in Land Resource Management, China University of Mining and Technology (2000–2004)
Working Experience:
●Professor, College of Economics and Management, NWAFU, (2023–)
●Visiting Researcher, Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University (2021.12–2022.12)
●Associate Professor, College of Economics and Management, NWAFU, (2018–2022)
●Lecturer, College of Economics and Management, NWAFU, (2010–2017)
●Teaching assistant, College of Economics and Management, NWAFU, (2007–2009)
Course teaching:
●Natural Resources and Environmental Economics
●Agricultural Resources Economics and Management
●Land Economics
Research Projects:
●National Natural Science Foundation of China (72273104). Forming process of behaviors and structure of rangeland collaborative governance: from the perspective of institutional fit, 2023/01–2026/12.
●National Natural Science Foundation of China (71873098). Structural properties and functions of multi-agent network in collaborative governance and transformation in China’s rangeland, 2019/01–2022/12
●International Collaborative Program for Introducing Advanced Foreign Experts, Ministry of Science and Technology of China, Collaborative Governance of Social-Ecological System in the Yellow River Watershed, 2021/01–2021/12.
●Humanities and Social Science Research Foundation, Ministry of Education of China (16YJC630003), ES-based sustainable governance in China’s rangeland, 2017/01–2019/12.
Publications:
[1] Wei Bingbing, Chen Haibin, Shao Liqun*, Huo Xuexi, Xia Xianli. 2025. Roles of strong and weak social ties in collaborative network formation for building livelihood resilience of herders: a case study on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. R angeland Ecology & Management , 100, 14-26.
[2] Zhao Meng, Chen Haibin, Shao Liqun*, Xia Xianli, Zhang Han. 2024. Impacts of rangeland ecological compensation on livelihood resilience of herdsmen: an empirical investigation in Qinghai Province, China. Journal of Rural Studies , 107, 103245.
[3] Bodin Örjan, Chen Haibin. 2023. A network perspective of human-nature interactions in dynamic and fast-changing landscapes. National Science Review , 10, nwad019.
[4] Chen Haibin, Ding Rui*, Shao Liqun. 2022. Cognitive antecedents and formation pathways of confined feeding mode adoption by herders in China. Journal of Rural Studies , 94, 326-335.
[5] Qian Chen, Shao Liqun, Chen Haibin*. 2022. Understanding herdsmen's rangeland rent-in behaviour under current rural land tenure system of China. Ecological Economics , 196, 107425.
[6] Zhang Bangbang, Li Xian, Chen Haibin*, et al., 2022. Identifying opportunities to close yield gaps in China by use of certificated cultivars to estimate potential productivity. Land Use Policy 117: 106080.
[7] Wang Jiamei#, Chen Haibin#, Zhang Heng, Luo Jianchao, Cheng Mingwang, Zhang Jiaping. 2022. Property rights reform and capital adequacy ratios of rural credit cooperatives in China. Economic Modelling , 105707.
[8] Ding Rui, Shao Liqun, Chen Haibin*. 2021. Curbing overstocking on rangeland through subsidies, rewards, and herders’ social capital: Lessons from Qinghai province, China. Journal of Rural Studies , 87, 361-374.
[9] Liu Jingming, Chen Haibin*, Hou Xianhui*, Zhang Daojun, Zhang Hui. 2021. Time to adopt a context-specific and market-based compensation scheme for a new round of the Grain for Green Program. Land Use Policy 108: 105675.
[10] Zhang Bangbang, Li Jiaxiang, Tian Wenmiao, Chen Haibin*, Kong Xiangbin*, Chen Wei, Zhao Minjuan, Xia Xianli. 2020. Spatio-temporal variances and risk evaluation of land finance in China at the provincial level from 1998 to 2017, Land Use Policy 99: 104804.
[11] Zhang Bangbang, Niu Wenhao, Ma Linyan, Zuo Xuyang, Kong Xiangbin, Chen Haibin*, Zhang Yifan*, Chen Wei, Zhao Minjuan, Xia Xianli. 2019. A company-dominated pattern of land consolidation to solve land fragmentation problem and its effectiveness evaluation: A case study in a hilly region of Guangxi Autonomous Region, Southwest China, Land Use Policy 88: 104115.
[12] Wang Shuai, Fu Bojie*, Chen Haibin, Liu Yu. 2018. Regional development boundary of China’s Loess Plateau: Water limit and land shortage. Land Use Policy 74: 130-136.
[13] Chen Haibin, Shao Liqun, Zhao Minjuan*, Zhang Xing, Zhang Daojun. 2017. Grassland conservation programs, vegetation rehabilitation and spatial dependency in Inner Mongolia, China. Land Use Policy 64C: 429-439.
