Overview
Background
Dr. Yongping Wei is Associate Professor and ARC Future Fellow, School of Earth and Environmental Science, the University of Queensland. Before joining the University of Queensland in 2016, she was research fellow, senior research fellow and principal research fellow at the Department of Infrastructure Engineering, the University of Melbourne during 2008-2015. She had 11 years’ working experiences as an Irrigation Engineer then Water Manager in China in her early career. Dr Wei was awarded her PhD of Natural Resources Management at the University of Melbourne in 2007, and she also obtained Bachelor of Engineering and Master of Natural Resources Economics.
Availability
- Professor Yongping Wei is:
- Available for supervision
Qualifications
- Doctoral Diploma, University of Melbourne
Research interests
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global environmental change, sustainable water and land management, and interaction between human system and environmental systems
Dr. Wei is leading the catchment governance system science laboratory covering three innovative disciplines of catchment governance system science, which includes catchment governance mechanics, catchment system connectivity and catchment social-hydrology. She supervises three Post-Docs and ten PhD students.
Research impacts
Dr. Yongping Wei is a professor at the School of the Environment, the University of Queensland (since 2020). Before joining the University of Queensland in 2016, she was a research fellow, senior research fellow, and principal research fellow at the Department of Infrastructure Engineering, the University of Melbourne. Dr Wei was awarded her PhD in Natural Resources Management at the University of Melbourne in 2007.
Dr Wei is a founder of socio-hydrology. Her research contributes to revealing interactive processes between humans and nature by developing quantitative sociology and integrating it into natural cycles to improve the suitability, preciseness, and predictability of environmental decision-making. Her research areas cover water and land resources, agriculture, terrestrial vegetation ecosystem and global environmental change.
Dr Wei’s research has been recognized by the ARC with the awards of a Post-Doctoral Fellowship (2010-2013) and a Future Fellowship (2015-2019), and four ARC research projects cross DP, LP, and SRI programs as the first CI. In addition, she is appointed to the ARC College of Experts (2022-2024).
Dr Wei has been awarded over 40 grants of $10 million as the sole CI, first CI and/or project coordinator, including the establishment and development of the Australia and China Joint Research Centre on River Basin Management, an initiative jointly funded by Australian and Chinese governments.
Dr Wei has published one book, four book chapters, and about 200 journal papers over fifteen years since she was granted her PhD degree. Major journals where she has published her work include Nature Sustainability, Science Advance, Global Environmental Change, Water Resources Research, Hydrology and Earth Science Sciences, Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment; Water Resources Management, AMBIO, Environmental Science and Policy, and Ecosystem Services.
Works
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2023
Journal Article
Impacts of societal development on the evolution of ecosystem services in the Heihe River Basin, China
Wu, Shuanglei, Wei, Yongping, Li, Yukun and Lu, Zhixiang (2023). Impacts of societal development on the evolution of ecosystem services in the Heihe River Basin, China. Ecosystem Health and Sustainability, 9 0008. doi: 10.34133/ehs.0008
2022
Journal Article
Global assessment of groundwater stress vis-à-vis sustainability of irrigated food production
Mohan, Chinchu, Western, Andrew W., Jha, Madan Kumar and Wei, Yongping (2022). Global assessment of groundwater stress vis-à-vis sustainability of irrigated food production. Sustainability, 14 (24) 16896, 16896. doi: 10.3390/su142416896
2022
Journal Article
Basin management inspiration from impacts of alternating dry and wet conditions on water production and carbon uptake in Murray-Darling Basin
Lu, Zhixiang, Feng, Qi, Wei, Yongping, Zhao, Yan, Deo, Ravinesh C., Xie, Jiali, Zhou, Sha, Zhu, Meng and Xu, Min (2022). Basin management inspiration from impacts of alternating dry and wet conditions on water production and carbon uptake in Murray-Darling Basin. Science of the Total Environment, 851 (Pt 2) 158359, 158359. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.158359
2022
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Sensitivity of streamflow patterns to river regulation and climate change and its implications for ecological and environmental management
Patil, Rupesh, Wei, Yongping, Pullar, David and Shulmeister, James (2022). Sensitivity of streamflow patterns to river regulation and climate change and its implications for ecological and environmental management. Journal of Environmental Management, 319 115680, 1-14. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.115680
2022
Journal Article
Quantifying sediment retention by high-density small water conservancy facilities under insignificant variation of water discharge in the Nanliu River Basin, Beibu Gulf
Tong, Kai, Zhao, Yinjun, Wei, Yongping, Hu, Baoqing, Deng, Jianming and Xie, Yuchu (2022). Quantifying sediment retention by high-density small water conservancy facilities under insignificant variation of water discharge in the Nanliu River Basin, Beibu Gulf. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, 43 101184, 1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.ejrh.2022.101184
2022
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On capturing human agency and methodological interdisciplinarity in socio-hydrology research
Yu, David J., Haeffner, Melissa, Jeong, Hanseok, Pande, Saket, Dame, Juliane, Di Baldassarre, Giuliano, Garcia-Santos, Glenda, Hermans, Leon, Muneepeerakul, Rachata, Nardi, Fernando, Sanderson, Matthew, Tian, Fuqiang, Wei, Yongping, Wessels, Josepha and Sivapalan, Murugesu (2022). On capturing human agency and methodological interdisciplinarity in socio-hydrology research. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 67 (13), 1-12. doi: 10.1080/02626667.2022.2114836
2022
Journal Article
A conceptual framework for quantitatively understanding the impacts of floods/droughts and their management on the catchment's social-ecological system (C-SES)
Ding, Meng and Wei, Yongping (2022). A conceptual framework for quantitatively understanding the impacts of floods/droughts and their management on the catchment's social-ecological system (C-SES). Science of the Total Environment, 828 154041, 154041. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154041
2022
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A socio-hydrological framework for understanding conflict and cooperation with respect to transboundary rivers
Wei, Yongping, Wei, Jing, Li, Gen, Wu, Shuanglei, Yu, David, Ghoreishi, Mohammad, Lu, You, Souza, Felipe Augusto Arguello, Sivapalan, Murugesu and Tian, Fuqiang (2022). A socio-hydrological framework for understanding conflict and cooperation with respect to transboundary rivers. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 26 (8), 2131-2146. doi: 10.5194/hess-26-2131-2022
2022
Journal Article
Ageing knowledge structure in global river basins
Wei, Yongping, Wu, Shuanglei, Lu, Zhixiang, Wang, Xuemei, Wu, Xutong, Xu, Li and Sivapalan, Murugesu (2022). Ageing knowledge structure in global river basins. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 10 821342. doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2022.821342
2022
Journal Article
Bundling regions for promoting Sustainable Development Goals
Wu, Xutong, Liu, Jianguo, Fu, Bojie, Wang, Shuai, Wei, Yongping and Li, Yingjie (2022). Bundling regions for promoting Sustainable Development Goals. Environmental Research Letters, 17 (4) 044021. doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/ac5c9d
2022
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Decoupling of SDGs followed by re-coupling as sustainable development progresses
Wu, Xutong, Fu, Bojie, Wang, Shuai, Song, Shuang, Li, Yingjie, Xu, Zhenci, Wei, Yongping and Liu, Jianguo (2022). Decoupling of SDGs followed by re-coupling as sustainable development progresses. Nature Sustainability, 5 (5), 452-459. doi: 10.1038/s41893-022-00868-x
2022
Journal Article
The gulf of cross-disciplinary research collaborations on global river basins is not narrowed
Wei, Yongping and Wu, Shuanglei (2022). The gulf of cross-disciplinary research collaborations on global river basins is not narrowed. Ambio, 51 (9), 1994-2006. doi: 10.1007/s13280-022-01716-0
2022
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River basin governance enabling pathways for sustainable management: a comparative study between Australia, Brazil, China and France
Bouckaert, Frederick Willem, Wei, Yongping, Pittock, James, Vasconcelos, Vitor and Ison, Ray (2022). River basin governance enabling pathways for sustainable management: a comparative study between Australia, Brazil, China and France. Ambio, 51 (8), 1871-1888. doi: 10.1007/s13280-021-01699-4
2022
Journal Article
Effects of change in streamflow patterns on water quality
Patil, Rupesh, Wei, Yongping, Pullar, David and Shulmeister, James (2022). Effects of change in streamflow patterns on water quality. Journal of Environmental Management, 302 (Part A) 113991, 113991. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.113991
2022
Journal Article
Shift of soil fungal communities under afforestation in Nanliu River Basin, southwest China
Xue, Yuanyuan, Chen, Lijuan, Zhao, Yinjun, Feng, Qi, Li, Changsheng and Wei, Yongping (2022). Shift of soil fungal communities under afforestation in Nanliu River Basin, southwest China. Journal of Environmental Management, 302 (B) 114130, 114130. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.114130
2021
Journal Article
Structural gaps of water resources knowledge in global river basins
Wu, Shuanglei, Wei, Yongping and Wang, Xuemei (2021). Structural gaps of water resources knowledge in global river basins. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 25 (10), 5381-5398. doi: 10.5194/hess-25-5381-2021
2021
Journal Article
Integrating multiple influencing factors in evaluating the socioeconomic effects of payments for ecosystem services
Wu, Xutong, Liu, Jianguo, Fu, Bojie, Wang, Shuai and Wei, Yongping (2021). Integrating multiple influencing factors in evaluating the socioeconomic effects of payments for ecosystem services. Ecosystem Services, 51 101348, 101348. doi: 10.1016/j.ecoser.2021.101348
2021
Journal Article
Governing the Murray-Darling Basin: Integrating social and biophysical indicators for better environmental outcomes
Bouckaert, Frederick, Wei, Yongping and Pittock, Jamie (2021). Governing the Murray-Darling Basin: Integrating social and biophysical indicators for better environmental outcomes. Environmental Science and Policy, 124, 101-114. doi: 10.1016/j.envsci.2021.05.019
2021
Journal Article
Sedimentary evolution of PAHs, POPs and ECs: Historical sedimentary deposition and evolution of persistent and emerging organic pollutants in sediments in a typical karstic river basin
Deng, Qucheng, Wei, Yongping, Huang, Wenyu, Li, Yonghua, Peng, Chong, Zhao, Yinjun, Yang, Jiahuan, Xu, Zecheng, Wang, Xiaofei and Liang, Wei (2021). Sedimentary evolution of PAHs, POPs and ECs: Historical sedimentary deposition and evolution of persistent and emerging organic pollutants in sediments in a typical karstic river basin. Science of the Total Environment, 773 144765, 144765. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144765
2021
Journal Article
Socio-hydrologic modeling of the dynamics of cooperation in the transboundary Lancang–Mekong River
Lu, You, Tian, Fuqiang, Guo, Liying, Borzì, Iolanda, Patil, Rupesh, Wei, Jing, Liu, Dengfeng, Wei, Yongping, Yu, David J. and Sivapalan, Murugesu (2021). Socio-hydrologic modeling of the dynamics of cooperation in the transboundary Lancang–Mekong River. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 25 (4), 1883-1903. doi: 10.5194/hess-25-1883-2021
Supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Governing social-ecological systems in the Okavango Delta
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Shuanglei Wu
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Doctor Philosophy
Impact of Changing Flood Characteristics on River Morphology
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Ron Johnstone
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Doctor Philosophy
Investigating the interconnections between community values, well-being as a function of liveability, and water management
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Scott Lieske
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Doctor Philosophy
Unfolding Stakeholder Engagement in Water Governance in the Murray-Darling Basin
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Brian Head
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Doctor Philosophy
Redirecting water technology to improve human-environmental relationships
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Shuanglei Wu, Dr Yan Zhao
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Doctor Philosophy
The development pattern of global water technology systems and their implications on water practices
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Shuanglei Wu, Dr Yan Zhao
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Doctor Philosophy
Developing resilient urban transportation network for socio-economic growth and environmental sustainablity
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
Understanding the evolution of catchment water balance in the Murray-Darling Basin
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Brian Head
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Doctor Philosophy
Unfolding Stakeholder Engagement in Water Governance in the Murray-Darling Basin
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Brian Head
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Doctor Philosophy
Understanding the evolutionary dynamics of social memory on Queensland floods during 2011-2022 for adaptive flood management
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Shuanglei Wu
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Doctor Philosophy
Impact of Changing Flood Characteristics on River Morphology
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Ron Johnstone
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Doctor Philosophy
Developing an integrated water-sensitive urban design for fulfilling multiple benefits
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Scott Lieske
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Doctor Philosophy
Physical-chemical drivers of phytoplankton community dynamics in Moreton Bay Estuary: Implications for water quality management
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Ron Johnstone, Dr Annie Lau
Completed supervision
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Understanding Riparian Vegetation Dynamics and its Implications on River Regulation in the Goulburn Catchment, Australia
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Yan Zhao
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2022
Master Philosophy
Understanding the institutional incoordination on water and the resulting socio-ecological outcomes in the Maipo River basin
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Yan Zhao
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2021
Doctor Philosophy
Understanding change in streamflow patterns for riverine ecosystem management
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr David Pullar
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
Understanding the impacts of technology development on human-natural system: Agricultural and water technology in China from 8000 BCE to 1911 AD
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Brian Head, Dr Yan Zhao
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
Understanding the impacts of flood/drought disasters and their management on catchment socio-ecological system
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Daniel Harris
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
Understanding the relationship between regional longevity and the geographical environment in Guangxi, China
Principal Advisor
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Physical-chemical drivers of phytoplankton community dynamics in Moreton Bay Estuary: Implications for water quality management
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Ron Johnstone, Dr Annie Lau
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