Herlin Chien
social-ecological system/ecosystem services/blue-green infrastructure/ citizen participation/adaptive governance/sustainable city/UN SDGs
Mandarin, English, French
EMAIL: hchien@mail.npust.edu.tw
Current Position
National Pintung University of Science and Technology (NPUST), Pingtung, Taiwan
Deputy-CEO, NPUST Office of Sustainable Development (2020,6 - now )
Full Professor, College of Humanity and Social Sciences, NPUST (2024/2- now)
Director, Language Center (2022/8- 2023/7)
Vice-Dean, Office of International Affairs (2019/12 - 2022/7 )
Associate Professor, College of Humanity and Social Sciences, NPUST (2019/8 - 2024/2 )
Member of Asian Civil Society Research Network ; Head of Taiwan Charter (2023/03 - now)
3rd ESP (Ecosystem Services Partnership) Asia Conference Scientific Program Committee member
ESP Asia Training on Integrated Ecosystem Services Assessment local host May, 2023Sustainability Science Editor 2022-
Host of TSH@NPUST (Taiwan Sustainability Hub site) 1.5 Degree Food and Consumption Transition
Academic & Professionoal Background
PhD in Sustainability Science (2021) United Nations University, Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability, Japan
PhD in Political Science (2008) National Sun Yat-sen University, Graduate Institute of Political Science, Taiwan
Master in International Affairs (2003) Georgia Institute of Technology, School of International Affairs, USA
Bachelor in Area Studies (2001) University of Oklahoma, Department of Area Studies, USA
Founding Director, ICLEI East Asia Kaohsiung Capacity Center, hosted by Kaohsiung City Government for ICLEI (2012)
Department of International Affairs Assistant Professor (2009-2016), Associate Professor (2016-2018), Director of International Cooperation Office (2010-2013), Director of Southeast Asia Languages Center, Wenzao Ursuline of University of Languages
Visiting Scholar: Thammasat University, The School of Global Studies, Thailand (2018)/Shanghai International Studies University, China (2011)/University of California, Irvine, School of Social Ecology, Center for Organizational Reseach, USA (2007-2008, 2014)/Ecole Normale Superieure de Lyon, Institut d'Asie Orientale, France (2006)
Reviewer for Environmental Science and Policy (SCIE), Policy Sciences (SSCI), Scientific Reports (SCI), Sustainability (SSCI, SCIE), Issues and Studies (SSCI), International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (SSCI, SCIE), International Political Science Review (SSCI), European Journal of Political Research (SSCI), Agriculture (SCIE), Forest and Society (Scopus), International Journal of Public Sector Management (Scopus), Challenges in Sustainability (Scopus), Land, Journal of Urban Technology, etc.
Reviewer for IPBES preparatory documents (2021-2023)
draft scoping report for the IPBES business and biodiversity assessment.
second order draft of the chapters and the first order draft of the SPM of the invasive species
draft work plans for IPBES task forces in preparation for IPBES 9
draft terms of reference for a midterm review of the 2030 rolling work programme
the future role of the policy support function
Email: hchien@mail.npust.edu.tw +886-8-7703202 #7255
Latest Publications
Herlin Chien & Osamu Saito
(April 2021)
Evaluating social–ecological fit in urban stream management: The role of governing institutions in sustainable urban ecosystem service provision, Ecosystem Services, 49, 101285 (SCIE, SSCI, Scopus)
Herlin Chien
(July 2021)
Adaptive Management in Urban Stream Governance: A Review and an Urban Commoning Scenario-Building Exercise,” Lexi Localis- Journal of Local Self-Government 19(3) (forthcoming) (SSCI)
Herlin Chien
(May 2021)
Is Ensuring the Sustainable Implementation of BGI Possible? System Thinking of Urban Rivers as Social-Ecological Systems,
Shalini Dhyani, Mrittika Basu, Harini Santhanam, Rajarshi Dasgupta (Eds) Blue-Green Infrastructure across Asian Countries: Improving Urban Resilience and Sustainability, Singapore, Springer Nature Singapore (Scopus), p. 95-121
Herlin Chien
(Feb 2022)
Evaluating Impacts of Researchers to Enable Sustainability Transition: Using Urban Ecosystem Service Literature as An Exemplary Field," Environment, Development and Sustainability 24, 2345-2361. (SCIE, Scopus )
Herlin Chien, Keiko Hori, Osamu Saito
(Feb 2022)
"Urban Commons in the Techno-Economic Paradigm Shift: An ICT-Enabled Climate-Resilient Solutions Review, Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science Special Issue - Smart Cities and Climate-Resilient Urban Planning. (SSCI, Scopus)
Herlin Chien
(September 2022)
Researchers as Scale Crossing Brokers in Knowledge Co- Production and More: A Prerequisite to Tackle Mismatches in Ecosystem Restoration Governance, Journal of Public Administration, 63, 103-133 (TSSCI)
Herlin Chien, Shu-ling Lin
( June 2023)
Innovations Amid Gaps between Policy and Practice for Sustainable Development: System Thinking of Livestock Wastewater Metagovernance Innovations in Taiwan, Innovation in the Social Sciences, 1(1), 70-98.
Herlin Chien, Istvan Rado
(June 2023)
University Departments as Change Agents in the Organic Waste Management Sector: Lessons from Action Research Initiatives in Thailand and Taiwan, Bandung: Journal of the Global South, 10(2), 185-205.
Tasi-Jung Jiang*, Pankaj Kumar*, Herlin Chien, Osamu Saito
( Sept. 2023)
Herlin Chien
(2024)
New Forms of Active Citizen Participation to Regenerate Cities? Systematic Analysis of Co-City Literature and Projects in Asia, In Varieties of Civil Society across Asia edited by Akihiro Ogawa and Anthony Spires