Our research group aims to understand how to achieve synergy between environmental sustainability and community development. Much of our research focuses on empirically investigating the feedback mechanisms within the coupled complex systems in order to test and refine theories in both natural and social sciences. We seek to make prescriptive predictions about the impact of environmental change and better inform sustainable and adaptive development. Our current research themes include 1) land tenure and land use change; 2) dryland system sustainability; 3) sustainable energy transition; 4) circular bionutrient economy; and 5) conservation of biodiversity and ecosystem services. Links to publications are available on another page on this site.
Liao Research Group 