Prof. SHI Peijun

• Role in IRG: Co-chair, Science Steering Committee Member
• Country of residence: China
• Email: spj@bnu.edu.cn
• Telephone: 86-10-58808179
• Institution: Beijing Normal University
• Department: State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, Academy of Disaster Reduction and Emergency Management
• Position: Executive Vice President, Professor

Introduction

Professor Shi Peijun is executive vice-president of Beijing Normal University. He is a member of the Expert Committee under the National Disaster Reduction Committee, housed in Ministry of Civil Affairs of China and also a member of OECD’s High Level Advisory Board on Financial Management of Large‐Scale Catastrophes.

He has taken charge with more than 40 national or ministerial programs successively, published nearly 200 papers, 15 monographs, and obtained national and ministerial awards for more than 20 times. Recently, he is undertaking a National Key Technologies R&D Program – Key technologies and demonstration of integrated risk governance, and four other programs. He ever gave scientific & technological information lectures and consultations to leader of State Council three times, and offer consultation for central and local governments. His research productions were widely adopted for the decision-making of central and local governments.

His research focuses on natural disaster theories and risk management.

He established the system of “regional natural disaster system” which consists of “environment, hazard and society”. Furthermore he put forward the technological system of regional agricultural natural disaster assessment.

Expertise

He established the system of “regional natural disaster system” which consists of “environment, hazard and society”; put forward the technological system of regional agricultural natural disaster assessment. As the associate director of the Expert Committee under the National Disaster Reduction Committee, he carries on the decision-making and loss assessment for the Large-Scale Disaster in China. Now he is co-chairing Integrated Risk Governance Core Science project of future-earth.