Assoc. Prof. Dr. Lanjiao Wen | Huazhong Agricultural University | China
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Lanjiao Wen is a researcher in Agricultural Economics and Land Resource Management with dual Ph.D. training from Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Germany, and Huazhong Agricultural University, China, including a joint doctoral period at the University of California, Berkeley, USA. Her work examines rural–urban land conversion, land market mechanisms, carbon emission effects, agents’ behavioral strategies, and spatial coordination in regional development. She has served as Principal Investigator on multiple major national-level projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), the National Social Science Foundation of China (SSFC), the Ministry of Education of China, international cooperation foundations, and central university research funds. Her research has advanced understanding of market efficiency, land value increment mechanisms, revenue distribution networks, and carbon effects under rural–urban integration. She has organized and presented in leading international conferences and forums, including IAMO Forum, EAAE, AARES, ICABR, and ICCASU, contributing to global dialogue on land systems, sustainable transformation, and agricultural development. She has received notable recognitions such as the Outstanding Young Social Science Talents of Hubei Province, the “Chutian” Young Scholar Award, and the Donna Brennan Prize. Dr. Wen has published more than 70 peer-reviewed journal articles in SCI/SSCI indexed journals, with an h-index of approximately 18 and over 1,500 citations, reflecting her influential scholarly contributions to land economics, agricultural sustainability, and policy reform.
Featured Publications
Wen, L., Chatalova, L., Gao, X., & Zhang, A. (2021). Reduction of carbon emissions through resource-saving and environment-friendly regional economic integration: Evidence from Wuhan metropolitan area, China. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 166, 120590.
Xie, X., Zhang, A., Wen, L., & Bin, P. (2019). How horizontal integration affects transaction costs of rural collective construction land market? An empirical analysis in Nanhai District, Guangdong Province, China. Land Use Policy, 82, 138–146.
Wen, L., Butsic, V., Stapp, J. R., & Zhang, A. (2017). Can China’s land coupon program activate rural assets? An empirical investigation of program characteristics and results of Chongqing. Habitat International, 59, 80–89.
Cao, R., Zhang, A., & Wen, L. (2018). Trans-regional compensation mechanism under imbalanced land development: From the local government economic welfare perspective. Habitat International, 77, 56–63.
Wang, H., He, C., Li, W., Nie, X., Zhong, H., & Wen, L. (2020). Will transferable development rights (TDR) increase regional economic imbalance?—A quota transaction case of cultivated land conversion and reclamation in Guangxi, China. Habitat International, 104, 102254.
Zhang, R., Wen, L., Jin, Y., Zhang, A., & Gil, J. M. (2025). Synergistic impacts of carbon emission trading policy and innovative city pilot policy on urban land green use efficiency in China. Sustainable Cities and Society, 118, 105955.
Wen, L., Chatalova, L., & Zhang, A. (2022). Can China’s unified construction land market mitigate urban land shortage? Evidence from Deqing and Nanhai, Eastern coastal China. Land Use Policy, 115, 105996.
Wen, L., Chatalova, L., Butsic, V., Hu, F. Z. Y., & Zhang, A. (2020). Capitalization of land development rights in rural China: A choice experiment on individuals’ preferences in peri-urban Shanghai. Land Use Policy, 97, 104803.