Zhang Haibo is Dean of the School of Government, Professor, and Doctoral Supervisor at Nanjing University. He is a recipient of the New Century Excellent Talents Program of the Ministry of Education, a Jiangsu Province Distinguished Professor, and a Jiangsu Youth Social Science Scholar. He also serves as a member of the National Security Discipline Evaluation Group under the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council and as Executive Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Risk, Disaster and Crisis Research.
Professor Zhang has long been engaged in research on emergency management, public safety, and social governance. He has led the Major Project of the National Social Science Fund of China (NSSFC) entitled "Research on Enhancing the Modernization Level of China's Emergency Management System and Capacity" and participated in the revision of the Emergency Response Law of China. His co-authored book China's Emergency Management: Theory, Practice, and Policy has been included in the National Philosophy and Social Sciences Achievement Library. He has published research on emergency response networks in journals such as Risk Analysis and has proposed the academic concept of "integrated security" as well as the overall framework for emergency management discipline construction characterized by "one mission, two approaches, and three orientations." He has received the First Prize of the Outstanding Achievement Award in Humanities and Social Sciences of Higher Education Institutions (ranked second) and the First Prize of Jiangsu Provincial Outstanding Achievement Award in Philosophy and Social Sciences.
1) Zhang, H.B.; Tao, Z.G. Changes in Inter-Governmental Cooperation Networks in Public Health Emergency Response. Wuhan University Journal (Philosophy & Social Sciences), 2021, 74(4).
2) Zhang, H.B. The Transformation of Work Safety under the Holistic Approach to National Security: From "Bottom-Line Structure" to "Traction Structure". Chinese Public Administration, 2021.
3) Zhang, H.B. Rapid Response Research on Emergencies as a Unique Methodology of Emergency Management. Public Administration and Policy Review, 2021, 10(3).
4) Xia, R.Y.; Zhang, H.B. Inclusive Governance of Emerging Risks: A Case Study of the "Gene-Edited Baby Incident". Guizhou Social Sciences, 2021(3).
5) Zhang, H.B. Cross-Regional Collaboration in Emergency Management. Journal of Nanjing University (Philosophy, Humanities and Social Sciences), 2021.
6) Lin, X.; Zhang, H.B. The Soft Power of Urban Systems: Constructing a Conceptual Framework for Local Government Resilience Capacity. Administrative Forum, 2020(5).
7) Zhang, H.B. Full-Process Equilibrium in Emergency Management: A New Agenda. Chinese Public Administration, 2020(3).
8) Zhang, X.J.; Zhang, H.B. Multi-Channel Governance of Antibiotic Abuse Risks. Chinese Social Sciences Today, 2018.
9) Zhang, H.B.; Bai, Y.P. Implementing the Holistic Approach to National Security to Prevent and Resolve Financial Risks. Chinese Social Sciences Today, 2018.
10) Zhang, H.B.; Chen, W. Security-Centered Governance of Social Risks: A New Perspective for Discovering "China Experience". Chinese Social Sciences Today, 2017.
11) Tao, Z.G.; Zhang, H.B. The emergence of complex adaptive response networks in China: A case study of four disasters. Risk Analysis, 2023, 43: 2223-2240.
12) Zhang, H.B.; Chen, W. Social Media Support Mechanisms for Organizational Adaptation in Governmental Response to Extreme Natural Hazards. Natural Hazards Review, 2022, 23.
13) Comfort, L.K.; Zhang, H.B. Operational Networks: Adaptation to Extreme Events in China. Risk Analysis, 2021, 40: 981-1000.
14) Chen, W.; Zhang, H.B.; Comfort, L.K.; Tao, Z.G. Exploring complex adaptive networks in the aftermath of the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake in China. Safety Science, 2021, 125: 104607.
15) Tao, Z.G.; Zhang, H.B.; Bueno, A. Partnering Strategies of Organizational Networks in Complex Environment of Disaster in the Centralized Political Context. Complexity, 2021, 2020: 1-13.
16) Li, Q.; Ma, L.; Wang, D.H. etc. The emergence of complex adaptive response networks in China: A case study of four disasters. Risk Analysis, 2023, 43: 2223-2240.
17) Han, Z.Q.; Zhang, G.L.; Zhang, H.B. School Bullying in Urban China: Prevalence and Correlation with School Climate. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2017, 14: 1116.
18) Ge, Y.; Dou, W.; Zhang, H.B. A New Framework for Understanding Urban Social Vulnerability from A Network Perspective. Sustainability, 2017, 9: 1723.
19) Ding, X.; Li, Q.; Zhang, H.B.; Sheng, Z.H.; Wang, Z.Y. Linking Transformational Leadership and Work Outcomes in Temporary Organizations: A Social Identity Approach. International Journal of Project Management, 2017, 35: 543-556.
20) Ge, Y.; Zhang, H.B.; Dou, W.; Chen, W.F.; Liu, N.; Wang, Y.; Shi, Y.L.; Rao, W.X. Mapping Social Vulnerability to Air Pollution: A Case Study of the Yangtze River Delta Region, China. Sustainability, 2017, 9: 109.
1. Bi Jun, Liu Miaomiao, Yang Jianxun, Huang Lei, Zhang Haibo. Science and Decisions: Advancing Risk Assessment (Translated). Beijing: China Environmental Science Press, 2021.
2. Tong Xing, Zhang Haibo. China's Emergency Management: Theory, Practice, and Policy. Beijing: Social Sciences Academic Press, 2012.
3. Zhang Haibo. Public Crisis Governance in China's Transition Period. Beijing: Social Sciences Academic Press, 2012.
4. Zhang Haibo. Public Safety Management: Integration and Reconstruction. Beijing: SDX Joint Publishing, 2012.
5. Tong Xing, Zhang Haibo (Eds.). Disaster and Public Management. Nanjing: Nanjing University Press, 2010.
6. Tong Xing, Zhang Haibo. Social Risks and Their Identification in China's Transition Period. Nanjing: Nanjing University Press, 2007.
1. Research on the Participation Mechanism of Multiple Actors in Social Stability Risk Assessment, Key Project of Philosophy and Social Sciences of Jiangsu Provincial Department of Education, 2018–2020
2. Pathways and Mechanisms for Emerging Risk Governance, Hundred-Tier Project of Nanjing University's Double First-Class Initiative, 2018–2020
3. Research on Establishing and Improving the Petition Work Mechanism Adapted to the Changes of the Principal Contradiction in the New Era, Key Theoretical Research Project of the National Bureau of Letters and Calls, 2018–2019
4. Research on Preventing and Resolving Major Risks, Major Special Project of the NSSFC on "Modernization of National Governance System and Capacity", 2017–2019
5. Research on the Construction of Petition Big Data Analysis and Application Mechanisms, Key Theoretical Research Project of the National Bureau of Letters and Calls, 2017–2018
6. Cross-Boundary Collaboration in Emergency Management in Complex Contexts: Theoretical Construction and Empirical Research, Jiangsu Youth Social Science Scholar Grant, 2017–2019
7. The Huai'an Experience of "Online Petitions", Key Project of Jiangsu Provincial Key Base for Philosophy and Social Sciences, 2016–2018
8. Reform of the Petition System and Mechanism, Project of Nanjing Petition Bureau, 2015
9. Current Challenges and Future Directions of China's Public Safety System, New Century Excellent Talents Program of the Ministry of Education, 2013–2016
10. Emerging Risks and the Adaptive Capacity of the Public Safety System, Key Project of the NSSFC, 2013–2015
11. Research on Social Management Innovation and Social System Reform, Major Project of the NSSFC (Academic Secretary and Sub-project Leader), 2011–2015
12. Research on Establishing and Improving the Social Early Warning Mechanism and Emergency Management System, Major Project of the NSSFC (Academic Secretary and Second Completer), 2006–2011
13. Theoretical Innovation and Empirical Research on Integrated Management Mechanisms for Public Safety, Youth Project of the NSSFC, 2007–2011
14. Source Governance of Mass Incidents, Youth Project of Humanities and Social Sciences of the Ministry of Education, 2011–2013
15. Research on the Construction of Emergency Response Teams in Jiangsu Province during the 12th Five-Year Plan Period, Bidding Project of the People's Government of Jiangsu Province, 2011–2012
16. Research on the Performance Evaluation System for Emergency Management Work in Jiangsu Province during the 12th Five-Year Plan Period, Bidding Project of the People's Government of Jiangsu Province, 2011–2012
17. Flexible Social Management, Soft Science Project of Jiangsu Province / Commissioned Project of Nanjing Petition Bureau, 2011–2012
18. Research on the Prevention, Early Warning, and Response to Mass Incidents, Key Project of Philosophy and Social Sciences of Jiangsu Provincial Department of Education, 2010–2013
19. Emergency Management Evaluation, Commissioned Project of the Shenzhen Bao'an District Emergency Management Office, 2010–2011
20. Research on Mass Incidents and "Stability Maintenance", Commissioned Project of the Politics and Law Committee of Baixia District, Nanjing, 2010–2011
21. Research on the Indicator System for Emergency Capacity Evaluation, Soft Science Project of Jiangsu Province, 2009–2010
22. Research on the Public Emergency Response Plan System for Highway Transportation in Jiangsu Province, Commissioned Project of the Highway Bureau of Jiangsu Provincial Department of Transportation, 2007–2008
23. Theoretical Integration of Research on Social Risk and Public Crisis Management, Key Bidding Project of Humanities and Social Sciences of Nanjing University, 2007–2008
24. Research on the Prevention of Social Risks of Graduate Unemployment, Project of the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League, 2006–2007
25. Preliminary Research on the 12th Five-Year Plan for Social Management, Commissioned Project of Jiangsu Provincial Development and Reform Commission (Major Contributor), 2009
26. Research on Early Warning of Major Social Risks in Jiangsu Province, Key Project of Jiangsu Provincial Philosophy and Social Sciences Planning (Major Contributor), 2005–2006
27. Research on the Relationship Networks of Floating Farmers and Land-Lost Farmers in the Process of Urbanization, NSSFC Project (Major Contributor), 2004–2007
1. Member, National Security Discipline Evaluation Group, Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council
2. Distinguished Researcher, Fire Department of the Ministry of Public Security
3. Director, China Emergency Management Society
4. Honorary Vice Chairman, Cross-Strait Emergency Management Society
5. Adjunct Researcher, China Emergency Management Research Base, Tsinghua University
6. Adjunct Researcher, Center for Risk Governance and Innovation, Beijing Normal University
7. Resident Scholar / Convener of the Risk and Decision-Making Interdisciplinary Research Group, Institute for Advanced Study, Nanjing University
8. Standing Committee Member, Campus Special Committee, China Emergency Management Society
9. Distinguished Researcher, Research Office of Jiangsu Provincial People's Congress
10. Member of the Academic Committee, Center for Local Risk Governance, South China University of Technology
11. Distinguished Researcher, Shandong Provincial Social Risk Assessment Research Center, Qufu Normal University
12. Adjunct Researcher, Chongqing University Think Tank for Stability Maintenance Research
13. Deputy Secretary-General, Jiangsu Provincial Urban Emergency Society
14. Researcher, Nanjing Association of Petition Work
15. Executive Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Risk, Disaster and Crisis Research
16. Member, International Comparative Policy Analysis Forum (ICPA-Forum)
1. Second Prize of the 17th Jiangsu Provincial Outstanding Achievement Award in Philosophy and Social Sciences for "Full-Process Equilibrium in Emergency Management: A New Agenda" (2023)
2. Second Prize of the 16th Jiangsu Provincial Outstanding Achievement Award in Philosophy and Social Sciences for "Public Management Reform in the Perspective of Risk Society" (2020)
3. Second Prize of the 14th Jiangsu Provincial Outstanding Achievement Award in Philosophy and Social Sciences for "Structural Changes in China's Emergency Management and Their Theoretical Generalization" (2016, ranked first)
4. First Prize of the 7th Outstanding Achievement Award in Humanities and Social Sciences of Higher Education Institutions for "China's Emergency Management: Theory, Practice, and Policy" (2015, ranked second)
5. First Prize of the 13th Jiangsu Provincial Outstanding Achievement Award in Philosophy and Social Sciences for "China's Emergency Management: Theory, Practice, and Policy" (2014, ranked second)
6. Outstanding Achievement Award in Administrative Science (5th) of the Chinese Public Administration Society for "An Analytical Framework for Disaster Management Based on China's Issues" (2013)
7. Second Prize of the Outstanding Achievement Award of Jiangsu Provincial Federation of Philosophy and Social Sciences for "Flexible Social Management: Possibility and Action" (2012)
8. National Philosophy and Social Sciences Achievement Library for "China's Emergency Management: Theory, Practice, and Policy" (2011)
9. Second Prize of Outstanding Achievement Award in Humanities and Social Sciences of Nanjing University for "Public Crisis Governance and Accountability" (2011)
10. First "Bank of China" Teaching Award of Nanjing University (2010)
11. Jiangsu Provincial Excellent Doctoral Dissertation for "Public Crisis Governance in China's Transition Period: Theoretical Models and Local Experience" (2010)
12. Nanjing University Excellent Doctoral Dissertation for "Public Crisis Governance in China's Transition Period: Theoretical Models and Local Experience" (2010)
13. Third Prize of Outstanding Achievement Award in Philosophy and Social Sciences of Jiangsu Provincial Department of Education for "The Theoretical Framework of Emergency Capacity Evaluation" (2009)
14. "May 4th" Medal of Nanjing University (2008)
15. Second Prize of Outstanding Achievement Award in Humanities and Social Sciences of Nanjing University for "Risk Society and Public Crisis" (2007)
Mailing Address: No. 163 Xianlin Avenue, Qixia District, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, 210023, China
Postal Code: 210023
Affiliation: Nanjing University
Email: zhb@nju.edu.cn
