Yuanzao Zhu
Thematic Area Environment and Society
Department of Environmental Politics
Working Group Social-science Water Research
Working Group Transformative governance and science-policy-society interfaces
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research − UFZ
Permoserstr. 15
04318 Leipzig, Germany
phone: + 49 341 60251822
yuanzao.zhu@ufz.de
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9801-5520 
Research Interests
- Ecological and Environmental Economics
- Sustainable Development
- Econometrics
- Financial and Economic Instruments
- Stakeholder Engagement
Curriculum Vitae
Since 2022
Research Associate at UFZ, Department of Environmental Politics
2018 − 2022
Research Associate at UFZ, Department of Economics
2014 − 2015
M.Sc. in Environmental Economics (EEET-EDDEE) at University of Paris-Saclay (Paris, France), Master thesis: Generalisation of Payments for Ecosystem Services in the European Union
2013 − 2015
Engineer degree in environmental management and engineering at AgroParisTech (Paris, France)
2015
Analyst at Biotope, International Department, internship of 6 months on Payments for Ecosystem Services (Mèze, France)
2014
Research assistant at INRA-AgroParisTech, UMR Environment and Arable Crops, internship of 10 weeks on cost-benefit analysis of environmental impacts during the life cycle of biofuels of two generations (Paris, France)
2009 − 2013
B.Sc. in Environmental Science at Fudan University (Shanghai, China)
2011 − 2013
Research assistant (part-time) at Research Center for Urban Eco-planning & Design, Fudan University (Shanghai, China)
Publications
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2026 (3)
- Kørnøv, L., Larsen, S.V., Eliasen, S.Q., Ravn Boess, E., Geneletti, D., Laporta, L., Soares, A., Zhu, Y., Monteiro, M., Rosario Partario, M., Locher-Krause, K.E., Wittmer, H. (2026):
Benchmarking biodiversity integration in environmental assessments
Impact Assess. Proj. Apprais. 44 (1), 51 - 67 10.1080/14615517.2025.2604367 - Orta-Ortiz, M.S., Falco, E., Batista e Silva, J., David, N., Frezzi, S., Kørnøv, L., Locher-Krause, K.E., Loupa Ramos, I., Hoyos-Rojas, L.M., Parretta, C., Partidario, M.R., Sica, F., Larsen, S.V., Wittmer, H., Zhu, Y., Geneletti, D. (2026):
Are spatial plans transformative for biodiversity and ecosystem services? Insights from seven European countries
Eur. Plan. Stud. 34 (2), 235 - 257 10.1080/09654313.2025.2582608 - Zhu, Y., Klassert, C., Gaikwad, V., Klauer, B., Gawel, E. (2026):
Household-level data on food-water-energy nexus consumption in the urban areas of the Pune Metropolitan Region, India
Data Brief 65 , art. 112557 10.1016/j.dib.2026.112557
2025 (3)
- Kørnøv, L., Ravn Boess, E., Eliasen, S.Q., Larsen, S.V., Locher-Krause, K.E., Zhu, Y., Wittmer, H., Borges Laporta, L., Geneletti, D., Monteiro, M.B., Partidario, M.R. (2025):
Beyond compliance: Enhancing biodiversity through transformative mitigation strategies in spatial planning related SEAs and EIAs
Environ. Impact Assess. Rev. 114 , art. 107960 10.1016/j.eiar.2025.107960 - Zhu, Y., Klassert, C. (2025):
Pune household food-water-energy nexus consumption survey (Version 2.0.0) [Data set]
GESIS 10.7802/2867 - Zhu, Y., Klassert, C., Klauer, B., Gawel, E. (2025):
Estimating household water demand and affordability under intermittent supply: an econometric analysis with a water–energy nexus perspective for Pimpri-Chinchwad, India
Water 17 (19), art. 2917 10.3390/w17192917
2024 (2)
- Zhu, Y., Gawel, E., Klauer, B., Klassert, C. (2024):
Impacts of intermittent water supply on household electricity demand: An econometric analysis for the Pune Metropolitan Region, India
Water Resources and Economics 48 , art. 100250 10.1016/j.wre.2024.100250 - Zhu, Y., Klassert, C., Klauer, B., Gawel, E. (2024):
Understanding the water-energy nexus at the private household level: an economic perspective
Water Econ. Policy 10 (4), art. 2450010 10.1142/S2382624X24500103
2023 (1)
- Klassert, C., Wang, A., Figueroa, A.J., Zhu, Y., Karutz, R., Zozmann, H., Klauer, B., Gawel, E., Gorelick, S. (2023):
Assessing urban water insecurity under access inequality - coupled human-natural systems analyses in the Upper Bhima Basin, India
EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, Austria, 24–28 Apr 2023
EGUsphere
Copernicus Publications, EGU23-14555 10.5194/egusphere-egu23-14555
2022 (3)
- Karutz, R., Omann, I., Gorelick, S.M., Klassert, C.J.A., Zozmann, H., Zhu, Y., Kabisch, S., Kindler, A., Figueroa, A.J., Wang, A., Küblböck, K., Grohs, H., Burek, P., Smilovic, M., Klauer, B. (2022):
Capturing stakeholders’ challenges of the food-water-energy nexus - A participatory approach for Pune and the Bhima Basin, India
Sustainability 14 (9), art. 5323 10.3390/su14095323 - Klauer, B., Küblböck, K., Omann, I., Karutz, R., Klassert, C., Zhu, Y., Zozmann, H., Smilovic, M., Talozi, S.A., Figueroa, A.J., Grohs, H., Heilemann, J., Gorelick, S. (2022):
Stakeholder workshops informing system modeling – analyzing the urban food-water-energy nexus in Amman, Jordan
Sustainability 14 (19), art. 11984 10.3390/su141911984 - Omann, I., Küblböck, K., Grohs, H., Gorelick, S., Karutz, R., Klassert, C., Klauer, B., Zhu, Y., Zozmann, H. (2022):
Documentation of Stakeholder and Expert Workshops, and Strategic Policy Thinker Dialogue in Amman, Jordan, September 2021
Austrian Foundation for Development Research (OEFSE), Vienna, 19 pp.
2021 (1)
- Link, A.-C., Zhu, Y., Karutz, R. (2021):
Quantification of resilience considering different migration biographies: A case study of Pune, India
Land 10 (11), art. 1134 10.3390/land10111134