Research

Peer-reviewed articles

• Ji Qi, Yayun Tang, Zhenyi Zhang, Yu Wang, and Haoqi Qian.
  A Benchmark Dataset of Chinese Development Finance with Climate Relevance and SDG Annotations from 2000-2021.
  Scientific Data, 2026.
  Link: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-026-06605-9

• Ji Qi and Haoqi Qian.
  Rethinking Climate Finance Effectiveness: The Role of Institutional Readiness in Shaping Development Outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa.
  Sustainable Development, 2026. Link: https://doi.org/10.1002/sd.71583

• Wang, Xinfeng, Jingkai Zha, Ji Qi, Nan Zhang, Xin Ye, and Yingyao Chen.
  Association between concurrence of risk factors and intimate partner violence against women: Evidence from Demographic and Health Surveys in 53 low- and middle-income countries.
  BMJ Global Health, 2026.
  Link: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2025-022886

• Qian, Haoqi, Ji Qi, and Weiqi Tang.
  The latest progress and prospects of key parameter estimation for computable general equilibrium models.
  Journal of Energy and Climate Change, 2025.
  Link: https://doi.org/10.3724/j.issn.2097-4981.JECC-2025-0012

• Bach, Hanna Mathilda, Ji Qi, and Haoqi Qian.
  Unveiling the mixed impacts of Chinese overseas development finance on the low-carbon transitions.
  Energy, Ecology and Environment, 2025.
  Link: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40974-024-00348-2

• Ji Qi and Haoqi Qian.
  Climate finance at a crossroads: It is high time to use the global solution.
  Carbon Neutrality, 2023.
  Link: https://doi.org/10.1007/s43979-023-00071-7

• Qian, Haoqi, Ji Qi, and Xiang Gao.
  What determines international climate finance? Payment capability, self-interests and political commitment.
  Global Public Policy and Governance, 2023.
  Link: https://doi.org/10.1007/s43508-023-00062-5

Work in progress

• Social Equality Enhancement of International Climate Finance
  Under review, with Yi Zhao, Xin Ye, Yang Xie, and Haoqi Qian.
• Tuning Transformer Models Correctly: A Practical Tutorial on Hyperparameter Optimization and Data Splitting for Behavioral Scientists
  Under review, with Yu Wang and Haoqi Qian.
• Not All Loans Are Bad: Optimal Allocation of Climate Finance in a Competitive Donor Environment
  Working paper
• Greening on Paper: Political Incentives and the Reporting of Climate Aid
  Working paper, with Yizhe Wu and Haoqi Qian.

Talks and presentations

• Paper presentation, APSA Annual Conference, Boston, 2026.
• Paper presentation, APPAM Annual Conference, Seattle, 2025.
• Paper presentation, FHM+ Development Economics Workshop, University of Stuttgart, 2025.
• Paper presentation, Climate Leadership Forum, Harbin Institute of Technology, 2025.
• Paper presentation, 7th International Conference on Public Policy, Chiang Mai University, 2025.
• Paper presentation, 20th Biennial Conference of the IASC, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2025.
• Presenter, S3 Sustainability Forum PhD Session, Fudan University, 2025.
• Presenter, Sydney–Fudan Climate and Health Forum, University of Sydney, 2024.
• Paper presentation, International Conference on Climate and Energy Finance, Shandong University, 2024.
• Delegate, Yenching Global Symposium, Peking University, 2024.
• Participant, EBRD Green Energy Transition Investment Project Workshop, LSE, 2022.