Yixin Cao joins Eucor Chair & PEPR OneWater
Topic of the postdoc: Reflect human–non-human relationships with water and develop innovative water governance frameworks that integrates non-human perspectives
Yixin Cao is a postdoctoral researcher at l’Institut Terre et Environnement de Strasbourg (ITES) at the University of Strasbourg (Feb 2025 - present). She defended her PhD thesis on "River Management from a Socio-Ecological System Perspective and Human-River Relationships" in 2023, at the University of Tours, receiving mention très honorable. In 2024, she worked on a postdoctoral project on urban river bathing at the University of Lyon. In Strasbourg, her current work focuses on water social-ecological governance, incorporating the perspectives of non-human beings, within the framework of Accompagner les transitions socio-écologiques (PC7) of the PEPR programme OneWater – Eau Bien Commun (https://www.onewater.fr/fr). Yixin Cao has research experience in Europe and Asia, with expertise in water management/governance, river restoration, social-ecological systems, and human-nature relationships. She is also interested in interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary collaboration, striving to bridge the gap between science, policy, and society.
- Email: yixin.cao[at]unistra.fr
- ORCiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6431-4370
- ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yixin-Cao-2
- Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=M3p6k1wAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&gmla=AJ1KiT35pnW8dlOEK3OkeuiMwS1LZQUJbISq2aw4S7CD3rNxU7XUN3Ta4_slefbOLaqGrsyZS6QSCf9GjxL6LUwO
- LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/yxcao