Ying Liao

MSc
Doctoral researcher

Geography
Faculty of Science

I work as a doctoral researcher in the Geoinformatics Research Group within the Geography Research Unit. I have an interdisciplinary background in management, urban systems engineering, and social-ecological resilience. My research takes a transdisciplinary approach to exploring the spatio-temporal dynamics of social-ecological resilience to urban flooding. It combines GIS, Python, and qualitative methods to examine how human-nature interactions shape resilience and to predict future resilience trajectories.


I enjoy applying perspectives from different disciplines to my research, using multiple lenses to explore their synergies and differences. At the heart of my work lies a deep curiosity about the interconnectedness between humans and nature.

Research interests

  • Social-ecological resilience
  • Human-nature interactions
  • Interdisciplinary research
  • GIS/Public participation GIS (PPGIS)
  • Nature-based solutions
  • Water management
  • Urban planning

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Ying.Liao@oulu.fi