Mo Bi 毕墨
Research fields: African Studies, Sustainable Development of Marine Governance
Address: School of Foreign Languages, Southeast University, No.2 Southeast University Avenue, Jiangning District, Nanjing, China.
Email: bimo@seu.edu.cn
Education background
2023.12-2024.12 Leipzig university Faculty of Arts, History, and Regional Studies Joint PhD.
2021.09-2025.03 Nanjing university Human geography Doctor
2018.09-2021.03 Tongji university Foreign linguistics and applied linguistics Master
2013.09-2017.06 Shanghai international studies university German Bachelor
Work
2025.04 - School of Foreign Languages, Southeast University lecturer
2021.10 - Secretariat of China Society for African Studies Secretary
2021.10 - Institute of African Studies, Nanjing University Secretary
2021.10 - Journal of African Development Studies Editor
Research Project Experience
Project commissioned by the International Department of the Ministry of Natural Resources in 2019: Study on China-Africa maritime cooperation.
2019 International Cooperation Specialization for Key R&D Projects of the Ministry of Science and Technology: Cooperative Study on Sustainable Water Resources Utilization and Integrated Lake Basin Management in the Great Lakes Basin of East Africa.
2020 National Social Science Foundation Project: African Maritime Economy Series.
2021 Research Project at the Center for Country and Regional Studies, Hohai University: A Study of ECOWAS Countries and Great Power Relations.
2021 Ministry of Foreign Affairs China-Africa Joint Research and Exchange Program: Study on the Development of Oriented Vocational Education in the Context of China-Africa Cooperation.
2023 Interdisciplinary International Scientific Expedition and Research Training Program on African Civilization and Development, participated as one of the leading teachers in a scientific expedition to Morocco.
Academic Achievements
Academic monograph：
Zhang, Z., You, T., Bi, M. Gabon: A Chronicle of the Warring States. Social Sciences Academic Press (China). In press.
Academic paper：
[1] Bi, M., & Li, X. (2025). How does education affect human capital and potential productivity in Africa?.-Empirical evidence based on Thornthwaite Memorial and CS-ARDL models. International Journal of Educational Development, 118, 103404. SSCI JCR Q1.
[2] Bi, M., et al. (2025). Impact Assessment of Climate Change on Climate Potential Productivity in Central Africa Based on High Spatial and Temporal Resolution Data. Land, 14(8), 1535. SSCI Q2/JCR Q2.
[3] Dang, J., Bi, M.*, Yang, J., & Sun, Y. (2025). Deep Learning-Based Framework for Social Media User Behavior Analysis and Prediction. Journal of Circuits, Systems and Computers, 2550154. SCI Q4/JCR Q3.
[4] Bi, M., Guo, W., van den Bersselaar, D.*, & Zhang, Z.* (2024). Investigating the determinants of marine environmental degradation in Africa: What roles can economy, population, capture and energy play?. Science of The Total Environment, 954, 176402. SCI Q1/JCR Q1.
[5] Bi, M., Wei, G., & Zhang, Z.* (2023). The impact of economics and urbanization on marine fisheries sustainability in Atlantic coastal Africa. Ocean & Coastal Management, 239, 106596. SCI Q2/JCR Q1.
[6] Bi, M., & Zhang, Z.* (2023). Exploring the path of Autonomous Development: the Development Dilemma and coping Strategies of Sub-Saharan Africa in the Post-epidemic Era. Journal of the Knowledge Economy, 9(1). SSCI Q3/JCR Q2.
[7] Bi, M., et al. (2023). Spatio-Temporal Variation Characteristics of North Africa’s Climate Potential Productivity. Land, 12(9), 1710. SSCI Q2/JCR Q2.
[8] Bi, M., et al. (2023). The impact of economics and urbanisation on marine fisheries sustainability in West Africa. Chemistry and Ecology, 1-18. SCI Q4/JCR Q2.
[9] Bi, M., Zhang, Z.*, Wei, G., & Liu, B. (2023). On the Sino-Egyptian Geo-Relations in the Perspective of the Belt and Road——Based on Event Data Analysis. Cogent Social Sciences, 9(1), 2160535. ESCI/JCR Q2.
[10] Bi, M., Zhang, Z.*, Guo, X., Wan, L. (2022). Evaluation of Sustainable Utilization of African Marine Fishery Resources. Fishes, 8(1): 4. SCI Q3/JCR Q2.
[11] Wei, G., Zhang, W., Bi, M., et al. (2024). Trade-offs and synergies pattern evolution of ecosystem structure-resilience-activity-services (SRAS) in the Belt and Road Initiative region. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 211: 107883. SCI 1区/JCR Q1.
[12] Li, S., Liu, Y., Wei, G., Bi, M., & He, B. J. (2024). Carbon surplus or carbon deficit under land use transformation in China?. Land Use Policy, 143, 107218. SCI Q1/JCR Q1.
[13] Wei, G., Bi, M., Liu, X., Zhang, Z., He, B. J. (2022). Investigating the impact of multi-dimensional urbanization and FDI on carbon emissions in the belt and road initiative region: Direct and spillover effects. Journal of Cleaner Production, 135608. SCI Q 1/JCR Q1, ESI Highly Cited Paper.
[14] Li, J., Bi, M., Wei, G. (2022). Investigating the Impacts of Urbanization on Vegetation Net Primary Productivity: A Case Study of Chengdu–Chongqing Urban Agglomeration from the Perspective of Townships. Land, 11(11): 2077. SSCI Q2/JCR Q2.
[15] Guo, X., Zhang, Z., Zhang, X., Bi, M., & Das, P. (2023). Landscape vulnerability assessment driven by drought and precipitation anomalies in sub-Saharan Africa. Environmental Research Letters, 18(6), 064035. SCI Q2/JCR Q1.
[16] Zhang, Z., Bi, M., Wu, H. (2021). Challenges and Development Strategies of Coastal and Marine Tourism in China. China Ecotourism, 11(4).
[17] Zhang, Z., Bi, M., Feng, S. (2021). Lake Victoria: fisheries, fisheries ecology and lagoon development. African Great Lakes Development Study, 1: 149-156.
Academic conferences (giving academic exchange presentations)：
ECSA2024: European Citizen Science Association Conference
ECAS2023: 9th European Conference on African Studies
Korea-China-Japan Conference on Africa:
Understanding Contemporary Africa and Its Relations with Asia
University of Marrakech Cadi Ayyad University Exchange Networking Session
Sino-Korean Workshop on African Development Studies
China Society for African Studies 2021 Annual Conference and Seminar on African Development and China-Africa Quality Cooperation
3rd West Africa Forum and Symposium on Country and Regional Studies, 2021
