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Jiaqi Xuan is currently a PhD candidate, at Department of Agricultural Economics and Management, Zhejiang University, China. From March to September 2025, she visited the Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford, as a visiting student.

She is a member of MAgPIE-China research group. Her research interests lie in sustainable food systems, with a particular focus on dietary transition, food and health, and food waste. Her work focuses on analyzing how shifts in dietary patterns affect environmental outcomes, public health, and food security.

Publications

Articles

• Xuan, J., Wang, X., Yuan, C., Jin, S., & Tian, X. 2026. Substitute or complement? Quantity-quality effects of agricultural production diversity and market access on diets. World Development, 204, 107400.
• Cai, H., Xuan, J., Wang, X., Yuan, C., Bodirsky, B. L., Stevanovic, M., Dietrich, J. P., Popp, A., & Lotze-Campen, H. 2025. The multiple benefits of Chinese dietary transformation. Nature Sustainability, 8, 606-618. (co-first author)
• Wang, X., Cai, H., Xuan, J., Yuan, C., Bodirsky, B. L., Stevanovic, M., Dietrich, J. P., Popp, A., & Lotze-Campen, H. 2025. Multi-benefit diet changes in China. Nature Sustainability, 8, 590-591. (co-first author)
• Wang, X., Xuan, J., Chen, H., Lin, B., & Yuan, C. 2025. Eastern healthy dietary patterns in relation to all-cause mortality. European Journal of Nutrition, 64, 286. (co-first author)
• Wang, X., Cai, H., Xuan, J., Du, R., Lin, B., Bodirsky, B. L., Stevanovic, M., Collignon, Q., Yuan, C., Yu, L., Crawford, M., Beier, F., Xu, M., Chen, H., Springmann, M., Leip, D., Chen, D. M. C., Humpenoder, F., von Jeetze, P., Fan, S., Soergel, B., Dietrich, J. P., Muller, C., Popp, A., & Lotze-Campen, H. 2025. Bundled measures for China's food system transformation reveal social and environmental co-benefits. Nature Food, 6, 72-84.
• Wang, X., Cai, H., Xuan, J., Lin, B., & Du, R. 2025. Transformation of the Chinese food system towards sustainable development goals and climate mitigation. Journal of Zhejiang University (Humanities and Social Sciences), 55(3), 27-42. (in Chinese)
• Chen, D. M. C., Bodirsky, B. L., Wang, X., Xuan, J., Dietrich, J. P., Popp, A., & Lotze-Campen, H. 2025. Future food prices will become less sensitive to agricultural market prices and mitigation costs. Nature Food, 6, 85-96.
• Du, R., Cai, H., Xuan, J., Wang, X., Stevanovic, M., Dietrich, J. P., Popp, A., & Lotze-Campen, H. 2024. Enhancing governance performance in sub-Saharan Africa can bolster climate mitigation and food security. Ecosystem Health and Sustainability, 10, 0241.
• Wang, X., Xu, M., Lin, B., Bodirsky, B. L., Xuan, J., Dietrich, J. P., Stevanovic, M., Bai, Z., Ma, L., Jin, S., Fan, S., Lotze-Campen, H., & Popp, A. 2023. Reforming China's fertilizer policies: Implications for nitrogen pollution reduction and food security. Sustainability Science, 18, 407-420.
• Chen, H., Shen, J., Xuan, J., Zhu, A., Ji, J. S., Liu, X., Cao, Y., Zong, G., Zeng, Y., Wang, X., & Yuan, C. 2022. Plant-based dietary patterns in relation to mortality among older adults in China. Nature Aging, 2, 224-230.

Report

• Wang, X., Cai, H., Xuan, J., Du, R., Lin, B., Bodirsky, B. L., Stevanovic, M., Collignon, Q., Yuan, C., Yu, L., Crawford, M., Beier, F., Xu, M., Chen, H., Springmann, M., Leip, D., Chen, D. M. C., Humpenoder, F., von Jeetze, P., Fan, S., Soergel, B., Dietrich, J. P., Muller, C., Popp, A., & Lotze-Campen, H. 2025. Sustainable transformation pathways of Chinese food system for the environment, public health and inclusion, 2023. Food System Economics Commission Country Report.