Professor Junguo Liu wins the 2022 TWAS (The World Academy of Science) award in Social Science for his fundamental contribution to policy-relevant studies on water resources, climate change mitigation, and environmental management in China and other developing countries. The virtual awarding ceremony of 2022 honors administered by TWAS will take place after the Opening Ceremony of the TWAS 16th General Conference, on 21 November 2022.

Prof. Liu is a professor and vice president of the North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power in China, a Chair Professor of the Southern University of Science and Technology, China, and a Senior Guest Research Scholar at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) in Austria. He shared this award with Professor Irasema Alcantara-Ayala from Mexico.

TWAS was founded in 1983 by a distinguished group of scientists from the developing world under the leadership of Abdus Salam, the Pakistani physicist and Nobel laureate. They shared a belief that developing nations, by building strength in science and engineering, could build the knowledge and skill to address such challenges as hunger, disease, and poverty. TWAS was given to talents who make outstanding contributions in nine fields of science.

On 20 October, Professor Junguo LIU was invited to participate in the TWAS Awards Webinar Series (Seminar 5: Social and Economic Sciences) and gave a keynote presentation entitled "Virtual Water Trade in China: pattern, driving forces, and solutions". The webinars focus on the winners of TWAS awards and of awards in honor of TWAS Fellows. TWAS Awards Webinar Series gives an opportunity to TWAS Award winners to deliver brief presentations on their accomplishments. This webinar was chaired by the Canadian academic and education scholar Ratna Ghosh who has been elected to several Academies and received national and international honors and awards.