YANG Yu
Current Appointment: Professor
Biography:
Yu Yang is Professor of Energy Geography at the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research (IGSNRR), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS). He is the deputy director of the Department of Economic Geography and Regional Development of the Key Laboratory of Regional Sustainable Development Modeling, CAS. He received his PhD in Human Geography from CAS in 2013 and visited the National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis (NCGIA) of the University at Buffalo - SUNY in 2014.
His research interests cover broad areas of global energy geographies and national energy security, energy transition and low-carbon development, as well as economic geography and regional development. He has published more than 130 articles in leading journals, including: Science (Letter), Energy, Applied Geography, Geographical Review, Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews, Energy Policy, among others. He is a principle investigator of an Excellent Young Scientists Fund of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) and a member of the Youth Innovation Promotion Association of Chinese Academy of Sciences.
He wrote more than 30 consulting reports in the fields of national energy security, regional sustainable development, urbanization and industrial planning, which were approved by Chinese leaders or adopted by the central government. He has also completed more than 10 planning projects in national central cities, state-level new areas, new urbanization, industrial transformation and other fields, which have been approved and implemented by the State Council, the National Development and Reform Commission or provincial governments. He won the 2021 Science and Technology Award of the Geographical Society of China (GSC) - Youth Science and Technology Award.
Education:
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
PhD in Human Geography (Supervisors: Prof. Yi Liu & Prof. Fengjun Jin)
Sept. 2010–Jun. 2013
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
MSc in Human Geography (Supervisor: Prof. Xiaolei Zhang)
Sept. 2007–Jun. 2010
Ocean University of China
BA in Economics
Sept. 2003–Jun. 2007
Areas of Specialization:
Global Energy Geographies and National Energy Security
Energy Transition and Low-Carbon Development
Economic Geography and Regional Development
Academic Services and Society Appointments:
Associate Editor of World Regional Studies (in Chinese)
Deputy Director of the Regional Strategy Committee of the China Society of Territorial Economists
Council Member of the China Association for the Promotion of Administrative Divisions and Regional Development
Council Member of the Regional Studies Association (RSA) China Division
Member of Professional Committee on Economic Geography of Geographical Society of China (GSC)
Member of Professional Committee on Resource Mapping of China Society of Natural Resources
Distinguished Researcher of Institute of Strategy Research for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area
Selected Publications:
1. Yang Y* & Xia S. China must imbalance renewable energy sites, Science, 2022, 378(6620): 609. (Letter)
2. Yang Y. Energy globalization of China: Trade, investment, and embedded energy flows. Journal of Geographical Sciences, 2022, 32(3): 377-400.
3. Zhou Y, Yang Y*, Xia S. A novel geographic evolution tree based on econometrics for analyzing regional differences in determinants of Chinese CO2 emission intensity. Journal of Environmental Management, 2022, 305: 114402.
4. Li X, Dong W, Liu Y, Yang Y*. Tracking the urban expansion and its driving mechanisms behind Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC): Evidence from morphology and landscapes. Habitat International, 2022, 126, 102599.
5. Wang C, Guo Y, Yang Y, Chen S*. The environmental benefits of electricity industry restructuring in China: Ownership mixing vs. vertical unbundling. Energy Economics, 2022, 115: 106380.
6. Zhang X, Shen J, Sun Y, Zhou C & Yang Y. Formation of city regions from bottom-up initiatives: Investigating coalitional developmentalism in the Pearl River Delta. Annals of the American Association of Geographers, 2022(10).
7. Guo Y, Yang Y*, Wang C. Global energy networks: Geographies of mergers and acquisitions of worldwide oil companies. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2021,139: 110698.
8. Zhou Y, Poon J, Yang Y*. China’s CO2 emission intensity and its drivers: An evolutionary Geo-Tree approach. Resources, Conservation & Recycling, 2021, 171: 105630
9. He Z, Chong Z, Yang Y*, Zhou Y, Liu Y. Evolutionary investment network and the emerging energy power in Central Asia. Journal of Geographical Sciences, 2020, 30(11): 1849-1870.
10. Zhou Q, He Z, Yang Y*. Energy geopolitics in Central Asia: China’s involvement and responses. Journal of Geographical Sciences, 2020, 30(11): 1871-1895.
11. Han M*, Xiong J, Wang S, Yang Y*. Chinese photovoltaic poverty alleviation: Geographic distribution, economic benefits and emission mitigation. Energy Policy, 2020, 144, 111685
12. Peng P, Poon J, Yang Y*, Lu F *, Cheng S. Global oil traffic network and diffusion of influence among ports using real time data. Energy, 2019, 172: 333-342.
14. Yang Y*, Zhou Y, Poon J*, He Z. China’s carbon dioxide emission and driving factors: A spatial analysis. Journal of Cleaner Production, 2019, 211: 640-651.
15. Yang Y, Li X*, Dong W, Poon J*, et al. Assessing China’s human-environment relationship. Journal of Geographical Sciences, 2019, 29(8): 1261-1282.
16. Peng P, Yang Y*, Cheng S, Lu F*, Mou N, Yang R. Modelling the competitiveness of the ports along the Maritime Silk Road with big data. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 2018, 118: 852-867.
17. Yang Y, He Z, Song Z, Xin F *, Wang J*. Investigation on structural and spatial characteristics of taxi trip trajectory network in Xi’an, China. Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2018, 506: 755-766.
18. Li X, Yang Y *, Poon J, et al. Anti-drought measures and their effectiveness: A study of farmers’ actions and government support in China. Ecological Indicators, 2018, 87: 285-295.
19. Yang Y*, Poon J, Dong W. East Asia and solar energy trade network patterns. Geographical Review, 2017, 106 (3): 276-295.
21. Yang Y, Dong W*. Global energy networks: Insights from headquarter subsidiary data of transnational petroleum corporations. Applied Geography, 2016, 72: 36-46.
22. Yang Y*, Poon J, Liu Y, et al. Small and flat worlds: A complex network analysis of international trade in crude oil. Energy, 2015, 93: 534-543.
Selected Research Projects:
1. Excellent Young Scientists Fund of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), “Global Energy Geographies and National Energy Security”, 42022007, 2021/01-2023/12, Principal Investigator.
2. Science Fund for Creative Research Groups of NSFC, “Integrated Urban and Rural Development”, 42121001, 2022/01-2026/12, Research Backbone / Sub-Topic Leader for “Mechanism and Law of Urban-Rural Coupling Development”.
3. General Program of NSFC, “Organization Modes, Operation Mechanism and Power Reconstruction of Global Energy Rights Network”, 41871118, 2019/01-2022/12, Principal Investigator.
4. Special Fund for Emergency Programs of the Department of Earth Sciences (Discipline Development Strategy Research) of NSFC, “Energy Geopolitics and Strategy for National Energy Security”, 41842056, 2019/01-2019/12, Principal Investigator.
5. General Program of NSFC, “Global Cooperation Modes of China’s Oil and Gas Resources and Regional Risk Prevention and Control”, 41371141, 2014/01-2017/12, Co-Principal Investigator.
6. Young Scientist Fund of NSFC, “The Evolution and Operation Mechanism of World Oil and Gas Resources Power System Based on SNA-CGE”, 41401132, 2015/01-2017/12, Principal Investigator.
7. National Key Research and Development Project, “Research on the Optimal Path for China to Achieve the 2030 Peak Carbon Emission Target”, 2016YFA0602800, 2016/07-2021/06, Project Secretary / Sub-Topic Leader for “Carbon Emission of Traditional Energy”.
8. Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Pan Third Pole Environmental Change and Green Silk Road Construction, XDA20040402, 2018/01-2022/12, Sub-Topic Leader for “Resource and Environmental Impacts of Urbanization in Central Asia”.
9. Special project of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Research on the Sustainable Development of Xinjiang, Sub-Topic Leader for “Research on the Cultivation Mode and Path of Xinjiang’s New Economy and New Driving Force”.
10. “Bingwei” Excellent Young Talents Program of Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, “Research on Energy Geopolitics of the Belt and Road and China’s International Energy Cooperation, 2016C202, 2016/01-2018/12, Principal Investigator.
11. Key Deployment Project of Chinese Academy of Sciences, “Simulation of the Evolution of Geopolitical Environment System in Typical Regions along the Belt and Road”, ZDRW-ZS-2016-6, 2016/01-2018/12, Sub-Topic Leader for “Geopolitical Trade Patterns of Oil and Gas Resources in Central Asia and the Impacts on China’s Energy Security”.
12. Major Program of NSFC, “Global Model and Local Response of Human-Environment Relationship in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area in the New Era”, 42130712, 2022/01-2026/12, Sub-Topic Leader.
13. Major Program of NSFC, “Research on the Resources and Environment Basis of the Evolution of Modern Human-Environment Relationship in China”, 41430636, 2015/01-2019/12, Sub-Topic Leader.
14. Key Deployment Project of Chinese Academy of Sciences, “Evaluation and Strategic Research on the Key Basic Capacity of the Comprehensive Revitalization of Northeast China”, KFZD-SW-314, 2017/05-2018/10, Sub-Topic Leader for “Regional Cooperation Mode and Opening-up Path in Northeast China”.
15. Department of International Cooperation of National Development and Reform Commission, “International Political and Economic Situation and Energy Security”, 2021/6-2022/6, Principal Investigator.
16. Department of Regional Economy of National Development and Reform Commission, “Research on Major Ideas and Countermeasures of Northeast China’s Integration into the Belt and Road”, 2016/08-2017/06, Principal Investigator.
Contact:
Office Address:
Room 515, Building No. D, IGSNRR
11A Datun Road
Beijing 100101
People’s Republic of China
Telephone: 010-64889092
Email: yangyu@igsnrr.ac.cn
