Biography

Yangsiyu Lu is an assistant professor at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou) and a research associate with University of Oxford's Institute for New Economic Thinking. She was a DPhil researcher in the Economics of Sustainability group at INET. Before joining HKUST(GZ), she worked as a research fellow at Paris School of Economics and Boston University. Her multi-disciplinary research focuses on energy, climate and the environment. She is particularly interested in three areas: 1) Transition of fossil fuel assets, 2) Investment in clean technologies, and 3) Management of transitional risks. She holds a DPhil degree specialised in Environmental Economics from the University of Oxford, a master’s degree in Energy and Environment from IMT Mines Albi, and a bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science and Engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

Recent Publications

Nov 2023
Journal
Co-financing and infrastructure project outcomes in Chinese lending and overseas development finance
in World Development
Yangsiyu Lu ,  Cecilia Springer ,  Bjarne Steffen
Aug 2023
Journal
Feb 2022
Journal
Plant conversions and abatement technologies cannot prevent stranding of power plant assets in 2°C scenarios
in Nature Communications
Yangsiyu Lu ,  François Cohen ,  Stephen M. Smith ,  Alexander Pfeiffer
Dec 2020
Report
Climate change and Emerging Markets after Covid-19
François Cohen ,  Matthew Ives ,  Sugandha Srivastav ,  Moritz Schwarz ,  Paolo De Souza ,  Yangsiyu Lu ,  Penny Mealy ,  Cameron Hepburn ,  Luke Jackson
Aug 2020
Journal
The Challenge of Using Epidemiological Case Count Data: The Example of Confirmed COVID-19 Cases and the Weather
in Environmental and Resource Economics
François Cohen ,  Moritz Schwarz ,  Yangsiyu Lu ,  Anant Jani ,  Sihan Li
Jun 2019
Journal
Direct and indirect electrification of chemical industry using methanol production as a case study
in Applied Energy
Chao Chen ,  Rene Banares-Alcantara ,  Yangsiyu Lu
May 2018
Paper
Urban metabolism of megacities: A comparative analysis of Shanghai, Tokyo, London and Paris to inform low carbon and sustainable development pathways
Wenyi Han ,  Yong Geng ,  Yangsiyu Lu ,  Jeffrey Wilson ,  Lu Sun ,  Onishi Satoshi ,  Alain Gendron ,  Yiying Qian