Dr Yuli Shan is an Associate Professor in Sustainable Transitions at the University of Birmingham. Before joining the University of Birmingham, he worked at the University of Groningen as a Faculty Research Fellow. He got a doctoral degree from the University of East Anglia (2018) and a master’s degree from Fudan University (2014).

His cross-cutting research reveals how human activities interact with global emissions and climate change, strongly supporting the achievement of climate targets and the Net-Zero process.

 

Yuli is a globally Highly Cited Researcher since 2020. He is a contributing author of the IPCC 6^th Assessment Report and an executive committee member of the National Association of Input-Output and Big Data of China, and a board member of the Sustainable Urban System section of the International Society of Industrial Ecology (ISIE). Yuli has rich experience in publishing, reviewing, and editing journal papers. He is an editorial board member of Scientific Data (nature family), Advances in Applied Energy, Journal of Cleaner Production, Advances in Climate Change Research, etc.

Yuli has won a dozen academic prizes including the Green Talents awarded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). The jury especially valued the scientific expertise regarding his research on the adaption and investigation of sustainable policies in cities. Yuli has been interviewed by internationally renowned media such as Reuters, Financial Times, and Xinhua net to discuss city-level sustainable development.

 

He is the winner of the 2023 Birmingham Founder's Awards for Early Career.