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Biography
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).
Yuli is a Global Highly Cited Researcher and the World's Top 2% Scientist since 2020. He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, an IPCC contributing author, and an executive committee member of the National Association of Input-Output and Big Data of China. He is an Associate Editor or Editorial Board Member of several journals including Scientific Data, Advances in Applied Energy, Journal of Cleaner Production, etc.
Yuli has won a dozen academic prizes including the University of Birmingham Founders' Awards (2023), the Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-Financed PhD Students Abroad (2016), and the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research Green Talents Award (2018). Yuli has been interviewed by renowned media outlets and invited to present his research at international conferences.
Research interests
Dr Yuli Shan’s research focuses on accounting for carbon emissions, climate change economics, and sustainable development, with a special focus on developing countries and cities. He has published over 160 papers in high-impact journals, including 20+ in Nature and Science entitled journals. His papers have been cited over 15,000 times (h-index 56), and 28 of them are ESI highly cited papers and 18 are hot papers.
Yuli has co-built an open emission dataset (CEADs.net) to provide the most up-to-date regional emission and energy data for emerging countries and subnational regions.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Philosophy, Climate Change and Development, University of East Anglia
1 Oct 2014 → 18 Jul 2018
Award Date: 18 Jul 2018
Master of Social Science, Social Development and Public Policy, Fudan University
1 Sept 2012 → 1 Jun 2014
Award Date: 1 Jun 2014
Bachelor of Science, Statistics, Actuarial Science and Risk, Tianjin University of Finance and Economics
1 Sept 2008 → 1 Jun 2012
Award Date: 1 Jun 2012
External positions
Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)
8 Aug 2024 → …
University of Groningen
1 Aug 2022 → …
Keywords
- H Social Sciences (General)
- Climate Change Economics
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
- Sustainable Development
- GE Environmental Sciences
- Human Geography
- Urban Studies
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A comprehensive city-level final energy consumption dataset including renewable energy for China, 2005–2021
Yang, G., Zhang, G., Cao, D., Gao, X., Wang, X., Yang, S., Jiang, P., Zha, D. & Shan, Y., 7 Jul 2024, In: Scientific Data. 11, 1, 10 p., 738.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Assessments of the environmental performance of global companies need to account for company size
Mastrandrea, R., Burg, R. T., Shan, Y., Hubacek, K. & Ruzzenenti, F., 19 Jan 2024, In: Communications Earth & Environment. 5, 1, 11 p., 5.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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China carbon emission accounts 2020-2021
Xu, J., Guan, Y., Oldfield, J., Guan, D. & Shan, Y., 15 Apr 2024, In: Applied Energy. 360, 10 p., 122837.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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City level water withdrawal and scarcity accounts of China
Zhang, Z., Shan, Y., Zhao, D., Tillotson, M. R., Cai, B., Li, X., Zheng, H., Zhao, C., Guan, D., Liu, J. & Hao, Y., 3 May 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Scientific Data. 11, 1, 14 p., 449.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Climate policy in emerging economies: Evidence from China's Low-Carbon City Pilot
Zhang, H., Di Maria, C., Ghezelayagh, B. & Shan, Y., Mar 2024, In: Journal of Environmental Economics and Management. 124, 102943.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile23 Downloads (Pure)
Projects
- 4 Active
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A Health-centred Systems Approach towards Net-Zero: Transforming regional climate mitigation policies (Heal-NZ)
Shi, Z., Jowett, S., Day, R., Bloss, W., Bartington, S., Cavoski, A., Prestwood, E., Pope, F., Ferranti, E., Shan, Y., Reardon, L. & Wang, X.
1/10/23 → 30/09/26
Project: Research
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Optimising climate and air quality-related benefits of the transition to Net-Zero
31/03/23 → 30/03/25
Project: Research Councils
Datasets
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Carbon Emission Accounts and Datasets for emerging economies (CEADs)
Guan, D. (Creator) & Shan, Y. (Creator), www.ceads.net, 2016
Dataset
Activities
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CEADs summer school 2022
Yuli Shan (Participant)
22 Jul 2022 → 31 Jul 2022Activity: Academic and Industrial events › Other
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Green and Low-carbon Economy (Journal)
Yuli Shan (Editorial board member)
2022 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial board of a journal
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Scientific Data (Journal)
Yuli Shan (Editorial board member)
2022 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial board of a journal
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Advances in Applied Energy (Journal)
Yuli Shan (Editorial board member)
2022 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial board of a journal
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Frontiers in Psychology (Journal)
Yuli Shan (Guest editor)
2021 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial board of a journal
Prizes
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2019 Highly Cited Paper of Applied Energy
Shan, Yuli (Recipient), 2019
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Applied Energy Highly Cited Original Paper
Shan, Yuli (Recipient), 2016
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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