Professor of Economics
Field:Energy and Environmental Economics, Regional Sustainable Development
E-mail:shaoshuai8188@126.com; 25005@tongji.edu.cn
Brief Introduction
I am a professor of economics in School of Economics and Management, Tongji University, the executive director of the Institution of Energy Economics and Environmental Management (IEEEM), the chief expert of the Major Project of the National Social Science Foundation of China, the Outstanding Young Scientists of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, and the Young Talent of the National High-level Talent Special Support Plan of China. Also, I is selected as one of the "Highly Cited Scientists" of the world by the Clarivate, "Highly Cited Scholars in China" by the Elsevier, and one of the top 2% of scientists in the world (released by a team of Stanford University).
I have published more than 200 papers in academic journals, such as Nature Geoscience, Nature Climate Change, Nature Sustainability, World Development, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Environmental & Resource Economics, Energy Journal, Global Environmental Change, Environmental Science & Technology, Ecological Economics, Economic Research Journal (in Chinese), Management World (in Chinese), and Journal of Management Sciences in China (in Chinese), more than 30 of which are selected in ESI Hot/Highly-cited Papers in the Web of Science, and my latest H-index is 61 (Scopus). I have presided over 1 Major Project of the National Social Science Foundation of China, 5 projects of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, and more than 10 provincial- and ministry-level research programs. I received a lot of academic and educational awards, such as the second prize of 9th Science Research Famous Achievement Award in Higher Institution (Humanities and Social Sciences), Peikang Chang Development Economics Young Scholar Award, Shibai Liu Economics Award, the first prize of Shanghai Philosophy and Social Science Outstanding Achievements Awards, the Instructor of Doctoral Innovation Program in Contemporary Economics (original China Economics Outstanding Doctoral Paper Award), and Excellent Instructor (three consecutive times) China National College Students Competition on Energy Economics Special Prize.
Moreover, I am the affiliated editor of World Development, the vice editor of Journal of Environmental Economics (in Chinese), the field editor of Asian Economics Letters, the academic editor of China Population, Resources and Environment, and the guest editor and editorial board member of several journals. I hold the position of vice-chairman of the Resource Economy Research Professional Committee of China Society of Natural Resources, the deputy secretary-general and managing director of the Energy Economics and Management Research Sub-committee of China Project Management Research Committee, the managing director of the Energy Resources Systems Engineering Professional Committee of Systems Engineering Society of China, and the member of the Resource and Environmental Economics Professional Committee of China Economics Annual Conference.
2006.03-2009.10 Harbin Institute of Technology, China, Ph.D. student
2025.2-present Tongji University, Professor
2021.10-2025.01 East China University of Science and Technology, Professor, Deputy Dean of School of Business
2017.08-2021.09 Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Professor
2012.09-2013.09 University of Oxford, Visiting Scholar
2009.07-2017.07 Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Lecturer and Associate Professor
I have published more than 200 papers in academic journals, such as Nature Geoscience, Nature Climate Change, Nature Sustainability, World Development, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Environmental & Resource Economics, Energy Journal, Global Environmental Change, Environmental Science & Technology, Ecological Economics, Economic Research Journal (in Chinese), Management World (in Chinese), and Journal of Management Sciences in China (in Chinese), more than 30 of which are selected in ESI Hot/Highly-cited Papers in the Web of Science, and my latest H-index is 61 (Scopus). I have presided over 1 Major Project of the National Social Science Foundation of China, 5 projects of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, and more than 10 provincial- and ministry-level research programs.
Presided Research Projects
1 The Young Scientists Fund Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China: "Research on the Transmission Mechanism of Resource Curse Effect and Avoidance Policies at the Regional Level in China: from an Endogenous Growth Perspective" (71003068), concluded (with Excellent performance evaluation)
2 The General Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China: "The Correlation Mechanism Between Energy Dependence and the Efficiency of Regional Economic Development in China and Its Empirical Study" (71373153), concluded (with Extra Superior performance evaluation)
3 The General Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China: "The 'Environmental Curse' Effect on the Supply-side of Resources: Influence Mechanisms of Resource Industry Dependence on Regional Environmental Performance in China" (71773075), concluded (with Extra Superior performance evaluation)
4 The Excellent Young Scientists Fund Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China: "Externality Governance in Energy Development and Consumption" (71922015), concluded
5 The Key Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China: "Study on Carbon Neutral Technology Innovation and Carbon Reduction Incentive Mechanisms in the Key Industries" (72243004), ongoing
6 The Major Program of National Social Science Foundation of China: "Research on Promoting Green Development of Synergy between Energy Supply Side and Consumption Side to Promote Harmonious Coexistence between Human and Nature" (21ZDA084), concluded
7 The Major Program of National Social Science Foundation of China: the PI of sub-program 3 "Research on the Feasible Path to Achieve the Integration of Environmental Protection and High-quality Economic Development" of the program "Research on the Mechanism, Path, and Policy System of Integrating Environmental Protection and High-quality Economic Development" (18ZDA051), concluded
8 The Major Program of National Social Science Foundation of China: the PI of sub-program 4 "Income Distribution Effects of Artificial Intelligence Technology and Labor Supply Structure" of the program "Research on Artificial Intelligence Technology and More Sufficient and High-quality Employment" (20ZDA069), concluded
9 The Major Program of National Social Science Foundation of China: the PI of sub-program 1 "Research on the Characteristics and the Influencing Factors of the Evolution of Greenhouse Gas Emission Intensity in China" of the program "Research on Measures to Achieve China's Action Targets for Greenhouse Gas Emission Control by 2020" (10AZD015), concluded
10 The Major Program of National Social Science Foundation of China: the PI of sub-program 5 "Research on Innovation Factor Flow Aggregation and Spatial Structure Optimization in Northeast Old Industrial Base under Supply-Side Structural Reform"(17AZD009), concluded
11 The Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University of the Ministry of Education: "Research on the Impact of Resource Industry Dependence on Regional Environmental Total Factor Productivity Growth in China" (NCET-13-0890), concluded
12 The Ministry and Provincial Joint Research Program of the Ministry of Finance: "Research on Fiscal Policies Related to International Energy Structure Transformation" (2019110387), concluded
13 Science and Technology Innovation Major Project of the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission: "Research on the Theoretical Modeling, Empirical Measurement, and Influencing Factors of Energy Rebound Effect: Taking Yangtze River Delta Region as an Example" (11ZS70), concluded
14 The Major Program of Shanghai Soft Science Research: "Research on Empirical Measurement, Influencing Factors, and Optimization Path of Shanghai Industrial Energy Consumption Carbon Emission and Its Efficiency" (12692104100), concluded (with Good evaluation)
15 The Major Program of Shanghai Soft Science Research: "Impact of Carbon Tax Policy on Energy Conservation, Emission Reduction, and Macroeconomics in China - Theoretical Model and Scenario Simulation" (14692103900), concluded (with Excellent evaluation). The research report received the 6th National Award for Outstanding Fiscal Theory Research Achievement and was included in The Essay Collection of Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
16 Shanghai 2018 Major Program of "Science and Technology Innovation Action Plan" Soft Science Program: "Energy Price Induced Innovation and Carbon Emission Performance Improvement: Theory and Chinese Experience" (18692105600), concluded (with Good evaluation, the relative achievement is included in Shanghai Science and Technology Yearbook, 2020)
17 Shanghai 2020 Major Program of "Science and Technology Innovation Action Plan" Soft Science Program: "Research on the Innovation of Collaborative Environmental Governance Model in the Yangtze River Delta Integrated Development Demonstration Zone: Based on the Perspective of Multi-region and Multi-entity" (20692103100), concluded
18 Shanghai Philosophy and Social Science Planning Program: "Research on Energy Rebound Effect Based on Endogenous Growth Perspective: Theoretical Model and Chinese Experience" (2010BJB011), concluded (with Good evaluation)
19 Shanghai Philosophy and Social Science Planning Program: "Research on the Evolutionary Path of Chinese Economic System under the Influence of Carbon Tax Policy" (2014BJB001), concluded (with Good evaluation)
20 Zhejiang Province Statistics Major Research Project: "Research on the Industrial Total Factor Energy Efficiency Growth Measurement and Influencing Factors in the Yangtze River Delta City Cluster" (201416), concluded (the first price)
21 Zhejiang Province Statistics Major Research Project: "Empirical Measurement and Spatial Econometric Analysis of Carbon Emission Performance in China" (201527), concluded (the second price)
22 The "Shuguang Program" of the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission: "Assessment of China's Green Economy Development Performance under Carbon Emission Constraints: Empirical Measurements, Influencing Factors, and Improvement Paths" (14SG32), concluded
23 The "Chenguang Program" of the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission: "A Theoretical Model of Energy Rebound Effect and An Empirical Study Based on Shanghai" (10CG36), concluded
1 Clarivate Analytics Global "Highly Cited Scientist"
2 Elsevier "Highly Cited Scholars in China"
3 World's Top 2% Scientists (Issued by a team of Stanford University)
4 Top 100000 Global Scientists (Issued by the Global Scholars Database)
5 National Outstanding Young Scientists Fund Project Recipient
6 The 4th batch of national "Ten Thousand People Plan" young top-notch talents
7 New Century Excellent Talent of the Ministry of Education in 2013
8 “Shanghai Newcomers in Social Sciences” in 2019
9 Shanghai “Shu Guang Scholar” in 2014
10 Shanghai “Chen Guang Scholar” in 2010
11 East China University of Science and Technology 7th “Young Talent President Award”
12 “Ying Xian Scholar" of Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
13 East China University of Science and Technology Press and Publicity Advanced Individual "Hua Sheng Award" in 2021
14 The 8th Award for Outstanding Achievements in Scientific Research of Higher Education Institutions (Humanities and Social Sciences) for Young Achievements (First establishment)
15 The second prize of 9th Award for Outstanding Achievements in Scientific Research of Higher Education Institutions (Humanities and Social Sciences)
16 The 4th Zhang Peigang Award for Young Scholars in Development Economics (The first recipient in the field of energy and environmental economics)
17 The 4th Liu Shibai Prize in Economics (First winning paper in Energy and Environmental Economics)
18 The Third Prize of the 6th National Outstanding Financial Theory Research Achievement Award
19 Doctoral Innovation Program in Contemporary Economics (Originally called the China Prize for Outstanding PhD Thesis in Economics) Supervisor
20 The 5th National College Students Competition on Energy Economics (Only Special Prize Adviser)
21 The 6th National College Students Competition on Energy Economics (Only Special Prize Adviser)
22 The 7th National College Students Competition on Energy Economics (Special Prize Adviser)
23 The 13th Excellent Doctoral Dissertation of Harbin Institute of Technology (Management Only)
24 The Second Prize of thesis category of the 11th Shanghai Excellent Achievement Award of Philosophy and Social Science
25 The Second Prize of the 11th Shanghai Excellent Achievement Award of Philosophy and Social Science in Paper Category
26 The First Prize of the 14th Shanghai Excellent Achievement Award of Philosophy and Social Science in Paper Category
27 The Second Prize of the 14th Shanghai Excellent Achievement Award of Philosophy and Social Science in Paper Category
28 The Second Prize of the 10th Shanghai Excellent Achievement Award of Deng Xiaoping Theory Research and Propaganda in Paper Category
29 The Third Prize of Shanghai "13th Five-Year Plan" Preliminary Research Open Call Project Achievement Award
30 Third Prize of Excellent Achievement Award of Humanities and Social Sciences Research of Henan Provincial Education Department in 2017
31 The First Prize of research results of key statistical research topics in Zhejiang Province in 2015
32 The Second Prize of research results of key statistical research topics in Zhejiang Province in 2016
33 The Third Prize of Excellent Youth Paper of China Regional Science Association Annual Meeting in 2012
34 The First Prize of Excellent Youth Paper of China Regional Science Association Annual Meeting in 2013
35 The First Prize of Excellent Youth Paper of China Regional Science Association Annual Meeting in 2014
36 The Excellent Paper Award of Annual Academic Conference of the Environmental Economics Branch of the Chinese Society for Environmental Sciences in 2017 (5 in total)
37 The New Talent Award of the 5th Shanghai Young Economic Scholars Forum Excellent Paper in 2010
38 The Second Price of the 6th Shanghai Young Economic Scholars Forum Excellent Paper in 2011
39 The Second Price Award of the 7th Shanghai Young Economic Scholars Forum Excellent Paper in 2012
40 The First Price of the 8th Shanghai Young Economic Scholars Forum Excellent Paper in 2013
41 The New Talent Award of the Ninth Shanghai Young Economic Scholars Forum Excellent Paper in 2014
42 The New Talent Award of the 15th Shanghai Young Economic Scholars Forum Excellent Paper in 2020
43 The Excellent Paper Award of the 8th Annual Academic Conference of Shanghai Social Science Community in 2010
44 The Excellent Paper Award of the 9th Annual Academic Conference of Shanghai Social Science Community in 2011
45 The Excellent Paper Award of the 10th Annual Academic Conference of Shanghai Social Science Community in 2012
46 The Second Prize of Excellent Achievement Award of Zhejiang Economic Society in 2017
47 The Excellent Paper Award of the Second China Energy Environment and Climate Change Economists Forum
48 The Excellent Paper Award of the Second Symposium on the Economics of Climate Change
49 The Excellent Reviewer Award of Chinese Journal of Environmental Management in 2019-2020
50 The Excellent Reviewer Award of Journal of Environmental Economics in 2016-2017