Lin Zhang

Lin Zhang

City University of Hong Kong

Prof. Dr. Lin Zhang is a Full Professor at City University of Hong Kong, and an Associate Director for the Institute of Global Governance and Innovation for a Shared Future. He has been appointed as a panel member of RAE 2026 by UGC Hong Kong, and serves as the editor of The Energy Journal. He joined CityUHK in 2016. Before that, he worked in the Center of Economic Research at ETH Zurich (2011-2016). He was a council member of the International Association for Energy Economics (IAEE), the regional representative of Asia-Oceania leaders in energy economics (2023-2025), the SUSI Scholar (economics and sustainable development) by the U.S. Department of State (2024), researcher associate at the Energy Science Center, and the Competence Center for Research in Energy, Society, and Transition in Switzerland (2015-2016). He has also been the Hong Kong Convention Ambassador appointed by the Hong Kong Tourism Board (2023-2026). Prof. Zhang has been listed in “Top 2% Scientists” by Stanford University, “Top 2% Economists (Last 10 years publications) by RePEc (Research Papers in Economics). He has also won many awards for his excellent research from regional and international professional organizations. Prof. Zhang recently authored a book titled “Sustainability Economics”, published by Springer Nature.

🔥 News

  • 2026.09:  🎉🎉 Prof. Lin Zhang received the outstanding contribution award.

📝 Publications

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Deep Residual Learning for Image Recognition

Kaiming He, Xiangyu Zhang, Shaoqing Ren, Jian Sun

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🎖 Honors and Awards

  • 2026 Best Paper Award for the paper titled “The Impacts of Carbon Polices on Energy Transition in China” at The 8th IAEE Asia-Oceania Conference in Qingdao
  • 2025 Top Scholar (top 0.5% in Social Sciences, economics, and Overall) by ScholarGPS
  • 2024 SUSI Scholar on Economics and Sustainable Development by the U.S. Department of State (one of the 18 Global Leaders)
  • 2024 Top 2% most highly cited scientists by Stanford University
  • 2024 Top Scholar (top 0.5% in Social Sciences and Overall) by ScholarGPS
  • 2024 Excellent Young Researcher Award of the School of Energy and Environment
  • 2024 Best Paper Award for the paper titled “Visible hands: High temperatures, power rationing, and firm performances” by the International Conference on Climate and Energy Finance
  • 2023 Outstanding paper award for the paper titled “High carbon path dependence, low carbon expectation, and green transition of technological paradigm” by China Society of Industrial Economics
  • 2022 Honorable Mention Award for the CPSG Inaugural Best Policy Research Article Award
  • 2021 Outstanding Paper Award at Global Paper Competition on Sustainable Paths Toward Carbon Neutrality
  • 2021 Certificate of Merit for papers selected by The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE)
  • 2018 Outstanding reviewer for the Journal of Environmental Management
  • 2017 Outstanding reviewer for Economic Modelling
  • 2015 Best doctoral thesis by Swiss Association of Energy Economics Ref
  • 2014 Fellow of the UBS International Center of Economics in Society
  • 2011 Young economist nominated by OFID (The OPEC Fund for International Development) for the 4th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting on Economic Sciences

📖 Educations

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💻 Work Experience

    • 2026* UAiTED Visiting Faculty, National ChengChi University
    • 2025* Associate Director, Institute of Global Governance and Innovation for a Shared Future, City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK)
    • 2025* Full Professor, School of Energy and Environment (SEE), joint Appointment with Department of Public and International Affairs (PIA), CityUHK
    • 2024* SUSI Visiting Scholar, the U.S. Department of State
    • 2022 - 2024* Associate Professor, SEE & PIA, CityUHK
    • 2016 - 2022* Assistant Professor, SEE & PIA, CityUHK
    • 2015 - 2016* Postdoctoral Researcher, Center for Economic Research at ETH Zurich
    • 2011 - 2015* Research Fellow, Chair of Economics/Resource Economics at ETH Zurich

💬 Talks, Podcast, and Videos

    • Is your cooking stove a climate problem? - CGTN‘s “Climate Watch” Podcast. Link
    • The development of China’s green finance. - IAEE Podcast. Link
    • COVID-19 is changing the emission trajectories in China and at the global level. - IAEE Podcast. Link
    • Climate Risks and Corporate Carbon Strategies. - IAEE Webinar. Link
    • Climate Policy and Governance of Carbon Neutrality. - IAEE Webinar. Link
    • The Thirst for Power: the Nexus on Climate Change, Water Scarcity, and Electricity Outage. - IAEE Webinar. Link
    • Reforming China’s Electricity Sector: The Potential Gains and Pitfalls. - IAEE Webinar. Link
    • Energy Transition in China: Technology, Policy, and Society. - IAEE Webinar. Link
    • Moving Green: Opportunities and Challenges of China’s Recovery Plan. - IAEE Webinar. Link