Alex Lo

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I am an environmental social scientist with a strong interest in economics, finance, and public policy. I am currently Professor in Business and Sustainability at York St John University, UK, ead the Global Sustainability Research Programme here. I serve as a Panel Member of a Belgian national research council (Research Foundation Flanders) under the Science and Technology of Constructions and the Built Environment panel (W&T9). I am Adjunct Professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and Honorary Professor at the University of Hong Kong.

My past projects were supported by the British Acadamy, the Asia Pacific Network for Global Chnage Research, the National Natural Science Foundation of China, University Grants Committee (Hong Kong Government), the Regional Studies Association (UK), and Hui Oi Chow Trust Fund. I was commissioned by the Hong Kong Government’s Environment and Conservation Fund to assess the impacts of its flagship funding programme, and involved in a collaborative applied research project funded by Australia’s National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility. Previously he led several other research projects on climate change governance and politics, which were supported by and Australia’s Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia with co-funding from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

I received my PhD from the Australian National University in 2011, followed by a permanent lectureship at the Griffith University in Australia, a position he held until 2015. I was the academic coordinator for the New Zealand Climate Change Research Institute at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.

I am the lead author of 'China's Climate Policy: Transition, Governance, and Market' (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2025). I lat York St John University. Other external positions include Editor of Asia Pacific Viewpoint, and editorial board member of Environmental Values (White Horse Press) and Population and Environment (Springer). I was Associate Editor of Geographical Research (Wiley), the journal of the Institute of Australian Geographers.

Experience

  • 2024–present
    Professor, York St John University
  • 2019–2024
    Senior Lecturer, Victoria University of Wellington
  • 2015–2019
    Assistant Professor, University of Hong Kong
  • 2011–2015
    Lecturer, Griffith University
  • 2011–2011
    Teaching and Research Associate, Vienna University of Economics and Business

Education

  • 2011 
    Australian National University, Doctor of Philosophy
  • 2009 
    University of Hong Kong, Master of Philosophy
  • 2007 
    University of Hong Kong, Master of Science in Environmental Management
  • 2003 
    Chinese University of Hong Kong, Bachelor of Business Administration

Publications

  • 2025
    China's Climate Policy: Transition, Governance, and Market, Edward Elgar Publishing

Grants and Contracts

  • 2022
    Capacity Development Programme
    Role:
    Principal Investigator
    Funding Source:
    Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research
  • 2017
    Young Scientists' Funds
    Role:
    Principal Investigator
    Funding Source:
    National Natural Science Foundation of China
  • 2017
    Universitas 21 Fellowship
    Role:
    Principal Investigator
    Funding Source:
    Universitas 21
  • 2015
    Early Career Grant Scheme
    Role:
    Principal Investigator
    Funding Source:
    Regional Studies Association (UK)
  • 2014
    Australia-China Joint-Action Program
    Role:
    Principal Investigator
    Funding Source:
    Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia
  • 2014
    New Researcher Grant
    Role:
    Principal Investigator
    Funding Source:
    Griffith University
  • 2013
    GCCRP Seed Funding
    Role:
    Principal Investigator
    Funding Source:
    Griffith University
  • 2013
    Australia-China Joint-Action Program
    Role:
    Principal Investigator
    Funding Source:
    Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia
  • 2012
    GCCRP Seed Funding
    Role:
    Principal Investigator
    Funding Source:
    Griffith University

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  • Research collaboration
  • Research supervision