Shanjun Li

Shanjun Li headhsot.

Shanjun Li, Ph.D.

  • Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies
  • Professor, Environmental Social Sciences, Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability
  • Denning Global Sustainability Professorship
  • Director of the Sustainability and Energy Transition Program, Stanford Center on China's Economy and Institutions

Biography

Shanjun Li is a Professor in the Environmental Social Sciences department of the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability and holds the Denning Global Sustainability Professorship as a Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University. His research areas include environmental and energy economics, urban and transportation economics, empirical industrial organization, and Chinese economy. His recent work addresses pressing sustainability challenges and the rapid rise of clean energy industries in China, exploring their global implications to support evidence-based policymaking.

Prior to joining Stanford, he held the Kenneth L. Robinson Chair in the Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management at Cornell University and served as the Director of the Cornell Institute for China Economic Research (CICER). Li is a co-editor for the International Journal of Industrial Organization and the Journal of Public Economics. He is a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and a university fellow at Resources for the Future (RFF).

In The News

Landscape aerial view of Haikou City, China.
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Shanjun Li to Lead New Research Program on Sustainability and Energy Transition in China

SCCEI's newest research program addresses the pressing sustainability challenges facing China and examines their broader global implications. Grounded in rigorous empirical analysis and economic modeling, researchers aim to inform the development of effective evidence-based policy solutions as well as uncover valuable lessons for other countries navigating similar economic and energy transitions.
Shanjun Li to Lead New Research Program on Sustainability and Energy Transition in China
Headshot of Shanjun Li, who has joined FSI as a senior fellow
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Shanjun Li Joins FSI as Senior Fellow

Professor Li's research examines pressing sustainability issues in China and their global implications in order to inform evidence-based policymaking.
Shanjun Li Joins FSI as Senior Fellow