Yifan Wang is a PhD student in Economics at LSE. He obtained MSc in Economics from London School of Economics and Political Science, completed undergraduate study at Peking University, Health Science Center and Guanghua School of Management, where he studies Medicine, Management, and English.
His main interests are in environmental economics, development economics and economics of innovation. He is currently working in Bangladesh, China, Ghana, South Africa and Uganda.
RA Posting: Occasionally, Yifan Wang seeks research assistants to work on projects related to the Chinese economy and environmental economics with Professor Robin Burgess and Professor John Van Reenen. If you are interested, please send your CV and a short personal statement to lse.econ.eee.ra@outlook.com.
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LSE Environment Camp 2026
The Economics of Environment and Energy Programme (EEE), International Growth Centre (IGC) and Global School of Sustainability (GSOS) within LSE are convening the fourth Environment Week at the LSE on 21-24 September 2026. Working with partners at the School and across the world we want to use Environment Week to encourage economists from all fields of economics to work on environmental issues and to connect this work to policy change.
The urgency of addressing climate change, pollution, and environmental degradation continues to rise, highlighting the need for research in this area. Achieving a more sustainable balance between human activity and the natural environment, while maintaining economic growth, remains a significant challenge. Addressing it will require substantial innovation in multiple directions, including finding ways to make economic growth cleaner, control environmental externalities, and protect human populations from environmental change.
To identify and explore these innovations, we invite submissions from all fields of economics - including development, macroeconomics, industrial organisation, public, finance, labour, trade, urban, theory, behavioural, and political economy - as well as environmental, energy, and climate.
The organisers are calling for papers from faculty and PhD students in all areas of the economics of environment and energy. The deadline is Friday 28 June, 23:49 GMT, successful authors will be notified by 1 August. Only submissions of full papers will be considered. There is no fee to participate in the conference. Travel and accommodation funding is available for presenters. Limited spots will be available for non-presenters to attend - registration will be open closer to the time.
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