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Dr. Lyu Xiaopu Dr. Lyu Xiaopu
Prof. Xiao Huijuan (肖惠娟教授)

Assistant Professor

Sustainable Development Goals, Transboundary environmental analysis, Carbon emission mitigation, Climate change economics

Office:AAB 1232
Tel:(852) 3411 6670
Email:xiaohj@hkbu.edu.hk
 
PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION
  • Research Assistant Professor, The University of Science and Technology
  • ITF Funded Postdoctoral fellow, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
  • Ph.D., The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
  • Visiting student, The University of Melbourne
  • Visiting student, The University of East Anglia
RESEARCH INTERESTS
  • Sustainable Development Goals
  • Transboundary environmental analysis (impacts through transboundary river, trade, air flows, and ocean currents) 
  • Carbon emission accounting and mitigation
  • Climate change economics
TEACHING
  • Introduction to Smart and Sustainable Cities
 
  1. PI, Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, “Big Earth Data in Support of the Sustainable Development Goals (2024)--Analysis of Spatial Spillover Effects of Sustainable Development Goals in Global Typical Regions”, 70,000 RMB, 2024
  2. PI, Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, “Big Earth Data in Support of the Sustainable Development Goals (2025)--Spatial Spillover Effects and Coupling Coordination of Sustainable Development Goals in Chinese Cities”, 80,000 RMB, 2025.
  3. Co-I. HKUST-HKUST(GZ) 20 for 20 Cross-campus Collaborative Research Scheme, “Breaking New Ground in Carbon Neutrality: Integrating Building-Scale Carbon Audit Into the Water-Energy-Carbon Nexus”, 500,000 HKD & 500,000 RMB, 2024.
  1. Xiao, H., Bao, S., Ren, J., Xu, Z., Xue, S., and Liu, J. (2024). Global transboundary synergies and trade-offs among Sustainable Development Goals from an integrated sustainability perspective. Nature Communications 15, 500. [Highly cited paper]
  2. Xiao, H., Xu, Z., Ren, J., Zhou, Y., Lin, R., Bao, S., Zhang, L., Lu, S., Lee, C.K.M., and Liu, J. (2022). Navigating Chinese cities to achieve sustainable development goals by 2030. The Innovation (Cell Press Partnered Journal) 3, 100288. 
  3. Xiao, H., Bao, S., Ren, J., and Xu, Z. (2023). Transboundary impacts on SDG progress across Chinese cities: A spatial econometric analysis. Sustainable Cities and Society 92, 104496. 
  4. Xiao, H., Zhao, W., Shan, Y., and Guan, D. (2021). CO2 emission accounts of Russia’s constituent entities 2005–2019. Scientific Data (Nature Portfolio)8, 172. 
  5. Xiao, H., Wang, D., Qi, Y., Shao, S., Zhou, Y., and Shan, Y. (2021). The governance-production nexus of eco-efficiency in Chinese resource-based cities: A two-stage network DEA approach. Energy Economics (Academic Journal Guide: 3) 101, 105408. 
  6. Xiao, H., Zhou, Y., Zhang, N., Wang, D., Shan, Y., and Ren, J. (2021). CO2 emission reduction potential in China from combined effects of structural adjustment of economy and efficiency improvement. Resources, Conservation and Recycling 174, 105760. 
  7. Xiao, H., Duan, Z., Zhou, Y., Zhang, N., Shan, Y., Lin, X., and Liu, G. (2019). CO2 emission patterns in shrinking and growing cities: A case study of Northeast China and the Yangtze River Delta. Applied Energy 251, 113384. 
  8. Xiao, H., Liu, Y., and Ren, J. (2023). Synergies and trade-offs across sustainable development goals: A novel method incorporating indirect interactions analysis. Sustainable Development 31, 1135–1148.
  9. Xiao, H., Shan, Y., Zhang, N., Zhou, Y., Wang, D., and Duan, Z. (2019). Comparisons of CO2 emission performance between secondary and service industries in Yangtze River Delta cities. Journal of Environmental Management 252, 109667. 
  10. Xue, S., Xiao, H.* & Ren, J. (2024). Cross-border interactions on the sustainable development between global countries. Resources, Conservation and Recycling 204, 107525 .