Guojun He is an economist working on environmental, health and development issues. Currently, he is an assistant professor appointed jointly at Division of Social Science,Division of Environment and Sustainability, and Department of Economics at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST, 2014–now). He is also a faculty affiliate of HKUST Institute for Emerging Market Studies and Institute for Public Policy. In addition, Prof He holds concurrent appointment at the University of Chicago's interdisciplinary Energy Policy Institute (2018-now) and serves as the research director of its China center (EPIC-China).
Prof He's research tries to address some of the most challenging problems faced by developing countries and seeks to produce empirically-grounded estimates for optimal policy design. The majority of his work focuses on understanding the benefits and costs of environmental policies, while he also has broader research interest on development and governance issues.
Prof He's has won multiple academic awards, including the Best Paper Award from China Health Policy and Management Society (2016), Masahiko Aoki Best Paper Award Nomination (2017), and notably two Gregory Chow Best Paper Awards from the Chinese Economists Society (2015 and 2018). In 2018, Prof He is a selected as a fellow of the World Economic Forum Young Scientists Community.
Before joining HKUST, Prof He was a post-doctoral research fellow at Harvard School of Public Health (2013–2014) and obtained his Ph.D. degree in Agricultural and Resource Economics from U.C. Berkeley (2008–2013). He received undergraduate education from School of Economics at Peking University (2004–2008).
Prof. He is married with Dr. Zhongwen Zhang, a financial analyst at BAML.
Prof He's research tries to address some of the most challenging problems faced by developing countries and seeks to produce empirically-grounded estimates for optimal policy design. The majority of his work focuses on understanding the benefits and costs of environmental policies, while he also has broader research interest on development and governance issues.
Prof He's has won multiple academic awards, including the Best Paper Award from China Health Policy and Management Society (2016), Masahiko Aoki Best Paper Award Nomination (2017), and notably two Gregory Chow Best Paper Awards from the Chinese Economists Society (2015 and 2018). In 2018, Prof He is a selected as a fellow of the World Economic Forum Young Scientists Community.
Before joining HKUST, Prof He was a post-doctoral research fellow at Harvard School of Public Health (2013–2014) and obtained his Ph.D. degree in Agricultural and Resource Economics from U.C. Berkeley (2008–2013). He received undergraduate education from School of Economics at Peking University (2004–2008).
Prof. He is married with Dr. Zhongwen Zhang, a financial analyst at BAML.
