Guojun He is an economist working on environmental, development, and governance issues. Currently, he is 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. He is also a faculty affiliate of HKUST's Institute for Emerging Market Studies and Institute for Public Policy. In addition, He holds a concurrent appointment at the University of Chicago's interdisciplinary Energy Policy Institute (EPIC) and serves as the research director of its China center (EPIC-China).
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 a broader research interest in development and governance issues. His work has been published in leading economics journals (like QJE, AER: Insights, AEJ: Applied) and science journals (like PNAS, The BMJ, Nature: Sustainability).
He has won multiple academic awards, including the Best Paper Award from China Health Policy and Management Society, Masahiko Aoki Best Paper Award Nomination, and notably two Gregory Chow Best Paper Awards from the Chinese Economists Society. In 2018, He was selected as a fellow of the World Economic Forum Young Scientists Community.
Before joining HKUST, He was a post-doctoral research fellow at Harvard School of Public Health and obtained his Ph.D. degree in Agricultural and Resource Economics from U.C. Berkeley. He received undergraduate education from School of Economics at Peking University.
He grew up in Qujing City of Yunan province and now lives in HK. He is married with Zhongwen Zhang.
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 a broader research interest in development and governance issues. His work has been published in leading economics journals (like QJE, AER: Insights, AEJ: Applied) and science journals (like PNAS, The BMJ, Nature: Sustainability).
He has won multiple academic awards, including the Best Paper Award from China Health Policy and Management Society, Masahiko Aoki Best Paper Award Nomination, and notably two Gregory Chow Best Paper Awards from the Chinese Economists Society. In 2018, He was selected as a fellow of the World Economic Forum Young Scientists Community.
Before joining HKUST, He was a post-doctoral research fellow at Harvard School of Public Health and obtained his Ph.D. degree in Agricultural and Resource Economics from U.C. Berkeley. He received undergraduate education from School of Economics at Peking University.
He grew up in Qujing City of Yunan province and now lives in HK. He is married with Zhongwen Zhang.
