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• Professor, Environmental Social Scientist, York St John University

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Alex Lo is an environmental social scientist. He is recipient of the World Social Science Fellowship, Endeavour Research Fellowship, Universitas 21 Fellowship. Pete Hay Prize, Li Ka Shing Prize, Dr. Stephen S.F. Hui Prizes, and Ada and Arthur Hill Prize. He was an invited plenary speaker at the International Conference on Regional Development (2016). He is an Editor of Asia Pacific Viewpoint, and an editorial board member of Environmental Values (White Horse Press) and Population and Environment (Springer). He was Associate Editor of Geographical Research (Wiley), the journal of the Institute of Australian Geographers.

Lo played a lead role in a number of successful external grant applications. His past projects were supported by the Asia Pacific Network for Global Chnage Research, the National Natural Science Foundation of China, University Grants Committee (Hong Kong Government), the Regional Studies Association (UK), and Hui Oi Chow Trust Fund. He is commissioned by the Hong Kong Government's Environment and Conservation Fund to assess the impacts of its flagship funding programme, and involved in a collaborative applied research project funded by Australia's National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility. Previously he led several other research projects on climate change governance and politics, which were supported by and Australia's Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia with co-funding from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

Lo received his PhD from the Australian National University in 2011, followed by a permanent lectureship at the Griffith University in Australia, a position he held until 2015. He was the academic coordinator for the New Zealand Climate Change Research Institute at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.

He is currently Professor in Business and Sustainability at York St John University, UK, and a Panel Member of a Belgian national research council (Research Foundation Flanders) under the Science and Technology of Constructions and the Built Environment panel (W&T9). He is Adjunct Professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and Honorary Professor at the University of Hong Kong. He is a co-author of 'China's Climate Policy: Transition, Governance, and Market' (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2025).

Experience

• 2024–present Professor, York St John University
• 2019–2024 Senior Lecturer, Victoria University of Wellington
• 2015–2019 Assistant Professor, University of Hong Kong
• 2011–2015 Lecturer, Griffith University
• 2011–2011 Teaching and Research Associate, Vienna University of Economics and Business

Education

• 2011 Australian National University, Doctor of Philosophy
• 2009 University of Hong Kong, Master of Philosophy
• 2007 University of Hong Kong, Master of Science in Environmental Management
• 2003 Chinese University of Hong Kong, Bachelor of Business Administration

Publications

• 2025 China's Climate Policy: Transition, Governance, and Market, Edward Elgar Publishing

Grants and Contracts

• 2022 Capacity Development Programme Role: Principal Investigator Funding Source: Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research
• 2017 Young Scientists' Funds Role: Principal Investigator Funding Source: National Natural Science Foundation of China
• 2017 Universitas 21 Fellowship Role: Principal Investigator Funding Source: Universitas 21
• 2015 Early Career Grant Scheme Role: Principal Investigator Funding Source: Regional Studies Association (UK)
• 2014 Australia-China Joint-Action Program Role: Principal Investigator Funding Source: Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia
• 2014 New Researcher Grant Role: Principal Investigator Funding Source: Griffith University
• 2013 GCCRP Seed Funding Role: Principal Investigator Funding Source: Griffith University
• 2013 Australia-China Joint-Action Program Role: Principal Investigator Funding Source: Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia
• 2012 GCCRP Seed Funding Role: Principal Investigator Funding Source: Griffith University

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