Shuang Zhang

Dr. Shuang Zhang is a Professor of Economics at CEIBS. Prior to joining CEIBS, she was a tenured Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Colorado Boulder. She has also served as a postdoctoral fellow at Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research at Stanford University. She was awarded with Ph.D. degree in Economics from Cornell University, and M.A. in Economics from Fudan University.

Prof. Zhang’s research interests are concentrated on environmental and energy economics, health economics, and the Chinese economy. Her articles have widely published in leading academic journals, including Journal of Political Economy, Journal of Development Economics, and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. In addition, her work has been covered by major media outlets such as Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Bloomberg, The Economist, and South China Morning Post. Prof. Zhang was a recipient of the US National Science Foundation Award as the Principal Investigator from 2017 to 2020.

Prof. Zhang is passionate about teaching and has gained teaching experience at the University of Colorado Boulder and NYU Shanghai, as well as Stanford University. Her teaching interests are in health economics and the Chinese economy.

ACADEMIC DEGREES

• 2012, Ph.D. in Economics, Cornell University, US
• 2007, M.A. in Economics, Fudan University, China
• 2004, B.A. in Economics, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, China