Working experience
· 2019-2020, Kennedy School, Harvard University, Post-doctoral research fellow
· 2021-2023, School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University, Assistant Professor
· 2024-Now, School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University, Associate Professor
Education
· 2014-2019, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, Ph.D.
· 2009-2016, School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University, Ph.D.
· 2005-2009, School of Zhou Enlai Government Management, Nankai University, B.A.
Other professional positions
· 2/2019-3/2019, UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose, University College London. Associated research fellow. Bloomsbury London, UK
· 11/2018-12/2018, Council on Energy, Environment and Water. Visiting researcher. New Delhi, India
· 5/2018 The United Nations (UN). Consulting expert for The Expert Group Meeting for The World Economic and Social Survey (WESS) 2018. New York, NY, USA
· 6/2014 – 8/2014, World Bank. Project Consultant on “Green Infrastructure Finance”. Medford, MA, USA
Research fields: technology innovation, energy and climate policy, digital and green co-transitions, global governance.
Courses: Public Policy Analysis, An Introduction to Sustainable Development, Public Science and Technology policy
1. Zhang, F., Xu, M., Yan, Y., & Huang, K.， “Public discourses and government interventions behind China’s ambitious carbon neutrality goal”. Communications Earth & Environment, 2023，4(1), 437.
2. Piao, J., Liu, J., Zhang, F., Su, J., & Li, Y. “Human–AI adaptive dynamics drives the emergence of information cocoons. Nature Machine Intelligence”, 2023，5(11), 1214-1224.
3. Zhang, F., Lu, J., & Chen, L.，“When green recovery fails to consider coal pushback: Exploring global coal rebounds, production, and policy retrenchment post Covid-19”. Energy Research & Social Science, 2023. 101, 103142.
4. Zhang, F.，“The policy coordinator role of national development banks in scaling climate finance: Evidence from the renewable energy sector”. Climate Policy, 2022，22(6), 754-769.
5. Bhandary, R.R., Gallagher, K.S., Zhang, F (Co-first author and corresponding author). “Climate Finance Policy in Practice: A Review of the Evidence”. Climate Policy, 2021, 1-17. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/14693062.2020.1871313
6. Zhang, F., Tang, T., Su, J., Huang, K.M., “The interaction effect between inter-sector industrial networks and policy instruments on clean energy innovation: Evidence from the wind power industry”. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2020, 263, 121287. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959652620313342
7. Zhang, F., “Leaders and followers in finance mobilization: Implications from renewable energy financing in Germany and China”. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions. 2020. 37, 203-224. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S221042242030109X
8. Gallagher, S.K, Zhang, F. (Corresponding author), Orvis, R., Liu, Q., “Assessing the Policy gaps for achieving China’s climate targets in the Paris Agreement”. Nature Communications, 10, 2019. (SSIC/SCI，Altmetric指数衡量社会影响力在同期26万篇论文位居前1%). https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-09159-0
9. Zhang, F., Gallagher, K.S., “Innovation and technology transfer through global value chains: Evidence from China's PV industry”. Energy Policy 94, 2016. (SSIC/SCI, ESI 高引论文)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301421516301835
10. Zhang, F., and Huang, K.M., “The role of government in industrial energy conservation in China: Lessons from the iron and steel industry”. Energy for Sustainable Development, 39, 2017. (SSIC/SCI).
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0973082617300066
11. Zhang, F., Deng, H., Margolis, R., and Su, J., “Analysis of distributed-generation photovoltaic deployment, installation time and cost, market barriers, and policies in China”. Energy Policy, 813, 2015. (SSIC/SCI). https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301421515000737
12. Ru, P., Zhi, Q., Zhang, F., Zhong, X.T., Li, J.Q., and Su, J., “Behind the development of technology: The transition of innovation modes in China’s wind turbine manufacturing industry”. Energy Policy 43, 2012. (SSIC/SCI高引论文) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301421511010305
13. 苏竣, 张芳.政策组合与清洁能源创新模式：基于光伏产业的跨国比较研究. 国际经济评论, 2015, (5), 132-142. (CSSCI，中文核心期刊)
14. 智强, 苏竣, 汝鹏, 张芳. 政策引导下的新兴产业技术创新模式：以中国风电设备制造业为例. 国际经济评论, 2013, (2), 46-58. (CSSCI，中文核心期刊)
15. 张芳, 苏竣. 中国风电制造产业国际技术转移现状及问题分析. 中国科技论坛, 2012, 7: 81-88. (CSSCI，中文核心期刊)
