Xiaolan Fu Explained

Xiaolan Fu
Birth Place:China
Institutions:University of Cambridge
University of Oxford (ODID), Green Templeton College; Fudan University; Tsinghua University
Field:Development Economics, Technology, Innovation, Trade, FDI
Alma Mater:Lancaster University Management School
Awards:European Commission EFMD Gate2Growth 2005 'European Best Paper' Award
Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence 2012 Outstanding Paper Award
European Association of Management (EURAM) annual conference Innovation Strategic Interest Group 2017
Best Paper Award
Birth Date:August 17, 1967

Professor Xiaolan Fu is a British-based Chinese economist, and Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences.[1] She is the Founding Director of the Technology and Management Centre for Development (TMCD).[2] She is a Professor of Technology and International Development and Fellow of Green Templeton College at the University of Oxford.[3]

Life

Xiaolan Fu was born in China on August 17, 1967, and she came to post graduate study at Lancaster University with her family. She completed her master's degree in a year and attained her economics doctorate in 2003. She wrote her thesis on the economics of her home country under the supervision of Vudayagi Balasubramanyam.[4]

She was appointed by the Secretary-General[5] of the United Nations to the Ten-Member High Level Advisory Group of the UN Technology Facilitation Mechanism[6] and to the Governing Council of the UN's Technology Bank for Least Developed Countries.[7] She is also a member of the UN SDSN Leadership Council[8] led by Jeffrey Sachs.

Appointments

Professor Fu has been appointed as member of the scientific board of Globelics (Global Network for Economics of Learning, Innovation, and Competence Building Systems),[9] member of the high-level group of the International Science Council,[10] and has been a consultant for UNDESA, UNCTAD, UNIDO, the World Bank, OECD, European Commission, ILO, the Commonwealth Secretariat, and UKTI. She serves on the Advisory Expert Group of the OECD Global Investment Forum and the DFID/ESRC Economic Growth Directorate (DEGP), and is president of the Chinese Economic Association (Europe) and CEA (UK) in 2010–2011. She has served on the Management Committee of the Oxford University China Centre since 2015. She is also a Senior Research Associate at the University of Cambridge and University of Tsinghua, and a Visiting Professor at Fudan University. As a China expert, she has participated in various interviews and panel discussions at mainstream media including BBC, Sky News, CCTV, CGTN, People's Daily, and China Daily. In 2014, she was invited to address the UN General Assembly on ‘Science, technology and innovation in developing countries’.

Professor Fu has been selected as one of ten winners in the Science and Innovation Management category of the Falling Walls Science Breakthroughs of the year 2021.[11]

Her research interests include innovation, technology, and industrialization; trade, foreign direct investment and economic development; emerging Asian economies; innovation and productivity in UK/USA. In 2016, Professor Fu was a keynote speaker at the first Huawei European Academic Salon, where she shared her research on international innovation as well as university-industry linkages.[12] She has published extensively in leading international journals independently or in collaboration with others. Her recent books include Innovation under the Radar (forthcoming), China's Path to Innovation, China's Role in Global Economic Recovery and The Rise of Technological Power in the South. She is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies, and serves on the Editorial Boards of Industrial and Corporate Change, International Journal of Technology Management, and four other international journals.

Professor Fu received research grants from funding bodies including the European Commission, ESRC, EPSRC, British Academy, DFID, and the Cairncross Foundation.[13] She has also received the European Commission EFMD Gate2Growth 2005 'European Best Paper' Award, Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence 2012 Outstanding Paper Award, European Association of Management (EURAM) annual conference Innovation Strategic Interest Group 2017 Best Paper Award[14] [15], and the best paper award in the  ‘Corporate and start-up collaboration’ track at the 2021 R&D Management Annual Conference.[16]

Professor Fu came to Oxford from Cambridge University in 2006, where she was a senior research fellow. Before coming to the UK to begin her career in academia, she had five years’ work experience in the business sector in China. She is a Fellow of Green Templeton College, Oxford[17] and is associated with Queen Elizabeth House. She testified on "the impact of China's Five-year Plans on Strategic Industries" at the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission Congressional Hearing.[18]

Media presence

Professor Fu had a large presence in the media in regards to the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects on the world's economic climate both in the present and future. She began these interactions shortly after the pandemic began and continued until her last interview published under her University of Oxford staff biography. For such an interview, Professor Fu focused mainly on the short and long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on international trade and various innovations that will take place as a cause of this.

Selected publications

Books and monographs
Articles[19]

Current research

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Xiaolan Fu named Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences TMCD. 2021-10-08. www.oxfordtmcd.org.
  2. Web site: The Technology and Management Centre for Development (TMCD) .
  3. Web site: GTC-Fellowship. www.gtc.ox.ac.uk . . UK .
  4. Web site: Xiaolan Fu.
  5. Web site: UN Secretary General appoints Professor Xiaolan Fu to the Governing Council of the Technology Bank for the Least Developed Countries. www.socsci.ox.ac.uk . University of Oxford. UK .
  6. Web site: Home .:. Sustainable Development Knowledge Platform.
  7. Web site: Interim Council of the Technology Bank.
  8. Web site: Xiaolan Fu . unsdsn.org .
  9. Web site: TMCD Director, Prof Xiaolan Fu, appointed to the scientific board of Globelics TMCD. 2021-10-10. www.oxfordtmcd.org.
  10. Web site: 2021-03-29. High-level group appointed to lead the development of the ISC's strategy in the intergovernmental system. 2021-10-10. International Science Council. en-US.
  11. Web site: Breaking the Wall of Technology Valuation Bottlenecks TMCD. 2021-10-11. www.oxfordtmcd.org.
  12. Web site: Prof Xiaolan Fu advises Huawei Technologies on innovation collaboration as keynote speaker at the inaugural Huawei European Academic Salon. www.oxfordtmcd.org . University of Oxford. UK .
  13. Web site: The Diffusion of Innovation in Low Income Countries. 2 May 2023. UK Research and Innovation.
  14. Web site: Calculating the value of technology start-ups | University of Oxford. 10 August 2017.
  15. Web site: Innovation.
  16. Web site: TMCD Research wins best paper award at the 2021 R&D Management Annual Conference. TMCD. 2021-10-11. www.oxfordtmcd.org.
  17. Web site: Professor Xiaolan Fu – Professor of Technology and International Development, Fellow of Green Templeton College: About . . UK . 27 November 2017 .
  18. Web site: Professor Fu testifies at US Congressional Hearing on China Ahead of the 13th Five Year Plan. www.oxfordtmcd.org . University of Oxford. UK .
  19. http://www.oxfordtmcd.org/content/all-publications-xiaolan-fu List of publications by Xiaolan Fu

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