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Dr. Yao Lixia joined ESI in October 2013. She completed her PhD at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. She has a Bachelor’s degree from Dalian Maritime University in China, and a Master’s degree from Vrije Universiteit Brussel in Belgium. She has done research on the quantitative measurement of energy security, the impacts of China’s macroeconomic reforms on its energy sector, and the energy security and energy policies of Northeast Asia and Southeast Asia. Her current research focuses on China’s Belt and Road Initiative, China’s energy security and energy policies, and ASEAN’s energy sector.
Google scholar- China’s Belt and Road Initiative, with a focus on energy sector
- Measurement of energy security and evolution of energy policies in China over its thirty years’ economic reform
- The impacts of China’s macroeconomic reform on its energy sector
- Energy policies and energy security in Northeast Asia, including Republic of Korea, Japan and Taiwan
- Energy policies and energy security in Southeast Asia
- ASEAN’s electricity marketYao, Lixia*, Philip Andrews-Speed, and Xunpeng Shi. “ASEAN Electricity Market Integration: How Can Belt and Road Initiative Bring New Life To It?” The Singapore Economic Review (2019): https://doi.org/10.1142/S0217590819500413.
Shi, Xunpeng and Lixia Yao*. “Prospect of China’s Energy Investment in Southeast Asia under the Belt and Road Initiative: A Sense of Ownership Perspective”. Energy Strategy Reviews 25 (2019): 56-64.
Yao, Lixia, Xunpeng Shi, and Philip Andrews-Speed. “Conceptualization of energy security in resource-poor economies: The role of the nature of economy.” Energy Policy 114 (2018): 394-402.
Li, Yingzhu, Xunpeng Shi, and Lixia Yao*. “Evaluating energy security of resource-poor economies: A modified principle component analysis approach.” Energy Economics 58 (2016): 211-221.
Shi, Xunpeng, Xiying Liu, and Lixia Yao. “Assessment of instruments in facilitating investment in off-grid renewable energy projects.” Energy Policy 95 (2016): 437-446.
Zhou Dequn, Qunwei Wang, Bin Su, Peng Zhou, and Lixia Yao. “Industrial energy conservation and emission reduction performance in China: A city-level nonparametric analysis.” Applied Energy 166 (2016): 201-209.
Yao, Lixia, and Youngho Chang. “Shaping China's energy security: The impact of domestic reforms.” Energy Policy 77 (2015): 131-139.
Zhang, Ming, Yan Song, and Lixia Yao. "Exploring commercial sector building energy consumption in China." Natural Hazards 75 (2015): 2673–2682.
Yao, Lixia and Youngho Chang. “Energy security in China: A quantitative analysis and policy implications.” Energy Policy 67 (2014): 595-604.
*Corresponding author.
Book chapters:
“Energy security in China: the impact of domestic policies and reforms” (book chapter) in Energy Production and Management in the 21st Century: The Quest for Sustainable Energy (Volume 1), WIT Press (2014), pp. 223-234.
“Energy and the Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS): Cooperation, Competition and Development” (book chapter) with Youngho Chang in Managing Regional Energy Vulnerabilities in East Asia: Case Studies, Edited by Zha Daojiong, Routledge (2013), pp. 150-170;
“Energy Security and Climate Change in ASEAN: Implications and Policies” (book chapter)with Youngho Chang in Energy and Non-Traditional Security (NTS) in Asia, SpringerBriefs in Environment, Security, Development and Peace (2012), pp. 31-46;
“Energy Security and Energy in a Seamless Asia” with Youngho Chang in Panorama: Insights into Asian and European Affairs by Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (Vol. 01 (2011), pp. 57-71).
ESI Policy Briefs:
Philip Andrews-Speed and Yao Lixia, “Who is responsible for Greening the Belt and Road Initiative?”, ESI Policy Brief No. 28, 7 January 2019.
Yao Lixia, Philip Andrews-Speed, and Mohammad Zia, “China-Indonesia Coal Relationship: A New Phase under the Belt & Road Initiative”, ESI Policy Brief No. 23, 10 May 2018.