Postdoc. The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, US

Postdoc. The Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London, UK

Ph.D. Harbin Engineering University, China (jointly trained with Utrecht University, NL)

B.S. Harbin Engineering University, China

Professor Huang obtained dual B.S. in Management and Economics from Harbin Engineering University in 2010 and a Ph.D. in Management Science from Harbin Engineering University (jointly trained with Utrecht University, NL) in 2015. He conducted postdoctoral research at The Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London, UK, and The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, US. He previously served as a Research Associate at The Urban Institute, University of Sheffield, UK. From 2022 to 2024, he held positions as Research Associate/Research Associate Professor at the Institute for International Affairs, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen). In 2025, he joined the School of Public Policy as an Associate Professor. He also serves as Assistant Dean (Student Affairs), Director of the M.A. Programme in Public Policy, and Executive Director of the Executive Development Program in Public Administration. In addition, he is a Co‑Supervisor for the M.Phil.‑Ph.D. Programme in Artificial Intelligence at the School of Artificial Intelligence. He also serves as Deputy Director (Development) at the Institute for International Affairs, Qianhai - a leading think tank in South China.

He is an Associate Editor for Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions (SSCI, IF: 6.1) and Energy Research & Social Science (SSCI, IF: 7.4), and is a founding Associate Editor for both the Springer journal Asian Review of Political Economy and the Sage journal Transactions in Energy and Sustainability. Additionally, he is a member of the Technical Management Committee of the China Society of Technology Economics and the Energy Resources Committee of the China Society of Natural Resources. His professional affiliations include serving as a member of the expert database at the Shanghai Economic and Information Development Research Center and the Shenzhen Association for the Promotion of Science and Technology Achievement Transformation. He also serves as an Honorary Professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Hong Kong and as a Visiting Fellow at the Urban Institute of the University of Sheffield.

His primary research focuses on sustainability transitions, innovation studies, economic geography, and energy transitions. He has published more than 50 journal articles, including 30 SSCI/SCI-indexed papers (29 in JCR Q1 journals, one in Q2 journal) and 14 CSSCI-indexed papers (8 in journals recognized as Category A/B by the National Natural Science Foundation of China). He has authored one English monograph by LSE Press and one Chinese monograph published by Science Press (supported by the National Science and Technology Academic Publications Fund).

Professor Huang has led research projects funded by The British Academy and the World Resources Institute. He has also served as a work-package leader/senior consultant for projects supported by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 program, the European Research Council, The Ford Foundation, and Breakthrough Energy. In addition, as a core member, he has participated in numerous national and ministerial-level research projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the Ministry of Science and Technology, and China National Intellectual Property Administration, among others. Moreover, he has coordinated and managed several major consulting projects funded by local governments such as Nanshan District in Shenzhen, as well as leading tech companies including Tencent and South Korea’s SK Group.

He was shortlisted for the 2021 “Energy SSH Innovation Awards for Early Career Researchers,” presented by Energy-SHIFTS, in partnership with Royal Geographical Society and the European Sociological Association. He has contributed to several international organization reports, including the World Cities Report 2024 by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat). He has authored multiple policy advisory reports in fields such as technological and industrial innovation, urban and regional development, and environmental and climate governance, which received directives from central leadership and were adopted by ministerial-level or higher authorities.

- Selected publications from the past three years

• David Tyfield, Ping Huang (2026). Just transition as transition in justice: Really learning from, about and with China. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, in publishing.
• Ping Huang, Vanesa Castán Broto, Linda Westman (2025). Social innovation in an era of climate change: Moving from conceptual debates to action on the ground. Technology Analysis & Strategic Management, in publishing.
• Ping Huang, Anton Malkin (2025). An innovation systems approach to decoding China's technological catch-up: The case of the semiconductor industry. Industry and Innovation, in publishing.
• Ping Huang, Linda Westman, Vanesa Castán Broto (2024). Harnessing social innovation for a just transition: A case study of tea industrialization in China's era of ecological civilization. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, 53.
• Yu Yang, Siyou Xia, Ping Huang, Junxi Qian (2024). Energy transition: Connotations, mechanisms and effects. Energy Strategy Reviews, 52 (ESI - Top 1% highly cited papers).
• Jian Shao, Ping Huang (2023). The policy mix of green finance in China: An evolutionary and multilevel perspective. Climate Policy, 23(6), 689-703.
• Vanesa Castán Broto, Linda Westman, Ping Huang (2023). For an urban politics of looking elsewhere: climate action in rapidly growing Chinese cities. Journal of Planning Literature, 38(3), 380-394.
• Linda Westman, Vanesa Castán Broto, Ping Huang (2023). The homogenisation of urban climate action discourses. Global Environmental Politics, 23(2), 102-124.

- United Nations Reports

• Vanesa Castán Broto, Ping Huang. Fostering Innovation for Inclusive Climate Action in Cities. In World Cities Report 2024 (pp.214-235). United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN Habitat).
• Vanesa Castán Broto, Linda Westman, Ping Huang, Enora Robin, and Hita Unnikrishnan. Securing a Greener Urban Future. In World Cities Report 2022 (pp. 139-178). United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN Habitat).
• Mariana Mazzucato, Gregor Semieniuk, Anna Geddes, Ping Huang, Friedemann Polzin, Kelly S Gallagher, Clare Shakya, Bjarne Steffen, Herrmann Tribukait (2018). 
• Bridging the gap: The role of innovation policy and market creation. In Emissions Gap Report 2018 (pp. 52-59). United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).