Xiaolan Fu

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Xiaolan Fu
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Professor Xiaolan Fu at the World Investment Forum 2018
Born
China
InstitutionsUniversity of Cambridge; University of Oxford (ODID), Green Templeton College; Fudan University; Tsinghua University
FieldDevelopment Economics, Technology, Innovation, Trade, FDI
Alma materLancaster University Management School
AwardsEuropean 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[citation needed]

Professor Xiaolan Fu (傅晓岚) (1967 - ), is a British-based Chinese economist. She is the Founding Director of the Technology and Management Centre for Development (TMCD),[1] She is a Professor of Technology and International Development and Fellow of Green Templeton College at the University of Oxford.[2]

Life[]

Xiaolan Fu was born in China in 1967 and she came to post graduate study at Lancaster University with her family. She took a master's degree in a year and attained her economics doctorate in 2003 with a thesis on the economics of her home country. Her supervisor was .[3]

She was appointed by the Secretary-General[4] of the United Nations to the of the [5] and to the Governing Council of the UN's .[6] She is also a member of the UN SDSN Leadership Council[7] led by Jeffrey Sachs .

Appointments[]

Xiaolan Fu has been a consultant for UNDESA, UNCTAD, UNIDO, the World Bank, OECD, European Commission, ILO, the Commonwealth Secretariat, UKTI, and the Chinese government. Prof. Fu 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 (Europe) and CEA (UK) in 2010–11. 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’.[citation needed]

Her research interests include innovation, technology, and industrialization; trade, foreign direct investment and economic development; emerging Asian economies; innovation and productivity in UK/USA.[citation needed] In 2016, Fu was keynote speaker at the first , where she shared her research on international innovation as well as university-industry linkages.[8] 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 , and serves on the Editorial Boards of Industrial and Corporate Change, International Journal of Technology Management, and four other international journals.[citation needed]

Xiaolan Fu received research grants from funding bodies including the European Commission, ESRC, EPSRC, British Academy, DFID, and the .[9][citation needed] She has also received the European Commission EFMD Gate2Growth 2005 'European Best Paper' Award, Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence 2012 Outstanding Paper Award, and European Association of Management (EURAM) annual conference Innovation Strategic Interest Group 2017 Best Paper Award.[10][11][citation needed]

Prof. Fu came to Oxford from Cambridge University in 2006, where she was a senior research fellow. Before coming to the UK, she had five years’ work experience in the business sector in China before embarking on her academic career.[citation needed] She is a Fellow of Green Templeton College, Oxford[12] 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 [13]

Selected publications[]

Books and monographs
Articles[14]

Current research[]

  • MNEmerge project: MNEs and global development
  • Valuation of early-stage technology
  • Understanding innovation in low-income country
  • Diffusion of innovation in low-incomes country
  • The Role of Internationalisation on Technological Capability-Upgrading in Developing Countries
  • The Inclusive Digital Model project

References[]

  1. ^ "The Technology and Management Centre for Development (TMCD)".
  2. ^ "GTC-Fellowship". www.gtc.ox.ac.uk. UK: University of Oxford.
  3. ^ https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/lums/about-us/alumni/alumni-profiles/141146
  4. ^ "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. UK: University of Oxford.
  5. ^ "Home .:. Sustainable Development Knowledge Platform".
  6. ^ "Interim Council of the Technology Bank".
  7. ^ "Xiaolan Fu". unsdsn.org.
  8. ^ "Prof Xiaolan Fu advises Huawei Technologies on innovation collaboration as keynote speaker at the inaugural Huawei European Academic Salon". www.oxfordtmcd.org. UK: University of Oxford.
  9. ^ http://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES/J008699/1
  10. ^ "Calculating the value of technology start-ups | University of Oxford".
  11. ^ "Innovation".
  12. ^ "Professor Xiaolan Fu – Professor of Technology and International Development, Fellow of Green Templeton College: About". UK: University of Oxford. Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  13. ^ "Professor Fu testifies at US Congressional Hearing on China Ahead of the 13th Five Year Plan". www.oxfordtmcd.org. UK: University of Oxford.
  14. ^ List of publications by Xiaolan Fu, TMCD, Oxford, UK.

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