Dr. Yang Liu


Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin

Raum: 120, EG
Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Str. 17a
D-17489 Greifswald

Telefon +49 3834 420 4546
Telefax +49 3834 420 4481
Email: yang.liuuni-greifswaldde

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Research Focus

  • Regional economic transformation
  • Global production networks
  • Technology transfer and innovation systems
  • Twin transition
  • Regional focus: East Asia, Southeast Asia, Germany, and Eastern Europe

Academic Background

2021–current Research associate (wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin), University of Greifswald
2021–2025 Doctorate in Geography (Dr. rer. nat.), specialisation in Economic Geography, University of Greifswald
2024 Shortlisted for the Best Paper at the 7th Geography of Innovation Conference in Manchester
2020 President’s Award and honoured to deliver a graduation speech, Technical University of Munich
2018–2020 M.Sc. Land Management and Land Tenure, Technical University of Munich (graduated as the best student of the class)
2015–2018 Urban Planner, Guangxi Urban-Rural Planning and Design Institute, China
2011–2015 B.Sc. Resources Environment & Urban and Rural Planning Management, Sun Yat-Sen University, China
2012 Excellent Student Award of 2012, Sun Yat-Sen University, China

Scholarships, Grants & Funding

  • 2018–2020 DAAD scholarship under the Development-Related Postgraduate Courses Programme (total funding: €23,638).

Research Project

Teaching and Supervision

  • 2025 Master-level seminar on “Global Production Networks and Regional Innovation Dynamics in East Asia with a Focus on China” in the summer term at the University of Greifswald)
  • 2023 Co-supervised a Bachelor thesis at the University of Greifswald on the topic “International Student Mobility to German Peripheral Regions: The case of Greifswald”.

Publications (SSCI)

  • Liu, Y.; Fu, W.; Schiller, D. (forthcoming): Structural and Agentic Powers in University-based Regional Innovation across Chinese Core and Non-Core Cities. Regional Studies. DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2025.2555873
     
  • Liu, Y.; Fu, W.; Schiller, D. (2024): The making of government-business relationships through state rescaling: a policy analysis of China’s artificial intelligence industry. Eurasian Geography and Economics.
    https://doi.org/10.1080/15387216.2024.2388890
     
  • Liu, Y.; Fu, W.; Schiller, D. (2024): University–industry linkages in China from the agency perspective of university engagement: a systematic literature review. Science and Public Policy
    https://doi.org/10.1093/scipol/scad080

Monographs

Other Publications

  • 2016. Liu, Y. & Zhu, Z. A Study on the Types of Tourism Urbanisation and Development Strategies in Guilin and Hezhou Regions [In Chinese]. Proceedings of the annual National Planning Conference 2016, ISBN 978-7-89475-468-4. 
    https://d.wanfangdata.com.cn/conference/9569688

Peer Review Activities

  • Journal of Technology Transfer
  • Humanities and Social Sciences Communications