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

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
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
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”.

Publication (SSCI)

  • 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]. Published on Proceedings of the annual National Planning Conference 2016, ISBN 978-7-89475-468-4. 
    https://d.wanfangdata.com.cn/conference/9569688