Dr. Yang Liu

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

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

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”.

Liu, Y.; Fu, W., Schiller, D. (2025): Structural and agentic powers in university-based regional innovation across Chinese core and non-core cities. Regional Studies 59(1): 2555873.
https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2025.2555873
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

2025. Yang Liu. Interactions between government, university, and industry in Chinese innovation development: A spatio-institutional perspective. University of Greifswald. https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:gbv:9-opus-133652

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

Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin