Dr. Yang Liu

Since 2021	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

2026 (as a primary contributor): AUTO-Asia – Global Innovation and Investment Trends and Regional Transformations in the Automotive Industries of Thailand and Vietnam with the Involvement of East Asian Actors (BMFTR, 2026–2029). Total funding: EUR 299,855.
2025 (as an applicant): Invited to resubmit a proposal to the DFG Individual Research Grant Programme following one supportive and one critical external review. Total funding requested: EUR 300,000.
2018 (as a grantee): DAAD-funded Development-Related Postgraduate Programme (2018–2020). Total funding: EUR 23,638.

2026 WiSe: Seminar on "Natural Resources and Sustainable Regional Development" (Master's level).
2025 WiSe: Course on "Exercises in Quantitative Empirical Spatial Research" (Master's level).
2025 SoSe: Seminar on "Global Production Networks and Regional Innovation Dynamics in East Asia with a Focus on China" (Master's level).
2023 WiSe: Supervised a Bachelor's thesis entitled "International Student Mobility to German Peripheral Regions: The Case of Greifswald".

Liu, Y.; Fu, W.; Schiller, D. (2026): The making of government-business relationships through state rescaling: a policy analysis of China's artificial intelligence industry. Eurasian Geography and Economics 67(2): 149-177. https://doi.org/10.1080/15387216.2024.2388890
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. (2024): University–industry linkages in China from the agency perspective of university engagement: a systematic literature review. Science and Public Policy 51(3): 435-449. 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