Dr. Feng is an Ecological Economist. His research is focused on consumption-based environmental accounting at local, national, and global scales. His expertise is in spatial ecological-economic modeling with regards to sustainable production and consumption, scenario analysis and evaluation of environmental issues. His current research includes teleconnecting local consumption to global social and environmental impacts.
Areas of Interest
- Teleconnection of local consumption and global environmental change
- Consumption-based energy and carbon accounting
- Water footprint and virtual water flow
- Environmental input-output analysis
- Environmental issues in China
- Hybrid life-cycle analysis
- Sustainable consumption and production
Degrees
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Degree TypePh.DDegree DetailsEcological Economics, University of Leeds, 2011
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Degree TypeMADegree DetailsSustainability Research, University of Leeds, 2007
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Degree TypeBADegree DetailsEnvironmental Management & Env Sci, University of Leeds, 2006
| Course Name | Course Title | Semester | Syllabus |
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| GEOG416 | Conceptualizing and Modeling Human-Environmental Interactions | Fall 2017 | Syllabus |
| GEOG416 | Conceptualizing and Modeling Human-Environmental Interactions | Spring 2018 | Syllabus |
| GEOG415 | Land Use, Climate Change, and Sustainability | Spring 2015 | Syllabus |
| GEOG788J | Deforestation, Land Grab, and Global Commodity Chain | Fall 2015 |
Principle Investigator
09/2017 – 12/2018 “Climate risk: managing distributional impacts of carbon taxes” funded by Inter-American Development Bank (Total $60,000)
07/2018 – 06/2019 "Accounting and Modeling Urban Low Carbon Transformation: Case Studies of the US and Australia" funded by the BSOS Dean’s Research Initiative(Total $6,000)
07/2015 – 06/2016 “Economic Transport Modeling to Link Climate Change to Socio-Economic Vulnerability in Alaska” funded by the BSOS Dean’s Research Initiative. (Total $7,500)
12/2014 – 11/2016 "Venture: Linking local consumption to global impacts" funded by National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC) (Total ~$40,000)
08/2014 – 08/2015 "Research and Application on Big Data on Environment and Energy in the Chinese Industrial Sector” funded by the Energy Foundation - Beijing Office. (Total $150,000)
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2015 - present Associate Editor: Energy, Ecology and Environment, Springer
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2015-2016 Guest Editor: Applied Energy. Special Issue: Energy consumption and GHG mitigation targets
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2015 – 2016 Guest Editor: Journal of Industrial Ecology. Special Issue: Linking Local to global
