Yao Lixia

Yao Lixia
National University of Singapore
Dr. Yao Lixia joined ESI in October 2013. She did her PhD at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. She has a Bachelor’s degree from Dalian Maritime University, China, and a Master’s degree from Vrije Universiteit Brussel in Belgium. She has done research on the quantitative measurement of energy security, the impacts of China’s macroeconomic reforms on its energy sector, and the energy security and energy policies of Southeast Asia. She has been leading a research project on decarbonization strategies of several key economies across the world. Her current research covers China’s Belt and Road Initiative, China’s energy transition and energy governance, and decarbonization in Southeast Asia and Northeast Asia.













































