Dr. Lo Tek Sheng, Kevin (盧笛聲博士)
Assistant Professor
Associate Director of the David C. Lam Institute for East-West Studies

Environmental governance and politics, Decarbonization, Resettlement, China
Office:
AAB 902M
Tel:
(852) 3411 3397
Fax:
(852) 3411 5990
Email:
lokevin@hkbu.edu.hk


EDUCATIONPh.D., University of Melbourne, Australia
M.Env., University of Melbourne, Australia
M.Sc., Brunel University London, UK
B.Sc. (Hons.), The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

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ACADEMIC AWARDS
2021 World’s Top 2% Most-Cited Scientists, Stanford University
2020 Outstanding Journal Article Award, Chinese Geographical Science
2020 Associate, Centre for Contemporary Chinese Studies, University of Melbourne
2017 Best Conference Paper Award, RSA Australasia Conference.
2016 Visiting Professor, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
2012-2014 Melbourne School of Land and Environment Postgraduate Publishing Award
2009 Melbourne Global Scholars Award

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RESEARCH INTERESTSEnvironmental governance and politics
Climate and energy policy
Political geography
Urban geography
Development studies
China studies

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PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
Founding Editor, Journal of Asian Energy Studies, 2017-
Section Editor, Current Sustainable/Renewable Energy Reports, 2016-
Review Editor, Frontiers in Energy Research, 2015-
Editorial Board Member, AIMS Environmental Science, 2021-
Editorial Board Member, Chinese Geographical Science, 2021-
Editorial Board Member, AIMS Energy, 2013-
Topical Advisory Panel, Energies, 2021-

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TEACHINGEnvironmental Health and Policy
Sustainable Community Energy Planning
Research Methods and Statistics
Energy Audit and Carbon Management
Global Energy Development
Renewable energy systems and Technology

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Selected Research ProjectsSelected Publications
External Grants
Co-PI, Research Impact Fund (RIF), Research Grants Council. Exploring the role of big data analytics in promoting smart low-carbon cities: A human-centered, community-based, and deep engagement approach in Hong Kong, 2021-2023, HKD 5,700,000.
PI, General Research Fund (GRF), Research Grants Council. Decentralized Climate Governance and Policy Implementation in China: Unraveling a Paradox, 2019-2022, HKD 757,920.
PI, Early Career Scheme (ECS), Research Grants Council. China’s Low-Carbon City Initiative: Authoritarian Environmentalism and Climate Policy Experimentation, 2018-2021, HKD 820,000.
Co-I, Public Policy Research Funding Scheme (PPR), Central Policy Unit. Engaging the community to develop a model for sustainable energy futures: A case study of two prospective solar communities in Hong Kong, 2018-2019, HKD 630,000.
Co-I, Ford Foundation, China’s urban future: Policy, people, and social change, 2018-2020, USD 206,000.
Internal Grants
PI, Dr. Hung Hin Shiu Development Fund, Institute of Creativity. HEAVEN: Transdisciplinary research on complex environmental health problems, 2019, HKD 100,000.
Co-I, Faculty Research Grant, Hong Kong Baptist University. An exploratory energy study of the Smart Grid and Smart City data from Australia, 2018-2019, HKD 50,000.
Co-I, Faculty Research Grant, Hong Kong Baptist University. Environmental attitudes, sense of place and energy consumption behaviour in Hong Kong, 2017-2018, HKD 50,000.
Digital Scholarship Grant, Hong Kong Baptist University.HK Solar Map: A GIS Web Application for Rooftop Photovoltaics, 2016-2017,HKD 80,000.
Faculty Research Grant, Hong Kong Baptist University.Local Climate Governance in China: A Systematic National Survey of Local Low-Carbon Responses, 2015-2016,HKD 49,000.

Peer-reviewed Journal Articles
*Corresponding author
2022. Liu, J andLo, K*. Chinese environmental activism and the environmental politics of rumors, Political Geography, 95, 102593. (Q1 in Political Science – SSCI)
2022. Zhu, L and Lo, K*. Eco-socialism and the political ecology of forest conservation in the Greater Khingan Range, China. Political Geography, 93, 102533. (Q1 in Political Science – SSCI)
2021. Lo, K*. Authoritarian environmentalism, just transition, and the tension between environmental protection and social justice in China’s forestry reform. Forest Policy and Economics, 131, 102574. (Q1 in Forestry – SCIE)
2021Lo, K*. Can authoritarian regimes achieve just energy transition? Evidence from China’s solar photovoltaic poverty alleviation initiative. Energy Research & Social Science, 82, 102315. (Q1 in Environmental Studies – SSCI)
2021 Wang, X andLo, K*. Just transition: A conceptual review. Energy Research & Social Science, 82, 102291. (Q1 in Environmental Studies – SSCI)
2021 Li, J,Lo, K, Zhang, P and Guo, M*. Reclaiming small to fill large: A novel approach to rural residential land consolidation in China. Land Use Policy, 109, 105706. (Q1 in Environmental Studies – SSCI)
2021 Tong, W* andLo, K. Back to the countryside: Rural development and the spatial patterns of population migration in Zhejiang, China. Agriculture, 11, 788. (Q1 in Agronomy – SSCI)
2021. Zhu, L and Lo, K*. Non-timber forest products as livelihood restoration in forest conservation: A restorative justice approach. Trees, Forests, and People, 6, 100130.
2021. Mah, DN, Cheung, DM*, Leung, MK, Wang, MY, Wong, MW, Lo, K and Cheung ATF. Policy mixes and the policy learning process of energy transitions: Insights from the feed-in tariff policy and urban community solar in Hong Kong. Energy Policy, 157, 112214. (Q1 in Economics – SSCI, Q1 in Environmental Science, SCIE, Q1 in Environmental Studies – SSCI)
2021. Gao, X, Huang, X, Lo, K*, Dang, Q and Wen, R. Vegetation responses to climate change in the Qilian Mountain Nature Reserve, Northwest China. Global Ecology and Conservation, 28, e01698. (Q1 in Biodiversity Conservation – SCIE)
2021. Yang, S, Wang, D and Lo, K*. An inverted-U relationship between house prices and migrant integration. Cities, 103375. (Q1 in Urban Studies – SSCI)
2021. Liu, M and Lo, K*. Governing eco-cities in China: Urban climate experimentation, international cooperation, and multilevel governance. Geoforum, 121, 12-22. (Q1 in Geography – SSCI)
2021. Yang, X and Lo, K. Environmental health research and the COVID-19 pandemic: A turning point towards sustainability. Environmental Research, 197, 111157. (Q1 in Environmental Sciences – SCIE, Q1 in Public, Environmental & Occupational Health – SCIE)
2021. Gao, X, Wang, K, Lo, K*, Wen, R, Mi, X, Liu, K and Huang X. An evaluation of coupling coordination between rural development and water environment in northwestern China. Land, 10, 405. (Q2 in Environmental Studies – SSCI)
2021. Liu, J, Lo, K*, Mah, D and Guo M. Cross-border governance and sustainable energy transition: The case of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. Current Sustainable/Renewable Energy Reports, 8, 101-106.
2021. Liu, M andLo, K*. Pathways to international cooperation on climate governance in China: A comparative analysis.Journal of Chinese Governance, 6, 417-434.
2021. Gao, X, Wang, K, Lo, K*, Wen, R, Huang, X, Dang, Q. Water poverty assessment based on the random forest algorithm: application to Gansu, Northwest China. Water Policy, 23, 1388-1399. (Q4 in Water Resources – SCIE)
2021. Yang, S, Wang, D, Xu, L, Wang, C, Yang, X and Lo, K*. Private healthcare expenditure in China: A regional comparative analysis. Healthcare, 9, 1374. (Q2 in Health Policy & Services – SSCI)
2021. Yang, S, Wang, D, Li, W, Wang, C, Yang, X and Lo, K*. Decoupling of elderly healthcare demand and expenditure in China. Healthcare, 9, 1346. (Q2 in Health Policy & Services – SSCI)
2020. Castán Broto*, V, Mah, D, Zhang, F, Huang, P, Lo, K and Westman, L. Spatiotemporal perspectives on urban energy transitions: a comparative study of three cities in China. Urban Transformations, 2, 11.
2020. Lo, K*. Ecological civilization, authoritarian environmentalism, and the eco-politics of extractive governance in China. Extractive Industries and Society, 7, 1029-1035. (Q2 in Environmental Studies – SSCI)
2020. Rogers, S*, Li, J, Lo, K, Guo, H and Li, C. Moving millions to eliminate poverty: China’s rapidly evolving practice of poverty resettlement. Development Policy Review, 38, 541-554. (Q3 in Development Studies – SSCI)
2020. Lo, K*. Governing energy consumption in China: a comprehensive assessment of the energy conservation target responsibility system.Energy Transitions,4, 57–67.
2020. Li, L, Zhang, P*, Lo, K, Liu, W and Li, J. The evolution of regional economic resilience in the old industrial bases in China: A case study of Liaoning Province, China.Chinese Geographical Science, 30, 340-351. (Q3 in Environmental Sciences – SCIE)
2020. Tong, W, Lo, Kand Zhang, P*. Land Consolidation in Rural China: Life Satisfaction among Resettlers and Its Determinants.Land, 9, 118. (Q2 in Environmental Studies – SSCI)
2020. Lo, K, Li, H* and Chen, K. Climate experimentation and the limits of top-down control: Local variation of climate pilots in China.Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 63, 109-126. (Q2 in Development Studies)
2020. Li, H, Lo, K and Zhang, P*. Population shrinkage in resource-dependent cities in China: Processes, patterns and drivers.Chinese Geographical Science, 30, 1-15. (Q3 in Environmental Sciences – SCIE)
2020. Tan, J, Lo, K, Qiu, F, Zhang, X* and Zhao, H*. Regional economic resilience of resource‐based cities and influential factors during economic crises in China.Growth and Change, 51, 362-381. (Q3 in Development Studies – SSCI)
2019. Lo, K* and Castán Broto, V. Co-benefits, contradictions, and multi-level governance of low-carbon experimentation: Leveraging solar energy for sustainable development in China.Global Environmental Change. 59, 101993. (Q1 in Environmental Studies – SSCI, Q1 in Geography – SSCI, Q1 in Environmental Sciences – SCIE)
2019. Tong, W, Zhu, L and Lo, K*. Livelihood adaptation and life satisfaction among land-lost farmers: Critiquing China’s urbanisation-driven land appropriation.Bulletin of Geography. Socio-economic Series, 46, 149-161.
2019. Lo, K*, Li, J, Wang, M, Li, C, Li S and Li, Y. A comparative analysis of participating and non-participating households in pro-poor tourism in southern Shaanxi, China.Tourism Planning & Development, 16, 318-333.
2019. Li, J, Guo, M* and Lo, K. Estimating housing vacancy rates in rural China using power consumption data.Sustainability, 11, 5722.
2018. Li, J*, Lo, K and Guo, M. What influences the choice between private car and public transport for shopping trips? Impact of socio-economic and built environment factors.Journal of Asian Energy Studies, 2, 29-43.
2018. Guan, H, Liu, W, Zhang, P*, Lo, K, Li J and Li L. Analyzing industrial structure evolution of old industrial cities using evolutionary resilience theory: A case study in Shenyang of China.Chinese Geographical Science, 28, 516-528. (Q3 in Environmental Sciences – SCIE)
2018. Mah, DNY, Wang, G, Lo, K*, Leung, KHM, Hills, P and Lo, AY. Barriers and policy enablers for solar PV in cities: Perspectives of potential adopters in Hong Kong.Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 92, 921-936. (Q1 in Energy & Fuels – SCIE, Q1 in Green & Sustainable Science & Technology – SCIE)
2018. Li, J*, Lo, K and Zhang, P. Shopping mobility and travel carbon emissions among suburban residents: lessons from Shenyang city, China.Journal of Spatial Science, 63, 311-323. (Q3 in Geography, Physical – SCIE, Q3 in Remote Sensing – SCIE)
2018. Yang, S, Cao, D and Lo, K*. Analyzing and optimizing the impact of economic restructuring on Shanghai’s carbon emissions using STIRPAT and NSGA-II.Sustainable Cities and Society, 40, 44-53. (Q1 in Green & Sustainable Science & Technology – SCIE, Q1 in Energy & Fuels – SCIE, Q1 in Construction & Building Technology – SCIE)
2018. Li, J*, Lo, K and Guo, M. Do socio-economic characteristics affect travel behavior? A comparative study of low-carbon and non-low-carbon shopping travel in Shenyang City, China.International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 15, 1346. (Q1 in Public, Environmental & Occupational Health – SSCI)
2018. Lo, K*, Mah, DNY, Wang, G, Leung, KHM, Lo, AY and Hills, P (2018). Barriers to adopting solar photovoltaic systems in Hong Kong.Energy & Environment, 29, 649–663. (Q4 in Environmental Studies – SSCI)
2018. Lo, K* and Wang, M (2018). How voluntary is poverty alleviation resettlement in China?Habitat International, 73, 34-42. (Q1 in Regional & Urban Planning – SSCI, Q1 in Environmental Studies – SSCI, Q1 in Development Studies – SSCI)
2017. Tan, J, Lo, K, Qiu, F, Liu, W, Li, J and Zhang, P*. Regional economic resilience: Resistance and recoverability of resource-based cities during economic crises in Northeast China.Sustainability, 9, 2136. (Q2 in Environmental Studies – SSCI, Q2 in Environmental Sciences – SCIE)
2017. Liu, D, Lo, K, Song, W* and Xie, C. Spatial patterns of car sales and their socio-economic attributes in China.Chinese Geographical Science, 27, 684-696. (Q3 in Environmental Sciences – SCIE)
2017. Li, J*, Lo, K, Zhang, P and Guo, M. Relationship between built environment, socio-economic factors and carbon emissions from shopping trip in Shenyang City, China.Chinese Geographical Science, 27, 722-734. (Q3 in Environmental Sciences – SCIE)
2017. Tan, J, Zhang P*, Lo, K, Li, J and Liu, S. Conceptualizing and measuring economic resilience of resource-based cities: Case study of Northeast China.Chinese Geographical Science, 27, 471-481. (Q3 in Environmental Sciences – SCIE)
2017. Tong, W, Zhang, P*, Lo, K, Chen, T and Gao, R. Age-differentiated impact of land appropriation and resettlement on landless farmers: A case study of Xinghua village, China.Geographical Research, 55, 293-304. (Q3 in Geography – SSCI)
2017. Lo, K*. Renewable energy development in Hong Kong: Potential, progress, and barriers.Current Sustainable/Renewable Energy Reports, 4, 50-55.
2016. Guo, F, Lo, K* and Tong, L. Eco-efficiency analysis of industrial systems in the Songhua River basin: A decomposition model approach.Sustainability, 8, 1271.
2016. Tan, J, Zhang, P*, Lo, K, Li, J and Liu, S. The urban transition performance of resource-based cities in Northeast China. Sustainability, 8, 1022. (Q2 in Environmental Studies – SSCI, Q2 in Environmental Sciences – SCIE)
2016. Li, J*, Lo, K, Zhang, P, Guo, M. Consumer travel behaviors and transport carbon emissions: A comparative study of commercial centers in Shenyang, China.Energies, 9, 765. (Q2 in Energy & Fuels – SCIE)
2016. Lo, K, Xue, L*, Wang, M.Spatial restructuring through poverty alleviation resettlement in rural China.Journal of Rural Studies, 47, 496–505. (Q1 in Geography – SSCI, Q1 in Regional & Urban Planning – SSCI)
2016. Li, H*, Lo, K, Wang, M, Zhang, P, Xue, L. Industrial energy consumption in Northeast China under the revitalisation strategy: A decomposition and policy analysis.Energies,9, 549. (Q2 in Energy & Fuels – SCIE)
2015. Li, J*, Zhang, P, Lo, K, Guo, M, Wang, M. Reducing carbon emissions from shoppingtrips: Evidence from China.Energies,8, 10043-10057. (Q2 in Energy & Fuels – SCIE)
2015. Wang, M and Lo, K*.Displacement and resettlement with Chinese characteristics: An editorial introduction.Geography Research Forum, 35, 1-9.
2015. Lo, K*.Governing China’s clean energy transition: Policy reforms, flexible implementation and the need for empirical investigation.Energies,8, 13255-13264. (Q2 in Energy & Fuels – SCIE)
2015. Lo, K*.How authoritarian is the environmental governance of China?Environmental Science and Policy, 54, 152-159. (Q1 in Environmental Sciences – SCIE)
2015. Lo, K*, Li, H and Wang, M.Energy conservation in China’s energy-intensive enterprises: An empirical study of the Ten-Thousand Enterprises Program.Energy for Sustainable Development, 27, 105-111. (Q2 in Energy & Fuels – SCIE, Q2 in Green & Sustainable Science & Technology – SCIE)
2015. Li, H, Lo, K* and Wang, M.Economic transformation of mining cities in transition economies: Lessons from Daqing, Northeast China.International Development Planning Review, 37, 311-328. (Q3 in Development Studies - SSCI)
2015. Yang, S, Wang, C, Lo, K*, Wang, M and Liu, L. Quantifying and mapping spatial variability of Shanghai household carbon footprints.Frontiers in Energy, 9, 115-124. (Q3 in Energy & Fuels – SCIE)
2015. Lo, K*. The “Warm Houses” program: Insulating existing buildings through compulsory retrofits.Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, 9, 63-67. (Q2 in Energy & Fuels – SCIE, Q2 in Green & Sustainable Science & Technology – SCIE)
2015. Lo, K*. Campus sustainability in Chinese higher education institutions: Focuses, motivation and challenges.International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education,16, 34-43. (Q2 in Education & Educational Research – SSCI)
2014. Lo, K*. Urban carbon governance and the transition towards low-carbon urbanism: Review of a global phenomenon.Carbon Management,5, 269-283. (Q2 in Environmental Studies – SSCI, Q2 in Environmental Sciences – SSCI)
2014. Lo, K*.China’s low-carbon city initiatives: The implementation gap and the limits of the target responsibility system.HabitatInternational, 42, 236-244. (Q1 in Regional & Urban Planning – SSCI, Q1 in Environmental Studies – SSCI, Q1 in Development Studies – SSCI)
2014. Liu, S, Zhang, P* and Lo, K.Urbanization in remote areas: A case study of the Heilongjiang Reclamation Area, Northeast China.HabitatInternational, 42, 103-110. (Q1 in Regional & Urban Planning – SSCI, Q1 in Environmental Studies – SSCI, Q1 in Development Studies – SSCI)
2014. Lo, K*. A critical review of China’s rapidly developing renewable energy and energy efficiency policies.Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 29, 508-516. (Q1 in Energy & Fuels – SCIE, Q1 in Green & Sustainable Science & Technology – SCIE)
2014. Lo, K*.Energy-related carbon emissions of China’s model environmental cities.Geography Journal, 2014, 204745.
2013. Lo, K*. Energy conservation in China’s higher education institutions.Energy Policy, 56, 703-710. (Q1 in Economics – SSCI, Q1 in Environmental Science, SCIE, Q1 in Environmental Studies – SSCI)
2013. Lo, K* and Wang, M. Energy Conservation in China’s Twelfth Five-Year Plan Period: Continuation or Paradigm Shift?Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 18, 499-507. (Q1 in Energy & Fuels – SCIE, Q1 in Green & Sustainable Science & Technology – SCIE)
2013. Lo, K*. Approaching neighborhood democracy from a longitudinal perspective: An eighteen-year case study of a homeowner association in Beijing.Urban Studies Research, 2013, 639312.
2013. Lo, K* and Wang, M. The development and localisation of a foreign gated community in Beijing.Cities, 30, 186-192. (Q1 in Urban Studies – SSCI)
2013. Liu, S, Zhang, P*, Jiang, X and Lo, K. Measuring sustainable urbanization in China: A case study of the coastal Liaoning Area.Sustainability Science, 8, 585-594. (Q1 in Environmental Sciences – SCIE)
Peer-reviewed Book Chapters
2017. Lo, K*. Energy efficiency programs in China, in Solomon, B and Calvert, K (eds),Handbook of the Geographies of Energy, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, 211-219.
2017. Lo, K and Wang, M. Low-carbon (re-)industrialization: Lessons from China, in Nawratek, K (eds),Urban Re-Industrialization, Punctum Books, Brooklyn, 149-158.
2017. Lo, K*. Grassroots environmentalism and low-carbon cities, in Dhakal, S and Ruth, M (eds.),Creating Low Carbon Cities, Springer International Publishing, Cham, 43-50.
2015. Lo, K* and Wang, M. Low carbon policies and programs in China, in Han, S, Green, R and Wang, M (eds.),Towards Low Carbon Cities in China: Urban Forms and Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Routledge, Oxon, 51-75.
2015. Lo, K*, Wang, M, Qin, B and Han, S. Low carbon city development in China, in Han, S, Green, R and Wang, M (eds.),Towards Low Carbon Cities in China: Urban Forms and Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Routledge, Oxon, 21-50.