Alex Lo

Professor Alex Lo is a human geographer and interdisciplinary researcher at York Business School, York St John University. His academic journey includes a bachelor’s in business administration, master’s in environmental management and human geography, and PhD from the Australian National University (2011). He has held faculty roles at Griffith University, University of Hong Kong, and Victoria University of Wellington, where he served as Programme Director of Climate Change Science and Policy. Currently, he contributes to international climate policy discussions and serves on editorial boards for Environmental Values and Population and Environment.

• Research Themes: Ecological economics, business resilience to climate change, sustainability transitions, carbon trading, and urban green infrastructure.
• Professional Roles: Panel member for Research Foundation Flanders (Belgium), former adjunct professorships in China, and visiting associate professor at Education University of Hong Kong.

Scientific Achievements: 90+ peer-reviewed articles, h-index 40, 5,386 citations (March 2024). Notable awards include World Social Science Fellow (2014), Pete Hay Environmental Politics Prize (2015), and multiple international fellowships. His research has secured funding from the National Natural Science Foundation of China, Australia’s Department of Education, and the Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research, focusing on community resilience and China’s climate strategies.