معرفی
Mengfei Jiang serves as Lecturer in Finance and Programme Director for the MSc Climate Change, Finance & Investment at the University of Edinburgh Business School. She is an Associate Member of the UKRI Interdisciplinary Centre for Circular Chemical Economy and the UK-China (Guangdong) CCUS Centre, with prior research roles at Heriot-Watt University and the University of Edinburgh Business School on carbon capture projects.
Education:
- PhD in Carbon Finance, University of Edinburgh
- MSc (Econ) in Finance and Investment Management, University of Aberdeen
Her research integrates financial mechanisms with climate policy, focusing on carbon pricing systems, low-carbon project financing models, and corporate sustainability strategies. She examines risk management frameworks for energy transition projects and analyzes stakeholder perspectives on climate finance solutions, with particular expertise in steel sector decarbonization and circular economy business models. Her interdisciplinary approach bridges environmental science, policy analysis, and financial engineering to address real-world sustainability challenges.
Recent publications reveal consistent focus on empirical analysis of policy implementation (electric vehicle subsidies), circular business ecosystems (chemical industry), and carbon market design. Her work demonstrates methodological diversity through panel studies, case analyses, and regulatory impact assessments, consistently targeting actionable insights for climate finance practitioners and policymakers.
Scientific Awards: No major scientific awards or fellowships were documented in the source materials.
Advising and Grants: Actively accepting PhD students while leading externally funded research. Principal Investigator for the 2025 University of Edinburgh project Creditworthiness and Energy Efficiency: Insights from Scottish SMEs and Co-Investigator for the 2023 consultancy Project financing and costing models for electric vehicle charging infrastructure. Previously contributed to UKRI VaCoBD, SFC/RGC-funded carbon modeling, and World Bank Group initiatives on Chinese carbon markets.
Labs and Teams: Core contributor to the UK-China (Guangdong) CCUS Centre's regulatory framework development and active participant in the UKRI Interdisciplinary Centre for Circular Chemical Economy's industry collaborations, regularly engaging with cross-sectoral teams through workshops like the BHP Carbon Capture Project Peer Review and Guangdong International CCUS Expert Workshops.
