Yanrui Wu

Professor Yanrui Wu is a Professor in the Department of Economics at the UWA Business School, The University of Western Australia. His research focuses on development economics, international trade, and applied econometric modelling, with a particular emphasis on the Chinese and Asian economies, productivity analysis, and economic growth.

His research interests span Chinese and Indian economies, energy and resource economics, environmental economics, and innovation economics. He has published extensively in SSCI-listed journals including Energy Economics, China Economic Review, and Empirical Economics, addressing policy-relevant issues such as climate policy, digital economy impacts, and trade liberalization effects. His work frequently examines economic transitions in China, India, and Indonesia through rigorous econometric frameworks.

Recent publications (2023-2025) reveal a concentrated focus on environmental-economic intersections, with dominant themes including carbon leakage mechanisms, green finance efficacy, and geopolitical influences on trade. His methodological approach combines advanced econometric techniques with large-scale datasets to analyze sustainable development pathways, particularly in Asian contexts where energy transitions and digitalization are reshaping economic structures.

Professor Wu has secured 11 competitive research grants totaling over $700,000, including an ARC Discovery project on China's energy-environment-growth nexus. He has supervised 11 research projects and maintains active editorial roles as Associate Editor of China Economic Review and General Editor of the Advances in Chinese Economic Studies series. His external appointments include former Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the National University of Singapore and External Fellow at the University of Nottingham.