On the afternoon of March 30, 2021, Associate Professor Mi Zhifu, University College London, UK, was invited to the Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research to give an academic report entitled "The sharing economy promotes sustainable societies". The report was hosted by Teacher Yuan Xiaochen with the participation of teachers and students from the center.

Dr. Zhifu Mi is an associate professor and doctoral supervisor at University College London, and a senior visiting scholar at the London School of Economics. He has long been committed to the study of climate change economics and published his results in "Science Advances", "Nature Energy", "Nature Food" and "Nature Sustainability" ”And other top international journals, selected by Forbes Europe’s "30 Under 30" elite list and Clarivate Analytics "Highly Cited Scientist", won the China Economics Excellent Doctoral Dissertation Award and China's 100 Most Influential International Academic Papers He has been invited to participate in the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development and the United Nations Climate Change Conference for many times. He is currently the co-editor of the SSCI journal Structural Change and Economic Dynamics.

Professor Mi first shared the results of his previously published research work. The report proposes that although the sharing economy provides a potential way to a sustainable society, there are often conflicts between corporate profits and social well-being in this field, and pointed out specific policy recommendations.

At the end of the report, Professor Mi shared his experiences in scientific research, study, employment, etc. The students exchanged ideas with him on research methods, topic selection of doctoral dissertations, and employment directions.