Dr. Rong-Gang Cong, professor, PhD supervisor, National Young Scientists, leading a number of research projects, including the National Natural Science Foundation of China. He was a postdoctoral fellow in ecological economics at Lund University in Sweden, a former associate professor at Aarhus University in Denmark, a senior data scientist at Tetra Pak Group in Sweden, and a leader in the field of sustainable development. He is currently working at the Institute for Advanced Interdisciplinary Sciences/Energy and Environmental Policy Research Center of Beijing Institute of Technology. He is an editorial board member of international journals, e.g., Sustainable Production and Consumption (SSCI), and Springer Nature Humanities & Social Sciences (SSCI). He serves as a reviewer for some leading scientific journals, such as Nature Communications, Global Environmental Change, and Energy Economics.

   He teaches courses related to environmental economics, operations research, data science, and policy intelligence. He has published more than 50 papers in academic journals such as Energy Policy, Ecological Economics, Agricultural Systems, Land Use Policy, etc., and his research results have been widely cited by organizations including the World Bank and IPCC. In particular, students (undergraduate, master's, doctoral, and postdoc) who are interested in computational economics methods such as operations research and systems science, data science, machine learning, and multi-agent modeling, as well as carbon markets and ecosystem carbon reduction, and who love Python, R, and MATLAB programming are welcome to join the team to explore the mysteries of data science.

Email: leocongbit@bit.edu.cn; leocong2023@hotmail.com

Education:

2005/09 – 2010/07, Ph.D. in Management, Institute of Policy and Management, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

2001/09 – 2005/07, Bachelor of Engineering, Bachelor of Management, School of Information Science and Technology/International Business School, Nankai University, China

Some publications：

[1] Cong, R. G., & Thomsen, M. (2021). Review of ecosystem services in a bio-based circular economy and governance mechanisms. Ecosystem Services, 50, 101298.

[2] Cong, R. G., Smith, H. G., Olsson, O., & Brady, M. (2014). Managing ecosystem services for agriculture: Will landscape-scale management pay? Ecological Economics, 99, 53-62.

[3] Cong, R. G., Hedlund, K., Andersson, H., & Brady, M. (2014). Managing soil natural capital: an effective strategy for mitigating future agricultural risks? Agricultural Systems, 129, 30-39.

[4] Cong, R. G., Stefaniak, I., Madsen, B., Dalgaard, T., Jensen, J. D., Nainggolan, D., & Termansen, M. (2017). Where to implement local biotech innovations? A framework for multi-scale socio-economic and environmental impact assessment of Green Bio-Refineries. Land use policy, 68, 141-151.

[5] Cong, R. G., Termansen, M., & Brady, M. V. (2017). Managing soil natural capital: a prudent strategy for adapting to future risks. Annals of Operations Research, 255, 439-463.

Projects：

[1] National Talent Program: Climate Governance and Ecological Management

[2] National Natural Science Foundation of China: Research on the Ecological Compensation Mechanism of Agricultural Conservation based on Multi-dimensional Goal Coordination

Conference：

[1] 29th ICAE - International Conference of Agricultural Economists, Milan, 2015-8-8 to 2015-8-14 (Invited Talk)

[2] International Workshop: Mechanism Design and the Environment, Scottish National Academy of Sciences, Edinburgh, May 8, 2013 to May 9, 2013 (Invited Talk)