Dr. Jia-Ning Kang is an Associate Professor in the Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, Beijing Institute of Technology (BIT). She got her Ph.D. in Management Science from BIT, China. As a recipient of support from the Chinese Scholarship Council (CSC), she previously served as a joint Ph.D. student at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in the United States. She is awarded by Young Elite Scientists Sponsorship Program by the China Association for Science and Technology (2022-2024).

   Her research interests mainly focus on climate change policy, low-carbon technology foresight, carbon capture and storage, and negative emission technologies. She has authored over 30 papers published in peer-reviewed academic journals, including Nature Climate Change, Nature communications, etc. Dr. Kang has performed high-level research projects for various China governmental agencies, including the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), and the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC). She has contributed to the publication of three books, and is serving as a referee for SCI/SSCI journals such as Nature Sustainability, Applied Energy, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Science of the Total Environment, among others. She is a council member of the Chinese Society of Energy Economics and Management (CSEEM).

Contact Information

Dr. Jia-Ning Kang

Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research at BIT

School of Management and Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology

5 South Zhongguancun Street, Haidian District, Beijing 100081, P.R.China

Tel: + 86-10-68918651

Fax: + 86-10-68918651

E-mail: kangjianing@bit.edu.cn

Working Experience

2022.10~Present, Associate Professor, School of Management and Economics/ Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China.

2020.09~2022.09, Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Management and Economics/ Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China.

Education Experience

Ph.D. in Management Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, 2020

B.Sc., Information Management and System, Dalian University of Technology, 2015

Selected SCI/SSCI Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals (*corresponding author)

[1] Wei, Y. M.*, Kang, J. N., Liu, L.*, Li, Q., Wang, P. T., Hou, J., Liang, Q. M., Liao, H., Huang, S. F., Yu, B.* (2021). A proposed global layout of carbon capture and storage in line with a 2 ℃ climate target. Nature Climate Change, 11(2): 112-118.

[2] Kang, J. N., Zhang, Y. L., Chen, W.* (2022). Delivering negative emissions innovation on the right track: A patent analysis. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 158, 112169.

[3] Kang, J. N., Wei, Y. M.*, Liu, L. C., Wang, J. W. (2021). Observing technology reserves of carbon capture and storage via patent data: Paving the way for carbon neutral. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 171: 120933.

[4] Kang, J. N., Wei, Y. M.*, Liu, L. C., Yu, B. Y., Liao, H. (2021). A social learning approach to carbon capture and storage demonstration project management: An empirical analysis. Applied Energy, 299: 117336.

[5] Kang, J. N., Wei, Y. M.*, Liu, L. C., Han, R., Yu, B. Y., Wang, J. W. (2020). Energy systems for climate change mitigation: A systematic review. Applied Energy, 263: 114602.

[6] Kang, J. N., Wei, Y. M.*, Liu, L., Han, R., Chen, H., Li, J., Wang, J. W., Yu, B. Y. (2020). The Prospects of Carbon Capture and Storage in China’s Power Sector under the 2 ℃ Target: A Component-based Learning Curve Approach. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 101, 103149.

[7] Chen, W., Kang, J. N.*, Han, M. S. (2021). Global environmental inequality: Evidence from embodied land and virtual water trade. Science of the Total Environment, 783, 146992.

[8] Wei, Y. M.*, Kang, J. N., Yu, B. Y., Liao, H., Du, Y. F. (2017). A dynamic forward-citation full path model for technology monitoring: An empirical study from shale gas industry. Applied Energy, 205, 769-780.

[9] Chen, H., Kang, J. N., Liao, H., Tang, B. J., Wei, Y. M.* (2017). Costs and potentials of energy conservation in China's coal-fired power industry: A bottom-up approach considering price uncertainties. Energy Policy, 104: 23-32.

[10] Wei, Y. M.*, Kang, J. N., Chen, W. (2021). Climate or Mitigation Engineering Management, Engineering, 17, 17-21.

[11] Wei, Y. M.*, Chen, K., Kang, J. N., Chen, W., Wang, X. Y., Zhang, X. (2022). Policy and management of carbon peaking and carbon neutrality: A literature review. Engineering, 14, 52-63.

[12] Wang, J. W., Kang, J. N., Liu, L. C., Nistor, I., Wei, Y. M.* (2020). Research trends in carbon capture and storage: a comparison of China with Canada. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 97, 103018.

[13] Wei, Y. M.*, Li, X. Y., Liu, L. C., Kang, J. N., Yu, B. Y. (2022). A cost-effective and reliable pipelines layout of carbon capture and storage for achieving China's carbon neutrality target. Journal of Cleaner Production, 379, 134651.

Selected Research Projects

[1] National Natural Science Foundation of China, Youth Fund Project: Methodology and Application Research on Foresight of Negative Emission Technologies in Energy Systems, 2022–2024, Principal Investigator.

[2] National Key Research and Development Program, Strategic Technological Innovation Cooperation by Ministry of Science and Technology of China: Regional CCUS Source-Sink Matching Model and Optimization Evaluation Technology, 2022–2025, Principal Investigator (sub-program).

[3] National Key Research and Development Program: Integrated Assessment of Economic Impacts of Climate Change, 2016–2021, Collaborator.

[4] National Key Research and Development Program: Key Technologies for Carbon Neutrality in Beijing Winter Olympics, 2021–2022, Collaborator.

[5] National Natural Science Foundation of China, Major Program: Integrated Assessment of Economic Impacts of Climate Change and Its Applications, 2023–2027, Collaborator.

[6] National Natural Science Foundation of China, National Innovation Research Team Program: Energy Economics and Climate Policy, 2015–2021, Collaborator.