Rui Wang is the UPD Professor at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China, a Suzhou Industrial Park International Leading Academic Talent, and a Publishing Mentor for the Urban Affairs Association. He has been included in Stanford's List of World's Top 2% Scientists (career-long impact) since 2022. The List has also ranked him among the 16 most impactful urban & regional planning academics in Greater China since 2022.

Professor Wang specializes in the public policy analysis for efficient, sustainable and inclusive urban development. His research appears in multiple disciplinary areas and has been covered in the Atlantic, Harvard Business Review, Los Angeles Times and New York Times. Professor Wang gave talks at the China Finance 40 Forum, Hong Kong Monetary Authority, Los Angeles World Affairs Council, RAND, World Bank, and numerous academic conferences and institutions. He is an editorial board member of the Journal of Urban Affairs, Transport Research Part D, Springer Natures Discover Cities, Buildings, Social Sciences & Humanities Open, and US Department of Transportation's Journal of Transportation Statistics. He has also consulted for Beijing Municipal Institute of City Planning and Design, US Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the World Bank.

Professor Wang's Google Scholar profile can be accessed here.

Policy Analysis

Urban Planning

Public Management

UPD Professor - XJTLU

Associate Professor - Johns Hopkins

Assistant Professor - UCLA

Suzhou Industrial Park International Leading Academic Talent, 2019

Yeung Family Scholar (inaugural recipient), School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, 2017

Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors Best Valuation Paper Award, Asian Real Estate Society, 2014

Vasa Cube Undergraduate Teaching Award, UCLA, 2014

Faculty Career Development Award, UCLA, 2010

Taubman Urban Prize, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2008

Dissertation Completion Fellowship, Harvard University, 2007‐08

Dissertation Fellowship in Urban Policy and Governance, Harvard University, 2006-07

Hefner China Internship Fund Scholarship, Asia Programs, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2005

Ph.D. Fellowship, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University, 2004‐06

Summer Research Fellowship, Resources for the Future, 2004

International Development Internship Fund Scholarship, Harvard Center for International Development, 2003

Doctoral Fellowship in Public Policy, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2002‐04