Dr. Xuechun Wang is an Assistant Professor at the XIPU Institution, XJTLU, with a specialization in public management and public policy.

In light of the increasingly complex regional challenges observed over the past decade, concepts such as cross-border cooperation and inter-local collaboration have gained significant traction. Her research focuses on two key types of collaborative governance: public service sharing and climate co-governance. These strategies have been selected in response to the recognition that single governments are often unable to address systemic issues on their own.

A particular innovation of her work on collaboration was the identification of a three-dimensional cooperation model (i.e. breadth of cooperation, partner selection, and depth of cooperation), which is now increasingly recognized as a novel approach in the study of collaboration and is currently undergoing significant development. By expanding upon this framework, her team investigated the distinct mechanisms by which traditional cooperation factors influence the three cooperation dimensions and how peer conformity facilitates partner selection.

Her early work conducted research evaluating low-carbon city initiatives and climate co-governance. Based on confidential state data, her team has conducted a comprehensive assessment of the effectiveness of China's low-carbon city pilots. The main contributions have supported China’s National Development and Reform Commission in evaluating the effectiveness of its initial two rounds of low-carbon city pilots and in strategically selecting pilots for the subsequent phase.

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Collaboration

Public Service Sharing

Climate Co-governance

Evidence-Based Policy

Assistant Professor, XIPUI, XJTLU, 2023-present

Research Fellow (part-time), Duke Kunshan University, 2022

ESG Analyst (part-time), China International Capital Corporation Limited (CICC), 2022

Research Fellow (part-time), Guangdong Digital Government Research Institute, 2020-2021

Research Assistant, National Center for Climate Change Strategy and International Cooperation, 2015-2018

SURF 2025: AI-Replacement Suitability Toolkit for Public Service Efficiency

S-RED 2025: AI in government: What can AI do? What have cities done?

SURF 2024: Help collaborators find solutions for assigning responsibilities: A vignette-based experimental study

S-RED 2023: Comparative analysis of environmental, social and governance (ESG) ratings: evidence from Suzhou listed firms

Chinese Cultural Teaching Centre, Academic Year 2023-2024 Optional Course, Suzhou in Brief: History, Present and Future

2024 CQU-Fei Xiaotong Award of Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation (“费孝通勤学奖”)

2024 SURF Poster Excellent Poster, XJTLU

2024 Early-Career Researcher Award, Think Tank, XJTLU

2023 Excellent Graduates Award, Beijing Municipal Education Commission

2023 Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation, Tsinghua University

2022; 2021; 2019 Annual Academic Scholarship, Tsinghua University

2019 Social Practice Scholarship, SPPM Tsinghua University

2018; 2017 Annual Outstanding Employee, NCSC