Welcome! I'm an Assistant Professor at the Thrust of Innovation, Policy and Entrepreneurship (IPE), Society Hub at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou). I received my Ph.D. in Economics at UC Santa Cruz. During 2024-2025, I was an exchange Ph.D. student at UC Berkeley ARE. 

Research interests: Environmental & Energy Economics, AI Technology Use in Policy Design, Public Economics, Urban Economics, Applied Microeconomics

Media:  Google Scholar, ORCID, SSRN, Researchgate

Contact Info:

W4-529

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (GZ)

Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Email: qianpingren@hkust-gz.edu.cn, qren@berkeley.edu