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Dr Yao Shi

Post Doctoral Research Assistant

Bayes Business School, Finance

Contact

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Bunhill Row

Postal address

City St George's, University of London
Northampton Square
London
EC1V 0HB
United Kingdom

About

Overview

Yao Shi is a post-doctoral researcher for the finance theme of the UK National Clean Maritime Research Hub, co-funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and the Department for Transport. Her research focuses on the finance and economics aspect of decarbonization of the shipping industry.

She holds a PhD degree in Science and Technology Policy from the Science Policy Research Unit in Sussex University. She has been working for the digital society theme of the Centre for Energy Demand Solutions (CREDS) for four years, which was funded by EPSRC. Her previous research investigated how ICT influences energy demand with a focus of two topics: teleworking and firm ICT-related behaviours.

She has published in Transportation Research Part D, and Energy and Buildings. Her publication has been shared extensively on Twitter and picked up by news outlets. She has reviewed publications on teleworking for the Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) and several other journals. She has presented her work on energy economics in Oxford University.

She has been teaching mathematics and statistics modules for the Economics Department in Sussex University for three years. She has helped launch the Maths Tutor Programme for Sussex University Business School. Prior to her PhD, she achieved the best overall academic performance in her master’s degree in finance in Nottingham University (UK).

Qualifications

  • PhD Science and Technology Policy, University of Sussex, United Kingdom, Sep 2020 – Oct 2024
  • MSc Banking and Finance, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom, Sep 2017 – Sep 2018
  • BSc International Business, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, China, Sep 2013 – Jul 2017
  • Associate Fellow, Higher Education Academy, United Kingdom
  • Chartered Banker, Chartered Banker Institute, United Kingdom

Employment

  • Doctoral Tutor, University of Sussex, Sep 2021 – May 2024

Languages

Chinese (Cantonese) (can speak and understand spoken), Chinese (Mandarin) (can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review) and English (can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review).

Publications

Journal articles (3)

  1. Shi, Y., Papapostolou, N., Marchese, M., Moutzouris, I. and Efstathiou, A. (2025). Green Investment under Market Uncertainty: Scrubber installation in shipping. Commodity Insights Digest.

    [publisher’s website]

  2. Moutzouris, I.C., Papapostolou, N.C., Marchese, M., Tamvakis, M.N. and Shi, Y. (2024). Determinants of the price premium for eco vessels. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, 136, pp. 104414–104414. doi:10.1016/j.trd.2024.104414.

    [publisher’s website]

  3. Shi, Y., Sorrell, S. and Foxon, T. (2023). The impact of teleworking on domestic energy use and carbon emissions: An assessment for England. Energy and Buildings, 287, pp. 112996–112996. doi:10.1016/j.enbuild.2023.112996.

    [publisher’s website]

Working papers (2)