Summary
Yurong Yu is a PhD candidate at Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial College London, supervised by Professor Mark Burgman and Dr Caroline Howe. Her research interests include biodiversity conservation policy, climate policy and environmental risk assessment.
Her PhD, titled "Measuring Transportation Infrastructure Related Biodiversity Impacts: Values, Bias and Influence", delves deep into the intricate trade-offs between biodiversity conservation and transportation infrastructure development. The culmination of her PhD research introduced cultural difference, and Schwartz human value discussions via social network analysis in the context of evolving community-based conservation decisions.
Yurong pursued her master's in Climate and Society from Columbia University on a full scholarship. Prior to her master's, Yurong graduated from China Agricultural University with a major in Development Studies and also Peking University with another major in Economics.
She speaks fluent English and Chinese.