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Xunpeng (Roc) Shi
Xunpeng (Roc) Shi is the Founding Convenor and an IETS Fellow with nearly 30 years of professional experience. Their expertise spans energy transition; energy economics and security; climate policy; carbon markets; critical minerals; geopolitics; resources and sustainable development. Experience across Australia, China, Southeast Asia, Northeast Asia and the wider Asia-Pacific.
Shi is Professor of Energy and Environmental Economics and Sustainability at the University of Technology Sydney; Research Principal at UTS:ACRI; Founding President of ISETS; international adviser and journal editor.
Previously, Shi held positions at the National University of Singapore, Brunei National Energy Research Institute, ERIA and China’s energy sector, including government, research and industry roles.
Shi holds qualifications including PhD in Economics and Master of Environmental and Resource Economics, Australian National University; LLM in Mineral Law and Policy, University of Dundee; BA in Engineering (Marketing), China University of Mining and Technology.
IETS Work
18 Sept 2026 - Analysis
AI’s Power Challenge: Australia’s Coal Paradox and the Case for Smarter Data Centre Growth
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Australia’s AI ambitions are testing an electricity system already undergoing profound change. Coordinating computing investment with energy supply will determine whether data centres accelerate the transition or deepen dependence on ageing infrastructure. A proposed A$32 billion data centre development in Queensland has brought an old energy debate back into focus. Nationals MP David Littleproud has […]
23 Aug 2026 - News
ESCAP ISETS and GGGI Convene Beijing Carbon Market Dialogue
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Jointly organised by ESCAP ISETS and GGGI with endorsement from China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs Event date 23 August 2026 Location Beijing, China The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), the International Society for Energy Transition Studies (ISETS) and the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) jointly organised the […]
10 Aug 2026 - IETS in the Media
Energy transition is reshaping global industrial competitiveness: IETS Fellows in China Daily
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IETS Fellows Professor Xunpeng Shi and Professor Nophea Sasaki have contributed a commentary to China Daily examining how the energy transition is reshaping industrial competitiveness, international trade, investment and global value chains. Using Thailand’s rapidly changing automotive sector as a case study, the commentary examines how the shift from internal-combustion vehicles to electric vehicles is […]
20 Jul 2026 - Analysis
Beyond EV Adoption: Industrial Policy, Carbon Finance and Thailand’s Automotive Transition
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How policy-mediated technological change is reshaping industrial competitiveness, domestic value creation and verifiable decarbonisation. Professor Xunpeng Shi and Professor Nophea Sasaki July 2026 Executive Summary Thailand’s rapid expansion of electric mobility shows how the energy transition can reshape industrial competitiveness, investment and production. The shift is not driven by technology or consumer choice […]