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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
10 Aug 2026 - ISETS 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 […]