About Me

Hello! Here is Chen FANG (Charlie, 房晨).

I am a Ph.D. student majoring in Applied Economics at Tsinghua UniversityTHU, advised by Prof. Jing Cao. I currently work as a Statistics Assistant (individual contractor) with UNHCR JordanUNHCR.

I am curious and passionate about public policy and global economic governance, especially climate change, sustainable development, and resilience. I hope to work for an international organization such as the World Bank or Resources for the Future to conduct valuable research.

A question motivates my research is:

How can economists use economic and statistical tools to assess welfare changes during the green transition, particularly for vulnerable groups?

If you are interested in any aspect of me, I would love to chat and collaborate, please email me at:

fangc23[at]mails[dot]tsinghua[dot]edu[dot]cn.📍

Click here for my full CV.

Academic Background 🎓

    Sep. 2023 - Jun. 2028 (Expected): Tsinghua University (THU)THU

• School of Economics and Management (SEM)

Sep. 2019 - Jun. 2023: Peking University (PKU)PKU

• Major College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering (CESE)

• Dual Degree National School of Development (NSD)

Research Interests🔖

• Climate Change Economics
  • Integrated Assessment Models (IAMs)
  • Computable General Equilibrium (CGE)
  • Adaptation & Mitigation policies
• Environmental and Resource Economics
  • Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) of environmental regulation and public policy
  • Evaluation of Natural disasters and risks
• Economics of International Development
  • Sustainability and Resilience of Extreme Economic Systems
  • Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT)
• Urban and Spatial Economics
  • Construction of new urban system
  • The Real Estate Markets

Skills 🚩

• Language

  • English (CET-4: 650; CET-6: 621)
  • Chinese (mother tongue)

• Techniques

  • LaTeX, Python, STATA, R, QGIS, MATLAB😥, SPSS😥
  • Adobe illustrator, Jianying
  • MS Office Suite, Xiumi

• Gender: 🚹
• Birthday🎂: 20th September, 2001 (Virgo♍)
• Hometown🏡: Jiangyou County, Mianyang City, Sichuan province (四川省绵阳市江油市)
• MBTI: ESFJ-A (Consul, just like the Monica in Friends!)
  • Former: INFJ (2020), ISFJ-A (2022)

News and Updates 📨

• Aug. 2026: Praying for a smooth visit to Harvard! 🙏
• Jul. 2026: Spent an unforgettable month in Hainan field practice, with coconut groves, sea breeze, and far too much delicious rice noodles in Wanning, Danzhou, and Sanya! 🌴
• Jul. 2026: Very honored to present our paper at the 7th WCERE and meet so many brilliant environmental economists under the Portugal sun! ☀️
• Jun. 2026: Unforgettable Bangkok days with my parents at the 4th JDC Research Conference on Forced Displacement, and so grateful to meet wonderful friends across the UN system, academia, and the World Bank! ✨
• May. 2026: Passed my Ph.D. proposal defense, and yes, congratulations to myself! 🥳
• Dec. 2025: Quite honored to have the opportunity to attend the dialogue between our dean Chong-en Bai and the President of the World Bank Group, Ajay Banga in Tsinghua SEM! 😝
• Dec. 2025: Thrilled to see the collaborated work as one chapter in UNDP report with Xian Hu and Jian Zhang has been published! 😁
• Nov. 2025: Amazing days in Xiamen! 😋
• Oct. 2025: Very honored to share my internship experience at PKU, DKU, THU-SEM and THU-CDC! 😳
• Jun. 2025: Happy that our research have been accepted for presentation during the CCER Summer Institute! 🐎
• May. 2025: Unforgettable days in Antalya, Turkey! 🇹🇷
• Apr. 2025: Happy that our research have been accepted for presentation during the the 4th Annual Conference of CAERE! See you in Shanghai! 🐇
• Mar. 2025: Our paper has been accepted by the 7th WCERE, see you in Portugal! 🥳
• Mar. 2025: Surprised that our research have been accepted for presentation during the AERE 2025 Summer Conference! 🌏
• Feb. 2025: I am absolutely thrilled to have been offered the Economist Intern position with the Development Unit of UNHCR in Jordan from Mar. 2025!! See you in Amman!! 🌐
• Jan. 2025: Happy to leading the academic research efforts of our group during a field study in Xiangxiang County, Hunan Province! 🥟
• Dec. 2024: I am deeply honored to participate in the podcast discussion on the future roles of China and the US in climate governance, thanks for Bowen, Laurin and Moritz! 📢
• Sep. 2024: Successfully pass the QE! 🏮
• Sep. 2024: A couple of fantastic weeks with students from Technical University of Munich and other universities in 2024 Sino-German Climate Study Camp!! 🇩🇪
• Aug. 2024: Struggling for Qualificatoin Examination (QE) in September. Wish me LUCK! 🐾
• Jul. 2024: A nice journey in Sinan County and Jiangkou County in Tongren City, Guizhou Province with classmates from Tsinghua PBC School of Finance! 🍉
• Mar. 2024: Very thrilled that our research have been accepted for presentation during the 3rd Annual Conference of CAERE, happy days in Hang Zhou! 🌏
• Feb. 2024: Very excited that our research have been accepted for presentation during the 27th Annual Conference on Global Economic Analysis, see you in Fort Collins! 😁
• Oct. 2023: Fantastic Holiday in Vladivostok and Harbin! 🌞
• Sep. 2023: Hi! THU! 🏫
• Jul. 2023: Enriched Journey in Qinghai and Gansu and Hangzhou! 🐪
• Aug. 2023: Very honored to be featured in this interview from CESE, PKU!!!
• Jul. 2023: Goodbye! PKU! 🏫