About
Han Wang is an Assistant Professor in Economic Geography at the University of Southampton and a Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). His research is on cities and local government. He works on regional policy, government restructuring and inter-regional collaboration, using administrative microdata and quasi-experimental designs.
Before joining Southampton in 2023, Han was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Oxford, and he took his PhD at the LSE. He has consulted for the OECD, the EBRD and the Asian Development Bank. His current research is funded by the ESRC and the UK Cabinet Office.