Deyu is an Assistant Professor in Geography of Digital Transitions at the Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning. He is also a (visiting) at the
Deyu obtained his PhD in Innovation Studies at the Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development of Utrecht University in 2020. He is interested in applying an interdisciplinary approach and mixed methods to understand the geography of complex social-technical transitions. More specifically, his research focuses on three interelated topics to understand the co-evolutionary dynamics between actors and policies in facilitating digital and green transitions in both developed and developing countries:
1) The emergence and diffusion of digital and green technologies;
2) The labour market impact of digital and green technologies;
3) The role of policy mixes in technological changes and system transformations.
Deyu is currently involved in the Horizon Europe Research and Innovation action project . The project aims to provide a comprehensive view of the drivers of the twin transition (TT), the inequalities that emerge or are widened by it, and a set of policies to build greener, more equal and more productive societies.
Over the last years, he participated in the EU-funded Horizon 2020 Research and Inovation action project . The project was aimed to outline the future dynamics in industries and occupations, and their effect on the future geography of industries and occupations in Europe. Further, this project focused on how the effect of automation spreads across the globe through global value chains (GVCs), and how this affects differentially industries, locations, and occupations in Europe.
Before joining the Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning, he was a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Cambridge Centre for Enviroment, Energy and Natural Resources Governance. He worked on the ESRC-NSF joint funded project 鈥淐o-location of manufacturing and innovation: drivers and impacts of technological innovation along the wind energy global value chain", and Alfred P. Sloan Foundation funded project 鈥淲hat factors drive innovation in energy technologies? The role of technology spillovers and government investment鈥�.