Dr. Junbo Yu is a Professor and Doctoral Supervisor in the School of Government at Nanjing University. Dr. Yu holds a Ph.D. in Management Science and Engineering (2007) and a B.A. in Chinese Linguistic and Literature (2002), both from Tsinghua University. Before joining Nanjing University in February 2023, Dr. Yu was a Professor at Jilin University's School of Administration. His international experience includes: -Research Affiliate at the Regional Research Institute (RRI), West Virginia University (since 2013.12). -Visiting Professor at Regent's Park College, Oxford University (June 2017). -Visiting Professor at the Greater China Study Center, Tuebingen University, Germany (May-June 2015). -Rajawali Asian Study Fellow/Visiting Scholar at the Kennedy School, Harvard University (Aug. 2013-Feb. 2014). Dr. Yu has published widely in both Chinese and international journals, including papers in Public Administration Review and Growth and Change. Key works he may be proud of include: -Governing Technological Entrepreneurship in China and the West (Public Administration Review, 2009). -Regional Innovation Clusters: A Critical Review (Growth and Change, 2011). -The Politics Behind China’s Quest for Nobel Prizes (Issues in Science and Technology, 2014). -The Chinese monograph, The Operating Logic of the Smart City: Exploring Nanjing's Practice in the Modernization of Megacity Governance (2025, co-authored). His current research focuses on Urban Governance Digitalization.
22nd Prize for an Academic Work from the Japan Section of the RSAI
the Japan Section of the Regional Science Association International
Stough, Roger and Yu, Junbo. (2011). Industrial Cluster Analysis, Entrepreneurship and Regional Economic Development// Food Security and Industrial Clusters in Northeast Asia. Kiminami, Lily (ed.). Tokyo: Agriculture and Forestry Statistics Publishing Inc., 11-34.