Biography
Li Duan is a PhD student in Management and Strategy at the Faculty of Business and Economics. Their research explores the Chinese history of human capital, innovation, and technology.
At the intersection of economics and history, his current work utilizes a blend of Natural Language Processing (NLP) tools and manual efforts to create original datasets for the quantitative mapping of patterns in Chinese historical knowledge production and technological inventions.
Li has presented his work at the 9th and the 10th International Symposium on Quantitative History, LSE Chinese Economic and Social History Workshop I, and the 2024 Cliometric Conference. His research has been supported by the Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme (HKPFS).
Prior to the University of Hong Kong, Li completed a BA in Economics and History from the University of California, Berkeley, followed by an MA in Economics from the University of Chicago.