Pengfei Li

Associate Professor                                                       University of Calgary

Strategy and Global Management                              2500 University Dr NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4

Haskayne School of Business                                      pengfei.li1 at ucalgary dot ca

Education

2011  Ph.D. Peking University, China

2006  B.A. Northwest University, China

Past employment

2016-2020     Assistant Professor, Department of International Business, HEC Montreal

2013-2016     Banting Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Political Science, University of Toronto

2012-2013     Consultant, World Bank

2011-2013     Lecturer, Department of Urban and Regional Economics, East China Normal University, Shanghai

Grants

2024-2027    PI, Insight Grant, CAD 86, 191. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada

2020-2022    PI, New Faculty Grant, CAD 57,150. The Fonds de recherche du Québec – Société et culture (FRQSC)

2017-2019    Co-applicant, Insight Grant, CAD 100,645. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada

2015-2016    Co-applicant, Policy Research Grant, CAD 15,000. Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada

2013-2016    PI, Early Career Grant, RMB 230,000. National Natural Science of Foundation of P.R. China

2013-2016    Collaborator, Insight Grant, CAD 150,150. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada

2013-2015    Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship, CAD 140,000. Government of Canada

Awards

2018    Best Paper Award, Academy of International Business, US Northeast Chapter Meeting, Philadelphia

2015    Best Reviewer Award, Journal of Economic Geography

2012    Best Paper Award, Regional Studies Association Global Conference, Beijing

2009    Travel Award, Association of American Geographers, China Special Group, Las Vegas

Editorial

Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsgeographie (Special issue editor, 2020);

Management International (Associate editor, 2020-2024; Editorial board, 2025-)

Referee

• • Journal of Economic Geography, Economic Geography, Regional Studies, Urban Studies, Environment and Planning A, Research Policy, Journal of International Business Studies, Strategy Entrepreneurship Journal, Journal of Business Venturing

• • National Natural Science Foundation of China, Routledge

Media coverage

     Radio-Canada (October 1, 2019), Journal de Montreal (March 28, 2018), TVA Nouvelles (March 29, 2018), Radio VM (October 1, 2018), HEC MAG (November 16, 2018)

Software

     Stata, Python, ArcGIS, fsQCA, CorelDRAW.

Languages

     Chinese, English, French.