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Dr. Yilan Xu is an Associate Professor in the Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her research goal is to use quantitative techniques and rigorous modeling to inform the building of a more resilient, sustainable, and equitable future for all. She quantifies new dimensions of financial, health, and environmental risks to understand how to find new ways to enhance human resilience to these risks. Her research findings support evidence-based decision-making by multiple actors, from individual households to national and international policymakers, help identify disparities and promote inclusive policies and practices, and facilitate cross-region collaboration and coordination in addressing global crises such as climate change and pandemics. Dr. Xu has published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Consumer Affairs, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Economic Inquiry, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Regional Science and Urban Economics, Journal of Economic Geography, and Social Science and Medicine. Dr. Xu serves as the President of the American Council on Consumer Interests (ACCI) from 2023 to 2024. She received his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Pittsburgh and B.A. in Economics with honors from Zhejiang University.
Emails: yilanxu@illinois.edu Phone: 217-300-0465
Address: 309 Mumford Hall, 1301 W. Gregory Drive, Urbana, IL 61801-3605
