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Professor Tek Sheng Kevin LO
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Department Chair and Associate Professor, Department of Geography, Hong Kong Baptist University

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Dr. Lo is Department chair and Associate Professor of Geography at Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU). He has a PhD in Geography from the University of Melbourne and BSc in Computer Science and Information Systems from the University of Hong Kong. Dr. Lo is a human geographer focusing on the field of environmental geography politics. He has won many competitive grants from the Research Grants Council (RGC) of Hong Kong, including the Early Career Scheme (ECS) and the General Research Fund (GRF), and has published over 100 papers in leading journals, including Global Environmental Change, Political Geography, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Energy Policy, Energy for Sustainable Development, Environmental Science & Policy, Cities, Habitat International, and Journal of Rural Studies. Dr. Lo has held a number of leadership position, including Associate and Acting Director of the David C. Lam Institute for East-West Studies, an international hub in social science and humanities research, and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Asian Energy Studies, an international peer-reviewed journal dedicated to interdisciplinary research on all aspects of energy studies in Asia. 

 

Research Project: 

  • Co-I, General Research Fund (GRF), Research Grants Council. Multi-scale assessment of methane emissions from coal mining operations in China, 01/2027-12/2028, HKD 855,000. 
  • PI, General Research Fund (GRF), Research Grants Council. A multi-scalar approach to just transitions: Logging bans and forest transition in the Greater Khingan Range, China, 09/2025-08/2028, HKD 822,840 
  • PI, General Research Fund (GRF), Research Grants Council. Just transition: Practices and visions of coal-mine closure and post-coal development in Shanxi, China, 09/2024-08/2027, HKD 832,000 
  • Co-I, General Research Fund (GRF), Research Grants Council. Assessment of methane emissions from shale gas production in China, 01/2023-12/2025, HKD 684,767. 
  • PI, General Research Fund (GRF), Research Grants Council. Decentralized climate governance and policy implementation in China: Unraveling a paradox, 01/2019-06/2022, HKD 757,920. 
  • PI, Early Career Scheme (ECS), Research Grants Council. China’s low-carbon city initiative: Authoritarian environmentalism and climate policy experimentation, 01/2018-06/2021, HKD 820,000. 
  • Co-PI, Research Impact Fund (RIF), Research Grants Council. Exploring the role of big data analytics in promoting smart low-carbon cities: A human-centered, community-based, and deep engagement approach in Hong Kong, 06/2021-06/2024, HKD 5,700,000. 
  • Co-I, Public Policy Research Funding Scheme (PPR), Central Policy Unit. Engaging the community to develop a model for sustainable energy futures: A case study of two prospective solar communities in Hong Kong, 09/2018-08/2019, HKD630,000.  
  • Co-I, Ford Foundation, China’s urban future: Policy, people, and social change, 01/2018-12/2020, USD 206,000. 

 

Book Chapter: 

  • Lo K (2026). Formulating a research agenda for just transitions. A Research Agenda for Just Transition, 1-13, Edward Elgar. 
  • Lo K (2026). Building resilience for just transitions: A multi-scalar transformation framework. A Research Agenda for Just Transition, 77-89, Edward Elgar. 
  • Zhao K, Lo K (2026). Decentering and disrupting just transition narratives through assemblage thinking: A methodological framework. A Research Agenda for Just Transition, 63-76, Edward Elgar. 
  • Rahman MN, Shozib SH, Lo K (2026). The transformative role of remote sensing in technology-driven just transitions. A Research Agenda for Just Transition, 44-62, Edward Elgar. 
  • Denchie EO, Lo K (2026). Just water transition: Equity, sustainability, and vision for the future. A Research Agenda for Just Transition, 131-145, Edward Elgar. 
  • Zhao Y, Lo K (2026). Toward a just agricultural transition: A multidimensional review and research agenda. A Research Agenda for Just Transition, 90-106, Edward Elgar. 
  • Lo K (2025). The environmental governance of China’s Belt and Road Initiative. Routledge Handbook of China's Belt and Road Initiative in Eurasia. Routledge. 
  • Sahakyan MD, Lo K (2025). Introduction of the Belt and Road Initiative in the Eurasian Continent. Routledge Handbook of China's Belt and Road Initiative in Eurasia. Routledge. 
  • Lo K, Sahakyan MD (2025). Conclusion: A Research and Policy Agenda for the Belt and Road Initiative. Routledge Handbook of China's Belt and Road Initiative in Eurasia. Routledge. 
  • Rahman MN, Lo K (2025). Integrating deep learning and IoT for enhanced monitoring and sustainable mining practices. Emerging AI Applications in Earth Sciences: Challenges, Impact and Analysis, 61-83, Springer. 
  • Lo K (2024). Environmental geopolitics: The Belt and Road Initiative and China’s global influence. Routledge Handbook of Chinese and Eurasian International Relations, 435-447, Routledge. 
  • Lo K (2024). The economic geography of resource-based cities in North-East China. Identity, Space, and Everyday Life in Contemporary Northeast China, 43-66, Palgrave Macmillian. 
  • Lo K (2023). The politics of climate experimentalism in China. Handbook on China’s Urban Environmental Governance, 144-155, Edward Elgar. 
  • Lo K (2017). Energy efficiency programs in China. Handbook of the Geographies of Energy, 211-219, Edward Elgar. 
  • Lo K, Wang M (2017). Low-carbon (re-)industrialization: Lessons from China. Urban Re-Industrialization 149-158, Punctum Books. 
  • Lo K (2017). Grassroots environmentalism and low-carbon cities. Creating Low Carbon Cities, 43-50, Springer. 
  • Lo K, Wang M, Qin B, Han S (2015). Low carbon city development in China. Towards Low Carbon Cities in China: Urban Forms and Greenhouse Gas Emissions, 21-50, Routledge. 
  • Lo K, Wang M (2015). Low carbon policies and programs in China. Towards Low Carbon Cities in China: Urban Forms and Greenhouse Gas Emissions, 51-75, Routledge. 

 

Book Chapter: 

  • Lo K (2026). Formulating a research agenda for just transitions. A Research Agenda for Just Transition, 1-13, Edward Elgar. 
  • Lo K (2026). Building resilience for just transitions: A multi-scalar transformation framework. A Research Agenda for Just Transition, 77-89, Edward Elgar. 
  • Zhao K, Lo K (2026). Decentering and disrupting just transition narratives through assemblage thinking: A methodological framework. A Research Agenda for Just Transition, 63-76, Edward Elgar. 
  • Rahman MN, Shozib SH, Lo K (2026). The transformative role of remote sensing in technology-driven just transitions. A Research Agenda for Just Transition, 44-62, Edward Elgar. 
  • Denchie EO, Lo K (2026). Just water transition: Equity, sustainability, and vision for the future. A Research Agenda for Just Transition, 131-145, Edward Elgar. 
  • Zhao Y, Lo K (2026). Toward a just agricultural transition: A multidimensional review and research agenda. A Research Agenda for Just Transition, 90-106, Edward Elgar. 
  • Lo K (2025). The environmental governance of China’s Belt and Road Initiative. Routledge Handbook of China's Belt and Road Initiative in Eurasia. Routledge. 
  • Sahakyan MD, Lo K (2025). Introduction of the Belt and Road Initiative in the Eurasian Continent. Routledge Handbook of China's Belt and Road Initiative in Eurasia. Routledge. 
  • Lo K, Sahakyan MD (2025). Conclusion: A Research and Policy Agenda for the Belt and Road Initiative. Routledge Handbook of China's Belt and Road Initiative in Eurasia. Routledge. 
  • Rahman MN, Lo K (2025). Integrating deep learning and IoT for enhanced monitoring and sustainable mining practices. Emerging AI Applications in Earth Sciences: Challenges, Impact and Analysis, 61-83, Springer. 
  • Lo K (2024). Environmental geopolitics: The Belt and Road Initiative and China’s global influence. Routledge Handbook of Chinese and Eurasian International Relations, 435-447, Routledge. 
  • Lo K (2024). The economic geography of resource-based cities in North-East China. Identity, Space, and Everyday Life in Contemporary Northeast China, 43-66, Palgrave Macmillian. 
  • Lo K (2023). The politics of climate experimentalism in China. Handbook on China’s Urban Environmental Governance, 144-155, Edward Elgar. 
  • Lo K (2017). Energy efficiency programs in China. Handbook of the Geographies of Energy, 211-219, Edward Elgar. 
  • Lo K, Wang M (2017). Low-carbon (re-)industrialization: Lessons from China. Urban Re-Industrialization 149-158, Punctum Books. 
  • Lo K (2017). Grassroots environmentalism and low-carbon cities. Creating Low Carbon Cities, 43-50, Springer. 
  • Lo K, Wang M, Qin B, Han S (2015). Low carbon city development in China. Towards Low Carbon Cities in China: Urban Forms and Greenhouse Gas Emissions, 21-50, Routledge. 
  • Lo K, Wang M (2015). Low carbon policies and programs in China. Towards Low Carbon Cities in China: Urban Forms and Greenhouse Gas Emissions, 51-75, Routledge.