{"id":31648,"date":"2025-11-07T12:43:39","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T17:43:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/gdp\/?post_type=profile&#038;p=31648"},"modified":"2025-11-10T14:37:46","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T19:37:46","slug":"xia-li","status":"publish","type":"profile","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/gdp\/profile\/xia-li\/","title":{"rendered":"Xia Li"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none [--shadow-height:45px] has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none has-data-writing-block:-mt-(--shadow-height) has-data-writing-block:pt-(--shadow-height) [&amp;:has([data-writing-block])&gt;*]:pointer-events-auto [content-visibility:auto] supports-[content-visibility:auto]:[contain-intrinsic-size:auto_100lvh] scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\" data-turn-id=\"request-WEB:9cbe0e24-4e8c-48c2-aa97-5fddde09f115-10\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-16\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\" data-turn=\"assistant\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:--spacing(4)] thread-sm:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(6)] thread-lg:[--thread-content-margin:--spacing(16)] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] thread-lg:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"24160304-d817-44e4-bb7d-17484e8170e0\" dir=\"auto\" class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-1\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[1px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words dark markdown-new-styling\">\n<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"480\">Dr. Xia Li is a Former Global China Research Fellow with the Boston University Global Development Policy Center. Her research focused on corporate sustainability, with particular attention to how firms respond to climate change through adaptation, mitigation, and the adoption of green innovations. One stream of her work examined firms\u2019 strategies for managing climate-related risks, while another explored the diffusion and uptake of environmentally sustainable technologies. During her time at Boston University\u2019s Questrom School of Business, Dr. Li received several research honors, including the Best PhD Paper Award in 2022 from the UN Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI) and Questrom\u2019s 2021 Award for Outstanding Doctoral Research. She completed her PhD at Boston University\u2019s Questrom School of Business, earned a Master of Public Administration from Columbia University\u2019s School of International and Public Affairs, and holds bachelor\u2019s degrees in arts, science, and economics from Peking University in Beijing. Before beginning her doctoral studies, Dr. Li worked as a regional associate director at Aon and as a consultant at Environmental Resources Management in Hong Kong.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"z-0 flex min-h-[46px] justify-start\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"mt-3 w-full empty:hidden\">\n<div class=\"text-center\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"author":25419,"template":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/gdp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/31648"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/gdp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/gdp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/profile"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/gdp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25419"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/gdp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/31648\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31659,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/gdp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/31648\/revisions\/31659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/gdp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}