ARE is very pleased and excited to share this news regarding tenure for an outstanding scholar, Professor Shaoda Wang. This news follows Shaoda being selected in January as the 2026 Sloan Research Fellow, one of the most prestigious honors available to early-career scholars in the social sciences and sciences.
He is an applied economist with research interests in development economics, environmental economics, and political economy, with a regional focus on China. He holds a BA from Peking University, and his PhD from ARE, here at the University of California, Berkeley. Prior to joining Harris, Shaoda was a Postdoctoral Scholar in the Department of Economics and Energy Policy Institute (EPIC) at the University of Chicago.
Congratulations Shaoda!