Professor Xunpeng (Roc) Shi is Research Principal at the Australia-China Relations Institute University of Technology Sydney, President of the International Society for Energy Transition Studies (ISETS), and a Council Member (President, 2016-2018) of the Chinese Economics Society Australia (CESA). He was listed as Australia's leading researcher in the field of Environmental Law and Policy, the top two percent of the world’s top scientists in the energy field, and the top 2 percent of authors in the world’s largest database of economists (RePEc). His research interests cover the full spectrum of energy, climate change and other environmental issues in economics, policy, and sustainable development, with regional focuses on Australia, China, ASEAN, and Northeast Asia. He serves as co-editor, associate editor, and other editorial roles for more than 10 journals, such as Applied Energy (SCI), Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy (SSCI), and China and World Economy (SSCI). He has been working in the energy sector for more than two decades as an industrial manager, policy analyst, and academician in Australia, Brunei, China, Singapore and an international think-tank based in Indonesia. He is an advisor to Global Gas Center (GGC), APEC Sustainable Energy Center (APSEC), and UN ESCAP and is frequently participating in the United Nations and other international policy debates. He received LLM from the University of Dundee, MERE and PhD of Economics from the Australian National University.