Studying Border-Regions in the post-Soviet Space

Research Interests

• International Political Economy
  
• Development Economics
• Environment and Conflict
• Foreign Investment and Labor
• Islam in Post-Communism
• China in Central and South Asia
  
  

Curriculum Vitae

Pengshan Pan is a PhD candidate at the University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs. His fields are international political economy and development. His research focuses on international development and political economy, especially in Central and South Asia. In particular, he explores the interlinkages between foreign direct investment, nature and conflict. He is broadly interested in industrial policies in post-communist countries and China's footprint in Eurasia.

Aug 2017 – Current

PhD Candidate, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs 

University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA

• Graduate Certificate: Center for Russian & East European Studies / Asian Studies Center
• Fields: International Political Economy / Development
  

Aug 2014 – Dec 2016

Master of Science, Economics 

University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI, USA

Sep 2009 – Jun 2013

Bachelor of Economics, Finance 

Sichuan University Chengdu, China

Experience

mid-June /July / August / mid-September 2022

Visiting Fellow, TRANSECT

Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development Eberswalde, Germany

Mar / April /May / June 2022

Research Fellow, OSCE Academy Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

Spring 2022
Participant, Economic Research Mentoring Program,

China-Russia Eurasian Studies Center Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan

Summer 2021
Participant, Virtual Summer School on Socioeconomic Inequality
University of Chicago / Hong Kong University of Science and Techology

Summer 2018

Participant, ICPSR Summer Institute, EITM Certificate

University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI, USA

Sep 2017 – Current
Research Assistant, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Sep 2016 - Apr 2017

Research Assistant, La Follette School of Public Affairs Madison, WI, USA

Conference & Seminar Presentations

Fall 2022 / Montreal, Canada & Fall 2021 Seattle, WA, USA, (virtual)

American Political Science Association Conference (APSA)

Spring 2022

Midwest Political Science Association Conference (MPSA)

Chicago, IL, USA

Summer 2022 / Tashkent, Uzbekistan & Fall 2021 Columbus, OH, USA, (virtual)

Central Eurasian Studies Society Conference (CESS)

Spring 2022

Graduate Students in International Political Economy (GSIPE), (virtual)

Summer 2022

Wisconsin Russia Project Workshop 

University of Wisconsin–Madison, WI, USA

Summer 2021

Conceptualizing the BRI and its Effects Workshop 

University of Toronto, Canada

Summer 2021
Political Science and International Relations Academic Community Conference 

Tsinghua University Beijing, China