WEI Binru

Assistant Professor

+86 (0)573-87572793
binruwei@intl.zju.edu.cn
Room 322, ZIBS Building
Office Hours: Each Monday 9:30-12:30

Dr. Binru WEI is an Assistant Professor of Economics at ZIBS. Prior to joining ZIBS, she earned her PhD from the University of Cambridge and worked at Lancaster University in the UK. Her research initially focused on infrastructure development,energy economics and policy, and she has published in journals such as Cell Reports Sustainability and the Journal of Energy Storage. In recent years, her research interests have gradually expanded to empirical finance, particularly financial markets and bond markets. She also teaches Fixed-Income Securities. In addition, she is exploring topics in behavioral finance and examining how artificial intelligence is transforming traditional research questions in finance and economics.

Education

09/2021, PhD in Economics, University of Cambridge

08/2015, MPhil in Real Estate Finance, University of Cambridge

07/2014, B.S. in Mathematics with Economics, University College London

Work Experience

07/2023 – Present, Assistant Professor of Economics, Zhejiang University

- 05/2023 – Present, Fellow of Higher Education Academy, FHEA
- 02/2022 – Present, Research member of Cambridge Centre for Economics and Public Policy, University of Cambridge
- 10/2021 – 06/2023, Lecturer in Economics, Lancaster University Management School

Publications

Journal Articles
Published

Shengyou Wang, Yilan Bu, Binru Wei, Enyuan Gao, Ruichen Ma, Chengxiang Zhuge*,Machine learning approaches to short-term electric vehicle charging demand prediction: Applicability and geographical transferability,Journal of Energy Storage,2026-04.
Xiong Yang, Zhenhan Peng, Chengxiang Zhuge*, Justin Hayse Chiwing G. Tang, Ruichen Ma, Binru Wei, Wenzhong Shi,A spatial planning perspective on the global deployment of public electric vehicle charging stations,Cell Reports Sustainability,2026-07
Zhuge, C., Dong, C., Wei, B., & Shao, C. (2021). Exploring the role of technology innovations in the diffusion of electric vehicle with an agent-based spatial integrated model. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 174, 105806.
Zhuge C, Wei B, Shao C, et al., “The role of the license plate lottery policy in the adoption of Electric Vehicles: A case study of Beijing”, Journal of Energy Policy, 2020, 139: 111328
Zhuge C, Wei B, Shao C, et al. The potential influence of cost-related factors on the adoption of electric vehicle: An integrated micro-simulation approach. Journal of Cleaner Production 250 (2020): 119479
Zhuge C, Wei B, Dong C, et al., “Exploring the future electric vehicle market and its impacts with an agent-based spatial integrated framework: a case study of Beijing, China”, Journal of Cleaner Production, 2019, 221: 710-737
Zhuge, Chengxiang, Chunfu Shao, and Binru Wei. An agent-based spatial urban social network generator: a case study of Beijing, China. Journal of computational science 29 (2018): 46-58
Research Grants