Professor Xiaoyi Mu

Xiaoyi (Shawn) Mu is Professor of Energy Economics and currently Director of the Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy (CEPMLP) and Academic Lead for Partnerships at the School of Humanities, Social Sciences and Law. He earned his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Oklahoma in 2006 and joined CEPMLP in 2008 as a Lecturer. His research interest focuses on commodity pricing, electricity market design, the impact of renewables and energy storage, energy taxation and restructuring, and other energy policy issues. His papers have appeared in such journals as Journal of Industrial Economics, Journal of Commodity Markets, Economic Inquiry, Energy Journal, Energy Economics, Energy Policy, and Operations Research. His book “The Economics of Oil and Gas” has been adopted as a textbook or main reference in a number of universities globally.

Professor Mu has experience in both oil & gas and electricity industries. Prior to joining CEPMLP in 2008, he was a senior consultant at Global Energy Decisions (now part of ABB), a leading software and consulting firm focusing on electricity markets in North America from 2006 to 2008. From 1994 to 2001, he worked at China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) and PetroChina as an analyst and manager in marketing and natural gas divisions. 

Professor Mu is a member of International Association for Energy Economics (IAEE) and won two Best Student Paper Awards (first places) in its international and North American Conferences. In 2022, Professor Mu was awarded the Student Led Teaching Award for Best Postgraduate Supervisor by Dundee University Students’ Association.

• China
• Electric vehicles
• Energy