CV of Hao Luo

(Updated in May 2026)

Hao Luo

Associate Professor

E-mail：luohao6@mail.sysu.edu.cn

Research Area: Tourism Economy and Tourism Planning, Industrial Organization and Regional Economy

Enrollment direction for master student, doctor student, post-doctor, and full-time research assistant:

Tourism Management, Industrial Organization, and Business Management.

Students with professional background in economics, tourism management, GIS, mathematics or statistics are welcome to apply.

Educational background

July 2004, PhD. in economics, the school of economics atNankai University

1998 and 2001, Bachelor of science and Master of science, South China Normal University

Professional experience

From June 2016 to now   PhD. Supervisor   Sun Yat-sen University

From February 2009 to now, associate professor and master supervisor, Sun Yat-sen University

January-October 2023  visiting scholar  University of Surrey, Guildford, UK

August 2013 - August 2014  visiting scholar  University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA

October 2004 - January 2009, lecturer(before November 2007), associate professor, master supervisor, Nanjing University

Overview of academic achievements（tillMay 2026）

1）47 research funding

• He has undertaken 15 academic research funding as PI, including 3 projects from National science fund, 1 Sub-project of national social science key project, 1 project from National Social Science Fund, 5 provincial and ministerial level projects, suchas humanities and social science projects of the Ministry of education, Ministry of culture and tourism, national tourism administration project, Guangdong soft science project, and Guangdong Social Science Fund Project.
• Additionally, Hehas participated in 15 academicresearch funding, including 1 national social science key project, 4NSFC general projects, 1 NSFC Youth Project, and 1 key research project of Guangdong Provincial Education Department
• He has presided over or participated in 17 practiceresearch projects, including tourism, regional, industrial, urban plannings.

2）75 articles and 4 books

• 64 journal articles，among which，1 in ABS four-star journal, 4 in three-star journal, 5in SSCI Q1 journals, 5 in Scopus journals, 38in CSSCI journals, 2in CSCD journals.
• Among the above, 21articles in top journals，including three in IJHM，one each in TM, IJCHM, Economic Research Journal, China Industrial Economics, Economic Review, Acta Geographica Sinica, Scientia Geographica Sinica，elevenin Tourism Tribune.
• 8conference papers without publication and 3published teaching case studies for MBA
• 1monograph as the only author，1textbook as the associate editor and 2textbooks as the author of a chapter.

3）30 honors and awards

• 1 National University Humanities and Social Sciences outstanding achievement award, by the Ministry of Education, as the only author
• 1 The second prize of outstanding achievements in philosophy and social sciences, by the Government of Guangdong Province, as the only author
• 1 Provincial or ministerial level talent plan (Youth expert in tourism industry, by National Tourism Administration)
• 1 policy advisory report was accepted and adopted by the leader of Guangzhou City
• 11 best paper awards in top academic conferences
• 3 other provincial or ministerial level awards
• 2 municipal or departmental level awards
• 6 University Awards (4 for research and 2 for service)
• 4 Teaching Award, among which, 2 national level, 1 provincial level, and 1 University level

Teaching courses

For undergraduate:intermediate macroeconomics, development economics, fundamentals of management, tourism investment and financing, international trade, microeconomics, cultural tourism and cultural industry management, management economics.

For academic graduate: tourism industrial organization and investment, tourism economic research, industrial spatial organization.

For MBA: investment appraise, management economics.

For MPM: MICE Economics.