Tianyi Xiao

Tianyi Xiao holds an M.A. in International Affairs with a focus on International Economic Policy from George Washington University and a B.A. in Journalism and International Studies with Honors from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Her research centers on environmental governance, resource sustainability, and climate and energy policy, supported by quantitative and geospatial analytical methods. Currently serving as a Research Assistant at Peking University’s Institute of New Structural Economics, she investigates how ecosystem conservation-driven settlement policies influence pastoralist households and long-term income sustainability.

Previously, Tianyi served as a Visiting Scholar at the United States Institute of Peace, where she co-authored a participatory monitoring handbook on youth engagement in community learning and conflict prevention across Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America. She also worked as an Energy Policy Researcher for Dezan Shira & Associates’ Asia Briefing, authoring data-driven analyses on Pan-Asia renewable energy policy.