Dr. Dong Wang is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the School of Agriculture and Food Sustainability at the University of Queensland. His research focuses on agribusiness, rural development, and economics. He investigates rural transformation pathways, policy responses to challenges in rural areas, energy transitions, and resource management in agricultural contexts, particularly in Asian developing countries including China, Bangladesh, Indonesia, and Pakistan.

Dong Wang has an extensive publication record with 19 journal articles and 3 conference papers. Key publications include 'Regional rural transformation pathways: a spatial-temporal comparison of Bangladesh, China, Indonesia, and Pakistan' (Land, 2025), 'Stage segmentation of rural transformation and comparisons among Bangladesh, China, Indonesia, and Pakistan: combining machine learning and new structural economics to facilitate international agricultural development and policy design' (Asia and the Pacific Policy Studies, 2025), 'Rural transformation, water scarcity and policy responses in China' (Asia and the Pacific Policy Studies, 2025), 'A review of rural transformation studies: definition, measurement, and indicators' (Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 2023), 'Accelerating rural transformation in Asian developing countries' (Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 2023), 'Energy transition and economic development in China: a national and sectorial analysis from a new structural economics perspectives' (Sustainability, 2022), 'Relieving the water-energy nexus pressure through whole supply chain management: evidence from the provincial-level analysis in China' (Science of the Total Environment, 2022), 'Water usage for energy production and supply in China: decoupled from industrial growth?' (Science of the Total Environment, 2020), 'Reduction potential, shadow prices, and pollution costs of agricultural pollutants in China' (Science of the Total Environment, 2016), and 'Directed technical change, capital intensity increase and energy transition: evidence from China' (The Energy Journal, 2019). His work collaborates with leading scholars such as Christopher Findlay, Chunlai Chen, and Jikun Huang, contributing to international agricultural development and policy design. Wang has participated in masterclasses in Indonesia to support rural transformation across Southeast Asia.

Professional Email: dong.wang@uq.edu.au