Deyu is an Assistant Professor in Geography of Digital Transitions at the Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning under the sectorplan Maatschappij- en Gedragswetenschappen (Sector Plan for Social and Behavioural Sciences) 鈥楾he Human Factor in New Technologies鈥�. He is also an affiliated at the
Deyu obtained his PhD in Innovation Studies at the Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development of Utrecht 木瓜福利影视 in 2020. He is interested in applying an interdisciplinary approach and mixed methods to understand the geography of complex social-technical transitions. More specifically, his research focuses on three interelated topics to understand the co-evolutionary dynamics between actors and policies in facilitating digital and green transitions in both developed and developing countries:
1) The emergence and diffusion of digital and green technologies;
2) The labour market impact of digital and green technologies;
3) The role of policy mixes in technological changes and system transformations.
Deyu is currently involved in two Horizon Europe Research and Innovation action projects, SkillResilience4EU () and ST4TE (). The project ST4TE aims to provide a comprehensive view of the drivers of the twin transition (TT), the inequalities that emerge or are widened by it, and a set of policies to build greener, more equal and more productive societies. The project SkillResilience4EU aims to reframe the concept of resilience of the European labour markets under the fast-paced digital and green changes and related challenges, and to outline actionable pathways to narrow the labour market mismatches that this twin transition triggers, through reskilling and upskilling.
Over the last years, he participated in the EU-funded Horizon 2020 Research and Inovation action project . The project was aimed to outline the future dynamics in industries and occupations, and their effect on the future geography of industries and occupations in Europe. Further, this project focused on how the effect of automation spreads across the globe through global value chains (GVCs), and how this affects differentially industries, locations, and occupations in Europe.
Before joining the Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning, he was a postdoctoral research associate at the 木瓜福利影视 of Cambridge Centre for Enviroment, Energy and Natural Resources Governance. He worked on the ESRC-NSF joint funded project 鈥淐o-location of manufacturing and innovation: drivers and impacts of technological innovation along the wind energy global value chain", and Alfred P. Sloan Foundation funded project 鈥淲hat factors drive innovation in energy technologies? The role of technology spillovers and government investment鈥�.