Former CEA president Xiong Yu elected to Academy of Social Sciences

Xiong Yu, a former president of the Chinese Economic Association UK/Europe, was

elected a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, the academy announced on

8 September 2025 among 63 new fellows.

Xiong Yu is Chair Professor of Business Analytics at the University of Surrey. He

was recognised for his work on supply chain management, technology management and

sustainable development, and was the only scholar of Chinese origin among the

year's 63 fellows.

The academy's fellowship is among the highest honours in British social science,

recognising contributions to research, policy and public service. Fellows are

elected through independent peer review.

Will Hutton, president of the academy, said in the announcement that the new

fellows had contributed substantially to social science and to wider social

progress across fields including international trade policy, inclusive urban

planning, innovation and entrepreneurship, and the governance of digital

technology.

Xiong Yu has published more than 120 papers on operations management, closed-loop

supply chains, sustainability and blockchain applications, in journals including

the European Journal of Operational Research, the Journal of Operations

Management, the International Journal of Production Research, Omega and

Transportation Research Part E. His work includes a co-authored paper in

Nature Communications.

Based on the association's original WeChat announcement of 8 September 2025.