About the Journal

Journal of Asian Energy Studies (JAES) is an international peer-reviewed journal dedicated to interdisciplinary research on all aspects of energy studies in Asia. JAES aims to promote informed energy decision-making and improve energy policies in the region by creating new knowledge, providing practical policy recommendations, promoting knowledge exchange, and facilitating stakeholder engagement. As a non-commercial, university-run, open-access journal published by the Asian Energy Studies Centre (AESC) of Hong Kong Baptist University with the support of the University Library, JAES is free for both authors and readers: publication in JAES is free of charge for authors and all articles are made freely available to readers.

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David C. Lam Institute for East-West Studies

David C. Lam Institute for East-West Studies (LEWI) is a consortium of 28 universities from North America, Europe and Asia. The Institute, with Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) as the host institution and base, was established in 1993 with the aim to foster inter-disciplinary social science and humanities research and cultivate collaborative scholarship between the East and the West.

Asian Energy Studies Centre

The Asian Energy Studies Centre (AESC) is a university-supported research centre based in the Faculty of Social Sciences at Hong Kong Baptist University. The AESC aims to be an internationally recognised hub for sustainable energy studies on the Asian region. We are committed to pursuing excellence in academic research in the areas of sustainable energy, with particular focus from the perspectives of governance in the Asian context. We promote informed energy decision-making and improve energy policies in this region, including Hong Kong, by creating new knowledge, providing practical policy recommendations, promoting knowledge exchange, and facilitating stakeholder engagement. We undertake interdisciplinary collaborative research projects, organize academic workshops, public seminars and other engagement events.