Dr. De Zhou was a GlobalFood member from 2011-2014. The information on this site reflects the status at the point of leaving GlobalFood.

Occupation after leaving GlobalFood
Associate professor in agricultural economics, Nanjing Agricultural University, China



Name

De Zhou


Current Research


  • Consumer economics
  • Agricultural economics



Education


  • April 2011 - March 2014: PHD candidate of Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany, GRK 1666 "GlobalFood" Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural development.
  • January 2011: M.S. degree in Economics, College of Economics & Management, Nanjing Agricultural University, China. Title of master dissertation:” The price risks of pork and stabilization mechanism in China”.
  • June 2008: B.S. degree in Economics, College of Economics, Huazhong Agricultural University, China.



Language


  • Chinese: native speaker
  • English: fluent
  • Japanese: basic



Work Experience


  • 04/2011- 03/2014: Research Associate
    Research Training Group (RTG) Transformation of Global Agri-Food Systems (GRK 1666 GlobalFood), SP B2: Dynamic and quality in food demand, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Georg-August University Göttingen, Germany.
  • 01/2010 - 01/2011: Investment manager
    Research Department, Century Venture Capital Co., Ltd Nanjing, China.
  • 07/2008 - 10/2008: Manager assistant
    International Trade Department, Bantye Import & Export Co., Ltd Yiwu, China.
  • 07/2007 - 08/2007: Trainee
    Finance Department, SunHY group Co., Ltd Wuhan, China.



Publications

a) Peer-reviewed publications or book chapters


  • Zhou, D., X. Yu (2014). Calorie elasticities with income dynamics: Evidence from the literature. Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy (in press).
  • Zhou, D., X. Yu, T. Herzfeld (2014). Dynamic food demand in urban China. China Agricultural Economic Review (in press).



b) Other publications


  • Zhou, D. (2014). Dynamic food demand in China and international nutrition transition. PhD thesis, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Göttingen. http://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-1735-0000-0023-993A-B.
  • Zhou, D., X. Yu (2014). Calorie elasticities with income dynamics: Evidence from the literature. GlobalFood Discussion Paper 35. http://www.uni-goettingen.de/de/213486.html.
  • Zhou, D., X. Yu, T. Herzfeld (2014). Dynamic food demand in urban China. GlobalFood Discussion Paper 33. http://www.uni-goettingen.de/de/213486.html.
  • Zhou, D. X. Yu, D. Abler, D. Chen (2014). Projecting meat and cereals demand for China based on a meta-analysis of income elasticities. GlobalFood Discussion Paper 34. http://www.unigoettingen.de/de/213486.html.