Feng Qiu

Associate Professor, Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sci - Resource Economics & Environmental Sociology

Curriculum Vitæ

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Contact

Associate Professor, Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sci - Resource Economics & Environmental Sociology

Email: fq@ualberta.ca

Overview

Area of Study / Keywords

Agricultural Economics; Energy Economics; Land Use

About

Dr. Feng Qiu is an economist with a specialization in agricultural and energy subjects. She is an Associate Professor in the Department of Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology (REES) at the University of Alberta. Dr Qiu completed her Ph.D. in Economics, minoring in Statistics, at North Carolina State University in 2012. Her research primarily concentrates on biofuels, energy policy and energy economics, land use, price and market analysis, and community food environments. Dr. Qiu leads a research team at the University of Alberta, focusing on the economic and policy aspects of low-carbon energy transition. She has published 45 peer-reviewed journal articles. As a Principal Investigator (PI), Dr Qiu has secured over $1.8 Million dollars in research funding for her program in the past 6 years. Dr. Qiu also serves as an Editor for the journal Agribusiness: An International Journal.

Research

Research Interests

Supply chain of biofuel feedstock
Energy policy and economics
Land use and land use change
Price and market analysis
Community food and food environment
Economic and policy analysis of emerging technologies

Agribusiness: An International Journal

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/15206297

Google Scholar

https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=6HdoCygAAAAJ&hl=en

Future Energy Systems

https://www.futureenergysystems.ca/research/researcher-directory/526

Alberta Biojet Initiative

https://albertabiojetinitiative.ualberta.ca/

Teaching

AREC 513 Econometric Applications (graduate level)

AREC 460 / 560 /660 Land Use Economics (under and graduate levels)

AREC 433 / 633 Financial Management in Resource Industries (under and graduate levels)

Announcements

Hiring Announcement

We are seeking candidates for:

Prospective students (MSc and PhD) with a background in agricultural and/or resource economics (must meet departmental recruitment requirements).
Postdoctoral Fellows in the fields of land use.
Visiting Ph.D. students and scholars in land, energy, applied econometrics, geoscience, and environmental science.

If you are interested, please send your CV to fq@ualberta.ca for consideration.

Courses

AREC 460 - Land Use Economics

This course introduces concepts and methods employed in the economics of land use and land use change. Topics include: theoretical and empirical analysis of determinants and drivers of land use and land use change; environmental and socioeconomic consequences of land use change; the role of governments in managing land use decisions; and spatial analysis in land use research. Prerequisite: ECON 101 and (AREC 313, ECON 399, or STAT 378).

Winter Term 2026

AREC 513 - Econometric Applications

Econometric theory, multiple linear regression analysis and interpretation, simultaneous equation estimation, qualitative choice models, time series analysis, applications of econometric techniques to resource and agricultural economic problems. Prerequisite: Intermediate course in statistics or econometrics.

Fall Term 2025

AREC 660 - Land Use Economics

This course introduces concepts and methods employed in the economics of land use and land use change. Topics include: theoretical and empirical analysis of determinants and drivers of land use and land use change; environmental and socioeconomic consequences of land use change; the role of governments in managing land-use decisions; and spatial analysis in land-use research. Not to be taken if credit received for AREC 460. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.

Winter Term 2026

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