Cong Peng

Cong Peng has a diverse work experience starting in 2012 as a part-time assistant at McKinsey & Company. In 2014, Cong worked as a Fox International Fellow at Yale University. In 2019, Cong held multiple roles including being a postdoctoral fellow at the University of California San Diego and a principal investigator at the International Growth Centre. In 2019 and 2020, Cong worked as a research affiliate at the Centre for Economic Performance at LSE and as a postdoctoral research fellow at Harvard Kennedy School, respectively.

Cong Peng has a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree in Economic Geography from The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) from 2015 to 2018. Prior to that, they obtained a Master's degree in Economics from Fudan University from 2011 to 2014. Their undergraduate studies were at Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, where they earned a Bachelor's degree in Economics from 2007 to 2011.