Wenyi Xia, HEC Montréal

Research

port infrastructure investment climate change Cournot competition maritime networks transportation research

Latest funding

Adapting ports to climate change: capacity and adaptation investments under competition
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$29,818

Adapting ports to climate change: capacity and adaptation investments under competition

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Xia, Wenyi

Keywords: port infrastructure investment; climate change; Cournot competition; maritime networks; transportation research

$29,818

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: port infrastructure investment Dear Professor Xia, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on port infrastructure investment connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Adapting ports to climate change: capacity and adaptation investments under competition" (2025), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]