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Huiwen Gong is a Professor of Regional Studies and Economic Geography at the School of Business and Law, University of Stavanger. He holds a PhD in Economic Geography from Kiel University, Germany. From 2020 to 2022, he was a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellow, recognized for his exceptional proposal which ranked in the top 5% out of 1,740 submissions within the category of Social Sciences and Humanities. His research focuses on emerging global production networks in green sectors, the geographies of sustainability transitions, and Sino-German industrial dynamics. He has conducted extensive field research across various industries including video games, blockchain, and batteries in regions such as China, Germany, Switzerland, and the Nordic countries. His current work examines the strategies used to build battery value chains involving corporate and state actors in China and Europe, particularly in light of intensified geopolitical tensions. He is currently leading a project titled "PowerPlay: Complementarity Formation Trade-offs Nordic Battery Value Chain," funded by the Norwegian Research Council with a budget of 12 million NOK. His teaching activities cover courses on geography and sustainability transitions, innovation studies, and economic geography.