AI researcher for geoscience, sustainability, ESG, and human well-being
Visiting Assistant Professor, Kyushu University
Chief Data Scientist & Head of AI Research, aiESG Inc.
30 peer-reviewed papers | 26 first-author papers | 28 manuscripts under review or in preparation | 8 registered or filed patent cases
I build large-scale research data systems and AI models that connect global news, remote sensing, climate projections, ESG text, and well-being microdata.
| Stack | Scale and use |
|---|---|
| Global News Corpus | Approximately 200 million multilingual news articles with automated daily ingestion |
| Well-being Micro-Database | Gallup World Poll, Global Flourishing Study, DHS, and related survey alignment |
| Geospatial Data Stack | MODIS, CMIP6, population, land cover, air pollution, and greenness grids |
| AI Agent Workflows | Literature screening, variable alignment, robustness checking, and research automation |
| Compute | PostgreSQL data server, Google Cloud Platform, and shared GPU resources for large-model experiments |
| Project | Focus | Links |
|---|---|---|
| GWPR.light | The first R package for geographically weighted panel regression, published on CRAN and used across environmental and well-being studies. | CRAN |
| HappyToGo | A Python web tool for generating manuscript submission documents, including cover letters, title pages, highlights, CRediT statements, and declarations. | GitHub |
| Zhixiang | A Flask and JavaScript schedule assistant with natural-language and voice task capture, timeline planning, and Gemini AI support. | GitHub |
install.packages("GWPR.light")| Year | Paper | Journal |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Environmental Disclosure Dimensions and Japanese Firm Valuation: Volume, Sentiment, and Market Heterogeneity | Business Strategy and the Environment |
| 2026 | Corporate Governance Disclosure Volume, Sentiment, and Topic Tone: Heterogeneous Associations with Firm Valuation | Strategic Business Research |
| 2026 | Demographic Decline and Resurgence in the Aging Century | Humanities and Social Sciences Communications |
| 2026 | Beyond the heat: Nonlinear and uneven climate change impacts on mental health | Sustainable Cities and Society |
| 2026 | A Link between ESG Topic Emphases in Security Report and Stock Price | Journal of Cleaner Production |
More details are available on my personal website and Google Scholar.
- Personal website: https://michaelchaoli-cpu.github.io/
- Email: c.li@aiesg.co.jp
- GitHub: https://github.com/MichaelChaoLi-cpu
- ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6854-4456