Biography
Yijing Wang, Ph.D. is a strategic communication scholar specialized in the study of crisis communication and sustainability transition. She is Associate Professor in the Department of Media and Communication at Erasmus University Rotterdam. She serves as Chair of the ECREA Risk and Crisis Communication Section, Editor-in-Chief of Corporate Reputation Review, and Editorial Board Member of Public Relations Review and Business Horizons. She is the Principal Investigator and Coordinator of the Horizon Europe project CUES (EUR 6.5 million, 2024-2028), a Management Committee Member of the COST Action project Alert Hub, and a member of the Crisis Communication Think Tank (CCTT). Yijing obtained her PhD degree in Corporate Reputation and Stakeholder Management from Rotterdam School of Management (RSM), Erasmus University Rotterdam. She is the author of numerous international publications in journals such as the Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of International Management, Business Horizons, Convergence, Public Relations Review, Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, and Media and Communication.
Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication
- y.wang@eshcc.eur.nl
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Work
- Difan Guo, Runze Qu, Yijing Wang & Jinghong Xu (2025) - Social media and citizen mobilization: How Chinese government agencies use Weibo to advance the 2030 agenda goals on sustainability - Public Relations Review, 51 (3) - doi: 10.1016/j.pubrev.2025.102579 - [link]
- Athanasios Polyportis, Freya De Keyzer, Anne Marie van Prooijen, Leonie C. Peiffer & Yijing Wang (2024) - Addressing Grand Challenges in Sustainable Food Transitions: Opportunities Through the Triple Change Strategy - Circular Economy and Sustainability - doi: 10.1007/s43615-024-00457-4 - [link]
- Yijing Wang, Daniel Laufer & Jia Ding (2024) - Assessing crisis spillover risks: The role of perceived severity and corporate response effectiveness in China - Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, 32 (3) - doi: 10.1111/1468-5973.12621
- Yijing Wang & Daniel Laufer (2024) - A cross-disciplinary review of crisis spillover research: Spillover types, risk factors, and response strategies - Public Relations Review, 50 (3) - doi: 10.1016/j.pubrev.2023.102411 - [link]
- Daniel Laufer & Yijing Wang (2024) - Editorial: Special issue on the spillover effect of crises - Public Relations Review, 50 (3) - doi: 10.1016/j.pubrev.2024.102467 - [link]
- Dennis Nguyen, Sergül Nguyen, Phuong Hoan Le, Tessa Oomen & Yijing Wang (2024) - Utilizing computational methods for analysing media framing of organizational crises: The ‘Datalek’ scandal during the COVID‐19 pandemic in the Netherlands - Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, 32 (3) - doi: 10.1111/1468-5973.12595
- Varvara Porechenkova & Yijing Wang (2024) - CSR reporting practices: A cross-time comparison of the food & beverage and energy industries in the U.S. through topic modeling - Corporate Reputation Review - doi: 10.1057/s41299-024-00199-x
- Yijing Wang (2024) - Corporate crisis contagion - doi: 10.4337/9781802200874.ch47 - [link]
- Yijing Wang (2024) - Corporate image - doi: 10.4337/9781802200874.ch71 - [link]
- Yijing Wang (2024) - Person-organization fit - doi: 10.4337/9781802200874.ch18 - [link]
- Yijing Wang (2025) - Lund University (Visiting researcher)
Activity: Visiting an external academic institution › Academic - Yijing Wang (2025) - Hui Zhao (Host)
Activity: Hosting an academic visitor › Academic - Yijing Wang (2025) - Public Relations Review (External organisation) (Chair)
Activity: Membership of board › Academic - Yijing Wang (2025) - ILUM University (External organisation) (Member)
Activity: Membership of board › Academic - Yijing Wang (2024) - PhD Defense Committee Member (Examiner)
Activity: Examination › Academic - Yijing Wang (2024) - Advancing Crisis Communication in Digitalized Societies: New Challenges and Frontiers (Speaker)
Activity: Invited talk › Academic - Yijing Wang (2024) - EU COST ACTION AlertHub (External organisation) (Member)
Activity: Membership of committee › Academic - Yijing Wang (2024) - Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Visiting researcher)
Activity: Visiting an external academic institution › Academic - Yijing Wang (2024) - Crisis READINESS Workshop (Organiser)
Activity: Organising and contributing to an event › Academic - Yijing Wang (2024) - Consumers’ Understanding of Eating Sustainably (Speaker)
Activity: Invited talk › Academic
- Yijing Wang (2024) - Best Paper Award
- Anne-Marie van Prooijen & Yijing Wang (2024) - Best Full Paper Award
- Y (Yijing) Wang (2021) - Best Reviewer Award
- Y (Yijing) Wang (2020) - M&C Best Teacher Award
