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Shubin YU

Associate Professor (Education Track)

Marketing

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Biography

Shubin (Lance) Yu joined the Marketing Department at HEC Paris in Fall 2025. Before joining HEC, he was an Associate Professor at BI Norwegian Business School and an Assistant Professor at Peking University HSBC Business School.

His research bridges marketing communication, consumer–technology interaction, and the application of generative AI in business. His work has appeared in leading academic journals, including the Journal of Consumer PsychologyInternational Journal of Research in Marketing, and International Journal of Electronic Commerce.

Outside the classroom, Shubin founded MimiTalk.app, an AI-driven interview platform that helps organizations gather qualitative insights at scale. At HEC Paris he teaches Marketing Management and Generative AI for Management.

Personal Website: shubinyu.com

Scientific articles

Scientific articles

Usage intensity of mobile instant messengers for work and employees' anxiety

International Journal of Mobile Communications, 2023, vol. 22, n° 3, pp 278-295, (in coll. with M. Ashfaq, Y. Liu, K. Luo)

Designing Emotions for Health Care Chatbots: Text-Based or Icon-Based Approach

Journal of Medical Internet Research, December 2022, vol. 24, n° 12, pp e39573, (in coll. with L. Zhao)

How a “China-made” label influences Chinese Youth's product evaluation: The priming effect of patriotic and nationalistic news

Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, May 2022, vol. 66, pp 102899, (in coll. with A. Yu, H. Liu)

Measurement invariance of the modified brand luxury index scale across gender, age and countries

Journal of Fashion Marketing and Management, 2022, vol. 26, n° 5, pp 870-889, (in coll. with L. Hudders)

Education

  • Ph.D., Marketing Communications, Ghent University - Belgium

Academic appointments

Academic Responsibilities at HEC

  • 2025- Associate Professor (Education Track), Marketing HEC Paris

External Academic Responsibilities

  • 2024-2025 Associate Professor BI Norwegian Business School
  • 2021-2023 Assistant Professor BI Norwegian Business School
  • 2019-2021 Assistant Professor Peking University HSBC Business School

Awards & honors

  • 2021 Award for Excellence in Teaching
  • 2020 Faculty Award of Excellence in Teaching
  • 2019 The Elyette Roux Best Thesis Prize on Luxury Brand Management
  • 2016 LVMH-SMU Luxury Research Conference, Best Paper Award