曾刚，德国Justus Liebig-University Giessen博士，华东师范大学终身教授、二级教授、A类特聘教授、博士生导师，现任华东师范大学城市发展研究院院长，兼任教育部人文社科重点研究基地中国现代城市研究中心主任、上海市高校智库上海城市发展协同创新中心主任、上海市社科创新基地长三角区域一体化研究中心主任、上海市人民政府决策咨询研究基地曾刚工作室首席专家，以及RSA中国

分会理事，中国区域科学协会副理事长、区域创新专业委员会主任，中国城市规划学会理事，主要研究方向为：企业网络与产业集群、产学研一体化与区域创新、生态文明与区域发展模式。

Zeng Gang, Ph.D. at Justus Liebig-University Giessen/Germany, tenured professor and director of Institute of Urban Development of East China Normal University in Shanghai, director of Center for Modern Chinese City Studies（Key Research Institute of humanities and social sciences under the Ministry of Education, PR China), director of Shanghai Collaborative Innovation Center for Urban Development (Shanghai University Key Think Tank), director of Center for Yangtze River Delta Regional Integration Development (Shanghai Social Science Research Base). He is also the regional Development Consultant for Shanghai Municipal People’s Government, Vice-president of Regional Science Association of China, board members of RSA China Branch, board members of Urban Planning Society of China. His main research directions are: enterprise network and industrial clusters, integration of industry-university-research and regional innovation, sustainability and regional development model.