Ruoxi Wang is an applied economist specialising in cultural economics, cultural policy and the creative industries. She is the 2026 Research Fellow with the Strategic National Arts Alumni Project (SNAAP) and a Research Fellow at the Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre.

Her current research interests include creative labour markets and inequality, higher education in the creative sector, cultural policy, and the impact of technological change on creative work. She received her PhD in Economics from Macquarie University. She previously held a postdoctoral position at the University of Sheffield and co-authored the Creative PEC State of the Nations research series.