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20202024

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Overview

I am an urbanist-planner who applies creatively mixed methods (i.e. interview, statistics, GIS) to explore socio-spatial relations between built enviornment and the disadvantaged groups (i.e. migrants, the elderly), particularly under rapid urban transitions (urbanization, post-industrial transition). 

Current research activities

Building Healthy and Sustainble Post-Industrial Cities in Europe: 3 Case Studies from Italy, Poland and Belgium

'Shiminhua': Rural-urban Migration under Rapid Urban Transition in Chinese Greater Bay Area 

The Educational City: How does Studentification and Transnational Education shaps Housing, Local Economics and Cityscapes

Current teaching activities and interests

I lead the following modules for BSc in Town Planning (Honours) programme: 

Introduction to Planning and Policy (Level 7) 

Introduction to GIS (Level 8)

Applied GIS and 3D Modelling (Level 9)

Law, Economics, and Management (Level 9) 

Applied Urban and Environmental Economics (Level 10)

I am Dissertation Coordinator for Work-Based Learning 4. 

I am willing to supervise students, including advising undergraduate and postgraduate dissertations in the following research areas:

Urban and Regional Economics

Geographical Information System (GIS) and Applications

Sustainble Cities and Communities

Mixed and Creative Research Methods

External positions

Treasurer, Urban Geography Research Group, Royal Geographical Society

1 Oct 202430 Sept 2027

Research Officer and CEO, CU-Urban Cluster Academic Ltd.

1 Sept 2021 → …

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