Personal profile
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 2024 → 30 Sept 2027
Research Officer and CEO, CU-Urban Cluster Academic Ltd.
1 Sept 2021 → …
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Urban environments’ impacts on aging in post-industrial cities: reviewing the pathways to healthy aging
Zhao, H., Spada, M. & Bortone, I., 10 Sept 2025, In: Frontiers in Medicine. 12, 17 p., 1613587.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Aggravated uncertainties, researcher resilience, and ambiguous positionality doing fieldwork in China amid COVID-19 pandemic
Zhao, H. & Bao, W., 31 Dec 2024, In: International Journal of Qualitative Methods. 23, 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Chinese migration, diaspora, and mobility
Abreu, M. & Zhao, J., 15 Jan 2024, In: Regional Science Policy and Practice. 15, 9, p. 1891-1892 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial
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THE MIGRANT’S PARADOX: Street Livelihoods and Marginal Citizenship in Britain: By SUZANNE M. HALL. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2021; xx and 217 pp.; ills. biblio. index. $27.00 (paper), ISBN 9781517910501; $27.00 (eBook), ISBN 9781452964997
Zhao, H., 2 Dec 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Geographical Review. 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Understanding Shiminhua in Chinese Greater Bay Area: internalizing urban identity and negotiating place attachment
Zhao, H., 15 Jan 2024, In: Regional Science Policy and Practice. 15, 9, p. 1956-1979 24 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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