"Education without boundaries." — Analects of Confucius
有教無類。《論語 衛靈公第十五》
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Teaching Philosophy: Inclusive and creative pedagogies that create active learning experience in varies setting-ups: large-class lecture, small-class seminar, and urban studies fieldtrips.
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Qualification: I am an Associate Fellow of UK AdvanceHE and also qualified for the Recognising Excellence in Teaching Scheme in Scotland, both aligned with the UK Professional Standard Framework 2023 (UKPSF). I am working on my AdvanceHE Fellowship via the PGCAP course.
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Esteemed Guest Speaker: I have been frequently invited as a guest speaker for external guest lectures, conference presentations by esteemed institutions such as University of Oxford, as well as invited as discussant or to conduct master class in UK and abroad.
Postgraduate Students Supervision
I have successfully supervised 17 postgraduate dissertations to completion at Cambridge and Glasgow. I was nominated a 'Best Dissertation Supervisor' in the Student-Led Teaching Award at University of Glasgow.
The list of the completed dissertations titles are as follows:
P. Guo (2021-2022, 2nd-supervisor). Affordable Housing in Chinese Greater Bay Area. MPhil Planning, Growth, Regeneration. University of Cambridge.
MSc City Planning & Real Estate Development, University of Glasgow
J. Liu (2022-2023). State-led Gentrification: A Case Study of Guangzhou.
S. Cen (2022-2023). Summary of Experience and Suggestion on the Construction and Operation of Taizhou Rail transit Project: The Case Study of Wanchang Station
T. Dodsworth (2022-2023). Community Asset Transfer: A Review of the Process in the Case of Kinning Park Complex, Glasgow
S. H. Fong (2022-2023).Housing Problems and Governance Faliure and Injustice: Examing Two Policies in Hong Kong
X. Zhuang (2022-2023). The Relation between Land Finance and Housing Prices: A Case Study of China
Y. Wu (2022-2023). Affective Factors on Housing Price in China
Y. Pan (2022-2023). The Future of China's Eastern Coastal Property Development
Y. Dong (2022-2023). The Impact of the Climate Change on UK Real Estate Market - A Systematic Literature Review
K. Zhu (2022-2023). The Impact of Ageing on Market Price of Housing: The Example of Shanghai
S. Liu (2022-2023). The Impact of the Suppy of Residential Mortgages on Housing Prices and Housing Supply
MSc Public Policy & Management (Co-organised with Adam Smith Business School)
Y. Yu (2022-2023). Are Chinese Living Harder? A Mix-method Study of the Rental Crisis among Students in Glasgow
S. Xiong (2022-2023). Implementing Housing Policy in Hong Kong: Challenges and Solutions
Y. Wang (2022-2023). The Residential Satisfaction of Rural to Urban Migrants Workers in China - A Systematic Literature Review
Y. Jiang (2022-2023). The Influencing Factors of Public Participation in Affordable Housing Policy: A Case Study of Zhengzhou, China
C. Xue (2022-2023).The Implementation of Joint Ownership Housing (JOH) Policy in Shanghai: The Case Study of Jing'an District
Y. Zhou (2022-2023). The Causal Relation between Urban Green Space and Housing Prices from 2012 to 2021: Evidence from Central Urban Area of Chongqing
Invited Talks & Presentations
International Conference Presentation. ‘Weaving the past, the present, and the future: a paean for a daily-access-approach to healthier post-industrial cities.’ Urban Transitions Conference 2024 by Elsevier. 5-7 November 2024. Barcelona, Spain.
International Conference Presentation. ‘Global Campuses with Chinese characteristics’: A Study on China’s Joint Venture University (JVU) campuses’ 35th International Geographical Congress. 28 August 2024. Dublin, Ireland.
Invited Guest Lecture. ‘Cambridge: Planning of an Entrepreneurial and Educational city.’ For Chongqing University visitors at West Hub, University of Cambridge. 13 August 2024. Cambridge, UK.
Invited Guest Lecture. ‘Sustainable Development for Cities and Communities.’ For Yunnan Agricultural University International College visitors at the Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge. 17 July 2024. Cambridge, UK.
Discussant. Regional Studies Association Winter Conference 2023. ‘Cities and Regions of Tomorrow: Towards Better Regional Futures’. Global Migration Session. 9 -10 November 2024. London, UK.
Seminar Discussion Lead ‘Youth Unemployment in China’. Scottish Centre for China Research. 4 October 2023. Glasgow, UK.
Invited Guest Lecture ‘Essentials of Qualitative Analysis: Using NVivo to Analyse Data in Migration Research’. Global Studies Programme, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen. 19 October 2023. Shenzhen, China.
Conference Presentation ‘Governing Rural-urban Migrants in Transitional Region.’ Paradigm shifts in local and urban governance. International Geographical Union Conference. 5 September 2023. Budapest, Hungary.
Invited Guest Lecture.‘Setting the Ground: Analysing Focus Group Discussion and Semi-Structured Interview Data in Migration Studies.’ Oxford Chinese Families Research Group. University of Oxford China Centre. 24 August 2023. Oxford, UK.
Discussant.The 2nd China in Social Sciences Conference (ChiNESS). ‘Emerging Research from the North of England’. Panel 3: Migration and Everyday Life. 21 June 2024. University of Sheffield, UK.
Conference Presentation. ‘Rural-Urban Migrant Children in Times of Entangled COVID-19 Crisis: A Case Study of Torch Community in Xinqiao Village.’ National Centre of Competence in Research –The Migration-Mobility Nexus. 11 July 2024. Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
Conference Presentation ‘Shiminhua: The Urbanisation of China’s Rural-Urban Migrants – A Case Study of Greater Bay Area of China’. Regional Science Association International Annual Conference, University of Stirling. 4 July 2022. Stirling, UK.
Early Career Researcher Workshop Presentation. ‘The Urbanisation of China’s Rural-Urban Migrants’. Manchester China Institute (MCI), University of Manchester. 17 May 2022. Manchester, UK.
Early Career Research Conference Presentation. ‘Shiminhua: The Urbanisation of China’s Rural-Urban Migrants – A Case Study of Greater Bay Area of China’ 2022 Cambridge Land Economy Early Career Research Conference. 9 May 2022. Cambridge, UK.
Early Career Research Workshop Presentation. ‘Shiminhua: The Urbanisation of China’s Rural-Urban Migrants – A Case Study of Greater Bay Area of China’. Pembroke Workshop on Chinese Migration, Diaspora and Mobility, University of Cambridge. 20 April 2022. Cambridge, UK.
Seminar Presentation ‘Doing fieldwork in Greater Bay Area: Initial Findings.’ Innovation Centre, Sun Yat-sen University. 5 May 2021. Guangzhou, China.
Seminar Presentation. ‘Integration of Migrant: Theories, Concepts and Frameworks.’ Cambridge Centre for the Study of Global Human Movement. 15 April 2020. Cambridge, UK.
Seminar Presentation‘The Genesis of Global Theories of Migration.’ Cambridge Chinese Migration Studies Group Seminar I. Hughes Hall Cambridge. 15 December 2019. Cambridge, UK.