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• Conducted critical thematic research on urban regeneration, housing, urban population structure, public space, industrial development, and future communities based on desk research, expert interviews and data analysis, with key findings published in magazines, books, and gallery exhibitions;• Provided consulting support for urban projects from local governments, real-estate developers, and urban planning firms, including small-town urban renewal initiatives, urban marketing strategies… Show more • Conducted critical thematic research on urban regeneration, housing, urban population structure, public space, industrial development, and future communities based on desk research, expert interviews and data analysis, with key findings published in magazines, books, and gallery exhibitions;• Provided consulting support for urban projects from local governments, real-estate developers, and urban planning firms, including small-town urban renewal initiatives, urban marketing strategies, and urban development plans. Show less

• Contributed to various research projects, including the evolution of urban dynamics and big-data based identification of urban dynamic areas in megacities, strategic analysis for establishing Shanghai’s five development centres, a statistical overview of Yangtze River Delta city region, and the cultivation of robust industrial chains; • Performed statistical and spatial data analyses for various urban projects;• Designed a one-click automated Python program to perform weekly searches… Show more • Contributed to various research projects, including the evolution of urban dynamics and big-data based identification of urban dynamic areas in megacities, strategic analysis for establishing Shanghai’s five development centres, a statistical overview of Yangtze River Delta city region, and the cultivation of robust industrial chains; • Performed statistical and spatial data analyses for various urban projects;• Designed a one-click automated Python program to perform weekly searches for up-to-date planning-related news, extract and summarise key information via OpenAI API, and generate visual-friendly pdf reports. Show less

• Assisted in developing Inclusive and Sustainable Urban Regeneration Guidelines by analysing key UN-Habitat Projects, structuring modules and methods, and developing participatory regeneration tools.• Assisted in the development of an indicator framework for assessing spatial inequality within cities, in collaboration with UN-Habitat Colombia Office team. Main tasks included reviewing similar initiatives, indicator selection, and framework building and test;• Carried out… Show more • Assisted in developing Inclusive and Sustainable Urban Regeneration Guidelines by analysing key UN-Habitat Projects, structuring modules and methods, and developing participatory regeneration tools.• Assisted in the development of an indicator framework for assessing spatial inequality within cities, in collaboration with UN-Habitat Colombia Office team. Main tasks included reviewing similar initiatives, indicator selection, and framework building and test;• Carried out cross-disciplinary research between urban regeneration and topics of housing, cultural heritage, transport, migration, and climate change, contributing to official reports, and publications;• Contributed in establishing a project database to track and analyse urban regeneration efforts across UN-Habitat partner cities and prepared communication materials for web stories and social media posts. Show less

• Assisted in several planning and regeneration projects in Suzhou, including old town regeneration, village redevelopment, boulevard redesign, via site inspections, field surveys, baseline analysis, planning strategies development, master planning, client communication, and public consultation;• Applied GIS tools for quantitative consulting and analysis works for sub-governments, on underground land use, public facilities, commuting corridor, and spatial database establishment to support… Show more • Assisted in several planning and regeneration projects in Suzhou, including old town regeneration, village redevelopment, boulevard redesign, via site inspections, field surveys, baseline analysis, planning strategies development, master planning, client communication, and public consultation;• Applied GIS tools for quantitative consulting and analysis works for sub-governments, on underground land use, public facilities, commuting corridor, and spatial database establishment to support urban policy-making;• Supported research on topics of culture-led tourism development, the nexus of development and conservation in Suzhou’s old town, etc. Show less

Research Assistant of National Natural Science Foundation of China Project (NSFC 51808451) ‘Elderly-friendly Environment Making during Rapid Urbanisation—Longitudinal Empirical Study of the Impact of Built-Environment on Health’- Conducted on-site and household questionnaire surveys, collected over 2000 samples in 2019 and 400 further follow-ups in 2020 and 2021 respectively;- Investigated the quality of physical built environment of 5 urban relocation neighbourhoods and 6… Show more Research Assistant of National Natural Science Foundation of China Project (NSFC 51808451) ‘Elderly-friendly Environment Making during Rapid Urbanisation—Longitudinal Empirical Study of the Impact of Built-Environment on Health’- Conducted on-site and household questionnaire surveys, collected over 2000 samples in 2019 and 400 further follow-ups in 2020 and 2021 respectively;- Investigated the quality of physical built environment of 5 urban relocation neighbourhoods and 6 rural villages in Wujiang District, Suzhou, by key indicator matrix including ‘5Ds’, public space vitality and street safety;- Carried out mental mapping, walk-along interviews and focus groups involving local authorities, experts and residents to qualitatively interpret the elderly’s perceptions and adaptations towards the built environment; - Applied MOHAWk tool to examine well-being related behavioural changes after COVID-19 pandemic, and conducted observations and analysis based on 216 hours of video in 9 chosen open spaces in resettlement neighbourhoods, with the baseline in October 2019 and follow-up in October 2020. Show less