Professional Activities
I. Academic Appointments
- Head, Department of Urban Planning and Design, The University of Hong Kong, Sept. 2021-present
- Associate Dean, Faculty of Architecture, The University of Hong Kong, Jan. 2020- Aug. 2021
- Professor, Department of Urban Planning and Design, The University of Hong Kong, Aug. 2018-present
- Associate Professor, Department of Urban Planning and Design, The University of Hong Kong, Jan. 2015 – Jul. 2018
- Professor, School of Geography and Planning, Sun Yat-Sen University, China, June 2012 – Dec. 2014
- Assistant Dean, School of Geography and Planning, Sun Yat-Sen University, China, August 2010 – Dec. 2014
- Associate Professor, School of Geography and Planning, Sun Yat-Sen University, China, September 2008 – May 2012
- Research Fellow, School of City and Regional Planning, Cardiff University, United Kingdom, September 2006 – September 2008
- Lecturer, School of Geography, University of Southampton, United Kingdom, February 2006 – June 2006
II. Journal Editorial Boards
- Editor, Urban Studies (Sage), 2012-present
- Associate Editor, Journal of Rural Studies, 2019-2020
- Scientific Committee Member, The Boletín de la Asociación de Geógrafos Españoles (AGE), the academic journal of the Association of Spanish Geographers, 2018-present
- Editorial Board Member, Asian Geographer (Taylor & Francis), 2017-present
- Editorial Board Member, Journal of Urban Affairs (Wiley Blackwell), 2015-present
- Editorial Board Member, Geography Compass (Wiley Blackwell), 2015-present
- Editorial Board Member, Area Development and Policy (Taylor & Francis), 2015- present
- Editorial Board Member, International Planning Studies (Taylor & Francis, London), 2011-present
- Editorial Board Member, Tropical Geography (China), 2013-2017
- Honorary Editor, Human Geography (China),2011-2012
III. Academic Services
- Chair, Asia Pacific Network for Housing Research, 2021- present
- Chair, China Geography Specialty Group, American Association of Geographers, 2020-2021
- Steering Committee Member, Asia Pacific Network for Housing Research, 2016 – 2021
- Steering Committee Member, Urban China Research Network, Brown University and State University of New York at Albany, 2016 – present
- Steering Committee Member, Urban Commission, International Geographical Union, 2016- present
- Steering Committee Member, Urban Commission, International Geographical Union, 2016- present
- Elected Member of the Board of Directors, International Association of China Planning, 2015-2019
- Committee member, Urban and Rural Governance and Policy Research Committee, Urban Planning Society of China, 2015 – present
- Secretary-General, Urban Geography Research Committee, Chinese Geographical Society, 2012-2017
- Committee member, Human Geography Research Committee, Chinese Geographical Society, 2009- 2014
- Academic adviser, Nanjing University Sino-France Research Centre, Beijing Branch, China, 2017-present
- Academic consultant, Urban Planning and Design Institute of Nanjing University, Beijing Branch, China, 2017- present
- Academic consultant, Jiangsu Province Institute of Urban Planning and Design, China, 2017-present
- Academic consultant, Guangzhou Urban Planning and Design, Survey Research Institute, China, 2017-present
