Rethinking Planning, Place, and Travel Behaviour for a Net Zero Future at Keynote Speech for 2025 International Environmental Education Conference, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Taipei, Taiwan, 2025)
Celebrating History, Shaping the Future of Rail Travel, by Invitation (Victoria Gallery Museum, Liverpool, 2025)
“Rethinking public transport systems: Scale-up proximity from people-centred perspectives in sustainable communities, cities and regions at International Bilateral Workshop "Springboard Programme" - Going Global Partnerships: Bilateral UK-France partnerships (Roxby Buildling, 2025)
Transborder and Cross-border Transportation: Connectivity, Accessibility, and Mobility at Quantifying border effects in Trans-European Transport Network: A simulation approach (Vienna, Austria, 2025)
Rethinking Transit-Oriented Development: Integration, Equity, Strategic Planning and Investment at Reshaping Socio-Economic Geography through Mass Rapid Transit: Longitudinal Evidence from Taipei (Birmingham UK, 2025)
Rethinking public transport systems through a vision of scalable proximity, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Wuhu China, 2025)
Rethinking public transport systems: Scale-up proximity from people-centred perspectives in sustainable communities, cities and regions (Roxby Building 6th Floor Conference Room, 2025)
SS04: Regional Rail and Infrastructural Regionalisms at Stuck on Infrastructure? Planning for the Transformative Effects of Transport Infrastructure (London, 2024)
HSR and Economic Growth at The Effect of High-Speed Rail on Inter-Regional Knowledge Sharing and Developing an Inter-Connected High-Tech Science Landscape in Taiwan’s Semiconductor Industry (Online, 2024)
Transportation networks over the long run at Rethinking borders in cross-border railways: from a geographic perspective (Dublin Ireland, 2024)
Geographies of High-Speed Rail at Understanding the complexity of making new tracks of high-speed rail in the UK: The case of HS2 and Northern England (Dublin, 2024)
Sustainable transit-oriented development (STOD): new perspectives and advances at Long-term evolution of transit-induced gentrification: Evidence from London. (Dublin Ireland, 2024)
Unpacking the complexity of making new tracks of high-speed rail: The case of HS2 planning disaster (Huddersfield, UK, 2024)
Rail-induced urban development (London, 2024)
2023 PGR Conference organisation SOES (Hilton Hotel Liverpool Central, 2023)
HSR: Competition vs Integration vs Inclusion at The 3rd HSR socioeconomic impacts Conference, International Railways Union (UIC)., by Invitation (Online, 2023)
Rethinking regional mobility: Modal interactions, social and territorial inequalities at Has high-speed rail reduced or widened regional inequalities- A comparative analysis? (Barcelona Spain, 2023)
Spatial Impacts of Transport Innovations at Has high-speed rail reduced or widened regional inequalities- A comparative analysis? (London, 2023)
‘High-speed rail development and regional cohesion in Europe’ at International Symposium on Disciplinary Development and Innovation of Transport Geography 2023, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Dalian, China, 2023)
‘Transit Oriented Development – Improving Urban Sustainability’, by Invitation (Taipei, Taiwan, 2023)
Editorships
Special Issue on "Journal of Transport Geography": Rethinking Transit-Oriented Development: Territorial restructuring, intermodality and governance (Executive Guest Editor, 2025 - 2027)
Special Issue on "Cities": Sustainable Transit-Oriented Development: New Perspectives and Advances (Executive Guest Editor (with Professor Richard Knowles), 2024 - 2026)
Journal of Transport Geography (Editorial Board Member, 2018 - present)
Journal: Built Environment; Theme: "Impacts of High-speed Rail: Hub, Linkages and Development" (Invited Guest co-editor of special issue, 2019 - 2020)
Edward Elgar's Handbook of Research in Contemporary China : "Transport and Urban Transformation in China" (Invited lead editor, 2016 - 2019)
Examination Roles
External Examiner for MSc Urban and Regional Planning (Joint Programme between University of Glasgow UK and Nankai University China, 2021-2026) (PGT, 2021 - 2026)
University of Westminster, External Examiner for MSc Transport Planning and Management (University of Westminster, 2019-2023) (PGT, 2019 - 2023)
University of Malta, MA Dissertation Non-Visiting External Examining (Darren Caruana, Institute of Climate Change and Sustainable Development, University of Malta, 2025) (PGT, 2025)
University of Malta, MA Dissertation Non-Visiting External Examining (Natalia Vella, Institute for Climate Change and Sustainable Development, University of Malta, 2023) (PGT, 2023)
PhD External Examining (Yi-Chen Huang, Robert Gordon University, April 2022) (2022)
PhD External Examining (Jeffrey Martin Howard, University of Westminster, November 2021) (2021)
University of Malta, MA Dissertation Non-Visiting External Examining (Ritianne Buhagiar, Institute for Climate Change and Sustainable Development, University of Malta, 2021) (PGT, 2021)
PhD External Examining (Shaoli Wang, Curtin University Australia, 2016) (2016)
Expert Opinions
International HSR expert panel for high-speed rail California consultation, Invited (University of California, Davis, 2022 - 2023)
Attended Public Bill Committee for oral evidence of research, Invited (Parliament of United Kingdom, 2013)
External Administrative or Committee Roles
Chair and Steering Committee Member of IGU Transport and Geography Commission (International Geographical Union, 2024 - 2028)
NWSSDTP Planning and Environment Pathway Lead (2022 - present)
Best Student Paper Award Review Panel, Invited (International Association for China Planning (IACP))
The RSA Award Committee, Invited (Regional Studies Association, 2018 - 2019)
Secretary and Steering Committee Member of IGU Transport and Geography Commission (2020 - 2024)
Vice Chair of IGU Transport and Geography Commission (2016 - 2020)
Grant Application Assessments
External Post-submission (Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), NWSSDTP, 2025)
External Post-submission (Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), NWSSDTP, 2024)
External Post-submission (University of California, Los Angeles, 2023)
Internal Post-submission (University of Liverpool, 2023)
External Post-submission (Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), North West Social Science Doctoral Training Partnership (NWSSDTP), 2023)
External Post-submission (Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), North West Social Science Doctoral Training Partnership (NWSSDTP), 2023)
Internal Post-submission (Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), North West Social Science Doctoral Training Partnership (NWSSDTP), 2023)
External Post-submission (Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), North West Social Science Doctoral Training Partnership (NWSSDTP), 2022)
External Post-submission (Research Grants Council (RGC), Hong Kong, 2022)
External Post-submission (Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), 2022)
Internal Administrative or Committee Roles
Interview panel member (Senior Lecturer/lecturer in Transportation Engineering) (Faculty, 2023)
Shortlisting panel member (Senior Lecturer/lecturer in Transportation Engineering) (Faculty, 2023)
UG Planning Applicant Additional Activities (ADD) (Department, 2023)