Professional activities
Conference Roles
- Judge for the IACP Urban Digital Transformation and Healthy City Paper Award, by Invitation (Xiamen, 2025)
- Waterfront Development International Conference 2025 (Liverpool, 2025)
- Reviewer for the 19th Annual Conference of the International Association for China Planning, by Invitation (Xiamen University, China, 2025)
- Scientific Committee member of the 32nd conference of International Seminar on Urban Form, by Invitation (Torino, Italy, 2025)
- Keynote Speaker in the International Urban Design Congress, Beauty and the Built Landscape Week, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Viterbo, Italy, 2025)
- the Feminist City Panel discussion led by the Heseltine Institute at Panelist on the Feminist City Panel, LCTCA International Women’s Day Conference, by Invitation (Ferry Terminal, Liverpool, 2025)
- Reviewer for the 18th Annual Conference of the International Association for China Planning, by Invitation (Hangzhou, 2024)
- Keynote speaker in the conference 'Land rights and spatial governance: the 7th Joint Forum on Land use policy by SSCI Journal', Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Hangzhou, 2023)
- Scientific Committee member of the 30th ISUF conference, by Invitation (Belgrade, Serbia, 2023)
- Chair of a plenary session of oral presentation, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Łódź Kraków, Poland, 2022)
- Scientific Committee member of the 28th International Seminar on Urban Form, by Invitation (Glasgow, 2021)
Editorships
- Journal of Urban Management (Co-Editor-in-Chief, 2026 - present)
- Journal of Urban Management (Executive Editor, 2018 - 2026)
- Journal of Chinese Architecture and Urbanism (Editorial (Advisory) Board Member, 2018 - present)
Examination Roles
- Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom, PhD examination (2026)
- University of Strathclyde, PhD Examination (2025)
- University of Liverpool, PhD examination (2025)
- Oxford Brookes University, PhD examination (2025)
- University of Sheffield, PhD examination (2024 - 2025)
- University College London, PhD examination (2024)
- Lancaster University, PhD examination (2024)
- University of Sheffield, PhD examination (2023)
- University of Nottingham, PhD examination (2023)
- University of Huddersfield, PhD examination (2022)
- University of Nottingham, PhD examination (2022)
- Victoria University of Wellington, PhD examination (2021 - 2022)
- University of Nottingham, MArch Sustainable Urban Design (PGT, 2021)
- University of Auckland, PhD examination (2022)
- University of Nottingham, MArch Sustainable Urban Design (PGT, 2020)
- University of Huddersfield, PhD examination (2020 - 2021)
- Massey University, PhD examination (2020)
- University of Sheffield, PhD examination (2019)
- University of Liverpool, PhD examination (2019)
- University of Nottingham, MArch Sustainable Urban Design (PGT, 2019)
- National University of Singapore, PhD examination (2018 - 2019)
- University of Nottingham, MArch Sustainable Urban Design (PGT, 2017 - 2018)
- University of Sheffield, PHD examination (PhD, 2017 - 2018)
- University of Auckland, MPlan Examination (MPhil, 2017 - 2018)
- University of Nottingham, MArch Sustainable Urban Design (PGT, 2016 - 2017)
- University of Sheffield, PHD examination (PhD, 2016 - 2017)
- University of Huddersfield, PhD examination (2013 - 2014)
- University of Strathclyde, PhD examination (2012 - 2013)
- University of Aruckland, MPlan examination (MPhil, 2011 - 2012)
External Administrative or Committee Roles
- Director of the European Chapter of the International Association of China Planning (2021 - 2025)
- Peer Review College member of Arts and Humanities Research Council, Invited (2022 - 2028)
Internal Administrative or Committee Roles
- Director of Postgraduate Research, School of the Arts (School / Institute, 2024 - 2027)
- EDI academic lead in the School of the Arts (School / Institute, 2020 - 2023)
- Deputy Head of the School of Architecture (Department, 2020)
- Research group lead for Urban Form and Social Space (Department, 2019 - present)
- Internationalisation lead of the School of the Arts (School / Institute, 2015 - 2018)
- International Exchange Coordinator in the School of Architecture (Department, 2012 - 2015)
Professional Body Memberships
- International Seminar on Urban Form (Member)
- International Association for People-Environment Studies (Member)
- International Association for China Planning (Member)