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Professor He, Shenjing 何深靜

Title:
Head, Department of Urban Planning and Design
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Professor He, Shenjing 何深靜

Title:
Head, Department of Urban Planning and Design
Professor

Professional Qualifications
YearAwarding InstitutionQualification
1999Nanjing UniversityBS
2002Nanjing UniversityMSc
2006University of SouthamptonPhD
Biography

Shenjing He is Associate Professor in the Department of Urban Planning and Design at The University of Hong Kong. Prior to joining HKU in 2015, she was Associate Professor and Professor at the School of Geography and Planning, Sun Yat-sen University (2008-2014); Visiting Scholar at the Harvard Graduate School of Design (2014); and Research Fellow at the School of Planning and Geography, Cardiff University (2006-2008). She is currently the Chinese editor of Urban Studies(SAGE), and a member of the international editorial advisory board of International Planning Studies (Routledge) and Area Development and Policy (Taylor and Francis).

Shenjing’s primary research interests focus on urban redevelopment/gentrification, housing differentiation and socio-spatial inequality, rural-urban migration and urban poverty. She has published more than sixty journal articles and book chapters in English and Chinese, including papers inAntipode, Current Anthropology, Environment and Planning A, Housing Studies,International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Population, Space and Place, Social & Cultural Geography, Urban Geography, Urban Studies etc. She is the co-author of “Urban Poverty in China” (Edward Elgar, 2010), co-editor of “Locating Right to the City in the Global South” (Routledge, 2013), and “Urban living: Mobility, sociability, and wellbeing” (Springer, forthcoming). She is also the lead guest editor of several special issues for Environment and Planning A (2012),Urban Studies (forthcoming) and Urban Geography (forthcoming).

 
Honours, Awards & Prizes
AwardeesAward DateHonours / Awards / PrizesCategory
2023-10-03Ashby Prize
Research Achievement
Wang, DR
2019-08-01Shortlisted For The Academic Category Of The Royal Town Planning Institute Awards For Research Excellence 2019: Royal Town Planning Institute
Research Achievement
2022-02-01Strategic Public Policy Research (SPPR) project entitled “Promoting HK Residents’ Cross-border Healthcare Utilization and Cross-border Mobility in the Greater Bay Area: Recent Priorities and Long-term Policy Framework”(Project Number: S2021.A8.027.21S), with a funding amount of HK$3,910,052.90, project period: May, 2022-May 2025.: HKU LKS Faculty of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University and Peking University
Research Achievement
Tang, SS
2021-09-01Towards Sustainable and Inclusive Conservation and Revitalisation in Hing Chun Yeuk Seven Villages, Kuk Po and Fung Hang, Hong Kong: the Countryside Conservation Funding Scheme, Environmental Protection Department
Research Achievement
2020-08-01Features and Evolution Mechanism of Rural Gentrification in Shanghai Suburbs from the Perspective of Urban-rural Integration: Shanghai Social Science Grant (Shanghai Planning Office of Philosophy and Social Sciences, No. 2020ECK001) RMB 60,000, 08/2020 – 08/2022
Research Achievement
YAN, Xiang
2021-07-01PhD Thesis Fellowship: Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Teaching Accomplishment
2021-09-01Award of Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS): Academy of Social Sciences
Research Achievement
2020-04-01Listed by Elsevier in 2020 as one of the most cited researchers in mainland China, for six consecutive years. The data source Elsevier used was from Scopus that includes publications in English and citations worldwide.: Elsevier
Research Achievement
2018-07-01HKU Scholars in the Top 1%: Essential Science Indicators (ESI)
Research Achievement
2019-02-01Listed by Elsevier in 2019 as one of the most cited researchers in mainland China ( social sciences). The data source Elsevier used was from Scopus which tracks publications in international journals and citations worldwide.: Elsevier
Research Achievement
2015-02-01listed by Elsevier in 2015 as one of the most cited researchers in mainland China (ranked No. 9 among social scientists). The data source Elsevier used was from Scopus which tracks publications in international journals and citations worldwide.: Elsevier
Research Achievement
2016-02-012016 Lincoln Institute China Program International Fellowship: Lincoln Institute
Research Achievement
2016-02-01listed by Elsevier in 2016 as one of the most cited researchers in mainland China (ranked No. 13 among social scientists). The data source Elsevier used was from Scopus which tracks publications in international journals and citations worldwide.: Elsevier
Research Achievement
2017-07-01The First Prize, Excellent Published Papers In Urban Geography: Urban Geography Committee, Chinese Geographical Society
Research Achievement
2017-12-01HKU Scholars in the Top 1%: Essential Science Indicators (ESI)
Research Achievement
2017-02-01Listed by Elsevier in 2017 as one of the most cited researchers in mainland China (ranked No. 13 among social scientists). The data source Elsevier used was from Scopus which tracks publications in international journals and citations worldwide.: Elsevier
Research Achievement
2018-02-01Listed by Elsevier in 2018 as one of the most cited researchers in mainland China ( social sciences). The data source Elsevier used was from Scopus which tracks publications in international journals and citations worldwide.: Elsevier
Research Achievement
2016-07-01HKU Scholars in the Top 1%: Essential Science Indicators (ESI)
Research Achievement
Professional Societies
Term PeriodPositionProfessional Societies
2023Co-Editor-in-ChiefArea Development and Policy
2020-ChairAsia Pacific Network for Housing Research
2023-Editorial BoardTerritory Politics Governance
2022Co-DirectorUrban China Research Network
2023-Editorial BoardInternational Journal of Housing Policy
2019-2020Associate EditorJournal of Rural Studies
2016-Steering Commitee MemberAsia Pacific Network for Housing Research
2011-Editorial Board memberInternational Planning Studies
2015-Editorial Board memberArea Development and Policy
2015-2019Board of Directors memberInternational Association for China Planning
2012-2016Secretary GeneralUrban Geography Research Committee, Chinese Geographical Society
2015-2022Editorial Board memberGeography Compass
2016-Steering Commitee MemberInternational Geographical Union
2012-EditorUrban Studies
2015-Steering Commitee MemberUrban China Research Network
2015-2020Editorial Board memberJournal of Urban Affairs
2020-2021ChairChina Specialty Group of American Association of Geographers
2018-Asia/Pacific Rim Track Committee member2019 Urban Affairs Association Conference
2018-Scientific Committee memberThe Boletín de la Asociación de Geógrafos Españoles
2017-Editorial BoardAsian Geographer
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Area of Expertise:
Area of Expertise (EN)Area of Expertise (ZH)
Urban redevelopment / gentrification
Rural-urban migration and urban poverty
Rural-urban migration and informal housing
Policy mobility and entrepreneurial urbanism
Neighbourhood governance
Housing differentiation and socio-spatial inequality
Health geography
Spoken Languages:
Spoken Language(s) (EN)Spoken Language(s) (ZH)
English, Putonghua英語、普通話
English, Cantonese, Putonghua英語、粵語、普通話
Written Languages:
Written Language(s) (EN)Written Language(s) (ZH)
English, Chinese英文、中文
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