The USF will be holding its first Global Urban Debates panel discussion in Shanghai Jiao Tong University on Wednesday 29th May 2019. This panel debate will aim to discuss the future trends of urban studies from the Chinese perspective, as well as identifying key research questions and gaps for the coming decades. How will the current research approaches need to be adjusted to deal with these new challenges?
The discussions will be conducted through a question, answer and debate session moderated by USF Trustee Professor Jie Chen and ex-USF Trustee Professor Fulong Wu. All are welcome and the session will begin at 13:30 and run until 17:00. Please contact Dr Tingting Lu to attend at tingting.lu@sjtu.edu.cn
Panelists:
Professor Nick Gallent, Head of the Bartlett School of Planning, University College London
Professor Mark Partridge, Swank Chair in Rural-Urban Policy, The Ohio State University;
President of Regional Science Association International
Professor Shenjing He, China Editor of Urban Studies Journal; Department of Urban
Planning and Design, University of Hong Kong
Associate Professor Xiaoling Zhang, Department of Public Policy, City University of Hong
Kong
Dr. Zhi Liu, Director of Peking University-Lincoln Land Institute of Urban Development and
Land Policy
Professor Jiannan Wu, Deputy Director of China Institute for Urban Governance (CIUG) &
Professor of School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Professor Ming Lu, Executive Director of Shanghai Institute for National Economy (SHINE)
& Professor of Antai School of Economics and Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Moderators:
Professor Jie Chen, Trustee of Urban Studies Foundation (USF), School of International and
Public Affairs (SIPA) & China Institute for Urban Governance (CIUG), Shanghai Jiao Tong
University
Professor Fulong Wu, Former Trustee of Urban Studies Foundation (USF), Bartlett School of
Planning at University College London