Dr Yunqing Xu joined the Department of Urban Planning and Design since 2013. She is also the Director for University Research Centre for Urban and Environmental Studies (UES). https://www.xjtlu.edu.cn/en/research/research-centres/ues/ She got her PhD in real estate management from Oxford Brookes University, UK. Previous work experience include international organisation (UN-HABITAT headquarter in Kenya, Africa), university visiting lecturer (Oxford Brookes and Northumbria), senior research consultant for property companies (Winkworth Franchising, UK and Zerstart, China). Her expertise lies in planning and property development, land and housing policies, property-led urban (re)development, discretionary planning, sustainable and livable cities. Dr Xu also serves as procurement selective review expert for Suzhou government.She welcomes enquiries for PhD supervision in the below areas of research interests.

Urban planning and property development; discretionary planning; transfer of development rights

Incentive-based urban regeneration; property-led urban (re)development; sustainable city and assessment

Enclave economy; regional coordinated development; knowledge transfer

Housing and livability; housing policies; land and housing market

Lecturer, Department of Urban Planning and Design, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU) - 2013

Senior Research Consultant, Winkworth Franchising Ltd. - 2013 to 2014

Visiting Lecturer, Faculty of Engineering and Environment, Northumbria University, Newcastle, UK - 2012 to 2013

Vice President Director of Low Carbon and Sustainable Development, Chinese Built Environment Experts (C-BEEs) - 2012 to Present

Researcher, United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), Nairobi, Kenya - 2011 to 2012

Committee Member, Public Relations Officer, Chinese Property Professionals Society (CPPS), UK - 2009 to 2010

Programme Manager, Oxford Cultural Exchange Centre (OCEC), Oxford, UK - 2009 to 2011

Director and Principle Trainer, Zerstart Vocational Training School, Suzhou, China - 2006 to 2008

UPD315 Planning Practice Studio

UPD106 Issues and Practice of Planning in China II

UPD105 Urban and Environmental Economics

UPD311 Planning and Property Development

UPD310 International Planning Studies

UPD305 Final Year Project and Dissertation Supervision

UPD409 Master Dissertation Supervision

2023, Third Prize of Kaifeng Municipal Government Decision Research Project Award, research report on integrated development of health, tourism and culture

2022, Second Prize of the 2021 Jiangsu Social Science Applied Research Outstanding Project Award, book publication on Future Suzhou

2017, The Second prize of The Third Outstanding Achievement Award of Applied Social Science Projects, Publicity Department of CPC Suzhou Municipal Committee.

2016, The Third Paper Prize of the 10th Chinese Real Estate Academic Symposium, China Institute of Real Estate Appraisers and Agents (CIREA) and Chinese Real Estate Scholars Association