Between place and platform: The digitally-mediated restructuring of rural Korea and China

Original language	English
Journal	International Journal of Urban Sciences
Publication status	Submitted - 2026

Projects

Projects per year 2025 2025 2026 2027

• 2 Active

Projects per year

• Digitalisation, rural migration, and the revitalisation of rural society in China

  Ren, Y. (PI), Yang, X. (CoI) & Esteban, V. (CoI)

  29/01/26 → 29/01/27

  Project: Collaborative Research Project

  • Restructuring 100%
  • IT Infrastructure 66%
  • Scale Development 50%
  • Rural Development 50%
  • China 50%

• Smart city in the making: how urban entrepreneurialism exploits and harnesses digital platforms in China?

  Ren, Y. (PI)

  1/01/25 → …

  Project: Internal Research Project

  • Urban Entrepreneurialism 100%
  • Digital Platform 100%
  • Smart City 100%
  • China 100%

Research output

Research output per year 2025 2025 2026 2026

• 2 Article

Research output per year

Research output per year

• Digital platform-driven rural revitalisation: The evolving entrepreneurial roles of local state

  Ren, Y., Liu, H. & Mora, L., 2026, (Submitted) In: Journal of Rural Studies.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Entrepreneurial local-state driven rural e-commerce development: Evidence from less-developed rural West China

  Ren, Y., Jun 2025, In: Cities. 166, 106188

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Rural Development 100%
  • Private Sector 33%
  • IT Infrastructure 33%
  • Regional Development 33%
  • Information Asymmetry 33%

Activities

Activities per year 2025 2025 2026 2026

• 3 Invited talk
• 1 Participating in an event e.g. a conference, workshop, …
• 1 Presentation at conference/workshop/seminar

Activities per year

• 2026 Sino-UK Symposium on Rural Geography and Spatial Planning

  Ren, Y. (Participant)

  24 Jul 2026

  Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participating in an event e.g. a conference, workshop, …

  File

• Smart city in the making: how state entrepreneurialism exploits and harnesses digital platforms in China?

  Ren, Y. (Speaker)

  21 May 2026 → 22 May 2026

  Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk

• E-commerce, rural entrepreneurialism, and the restructuring of rural society in China

  Ren, Y. (Invited speaker)

  29 Oct 2025

  Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk

  File

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Kim, K., & Ren, Y. (2026). Between place and platform: The digitally-mediated restructuring of rural Korea and China. Manuscript submitted for publication.

Kim, Kon ; Ren, Yitian. / Between place and platform: The digitally-mediated restructuring of rural Korea and China. In: International Journal of Urban Sciences. 2026.

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Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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