We encourage papers (written and presented in English) to engage with topics that offer pathways for understanding how heritage preservation can be leveraged for economic benefits while ensuring sustainability and cultural integrity. The theme can be approached from a variety of perspectives and approaches, including but not limited to the following:
Balancing economic development and heritage conservation
Development pressure and heritage conservation
Heritage preservation and social cohesion
Heritage preservation and sustainability
Building/rebuilding cultural infrastructures
Cultural heritage and a changing cityscape
Narratives of urban transformation
Community engagement in heritage conservation and urban growth
Heritage as a catalyst for cultural and creative economies
Measuring the economic impact of heritage preservation
Appearance and disappearance of urban cultural heritage
Development of heritage sites and community development
Technology and heritage: Innovations in preservation
Heritage tourism and sustainable economic models
Public-private partnerships in heritage conservation
Ethical transformation of heritage
Heritage policy, governance, and urban planning
Submission guidelines
Max 250 English words for individual paper abstracts
Max 300 English words for panel abstracts, in addition to 250 word abstracts for contributing papers
Please include the following information in your submitted abstract/panel proposal: name, title/position, email, institutional affiliation, and attendance mode (onsite encouraged)
PhD candidate scholarship applications
To encourage research in this area among young scholars, the organizing committee is pleased to announce three PhD candidate scholarships. The award will cover the conference fee, 3 nights’ accommodation, and any local cultural activities organised by the conference committee.
For those who hope their papers to be assessed for PhD Scholarships, you should submit a full paper not less than 6,000 words in English (excluding abstract and bibliography) on any subjects addressing the conference theme.
Full programme and collection of abstracts
A full programme and abstracts will be available near the time of the conference.
Planned outputs
A special issue with an international peer-reviewed leading academic journal
An edited volume with an international key humanities/social science publisher
We are happy to announce that one of our media/publishing partners for this conference is the Journal of Chinese Architecture and Urbanism.
We encourage papers (written and presented in English) to engage with topics that offer pathways for understanding how heritage preservation can be leveraged for economic benefits while ensuring sustainability and cultural integrity. The theme can be approached from a variety of perspectives and approaches, including but not limited to the following:
Submission guidelines
PhD candidate scholarship applications
To encourage research in this area among young scholars, the organizing committee is pleased to announce three PhD candidate scholarships. The award will cover the conference fee, 3 nights’ accommodation, and any local cultural activities organised by the conference committee.
For those who hope their papers to be assessed for PhD Scholarships, you should submit a full paper not less than 6,000 words in English (excluding abstract and bibliography) on any subjects addressing the conference theme.
Full programme and collection of abstracts
A full programme and abstracts will be available near the time of the conference.
Planned outputs
We are happy to announce that one of our media/publishing partners for this conference is the Journal of Chinese Architecture and Urbanism.