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Xuefeng Wang is currently an associate professor in planning in the Department of Urban Planning and Design at Xi’an Jiaotong – Liverpool University, Suzhou. Before moving to Suzhou, he had worked as a planning professional in China and the UK for many years. He moved back to academia in 2007 and has since been involved in teaching and research in planning and human geography. His research interests focus on urban and regional development, concerning the spatial patterns of urbanisation and their relations to the growth mode of economies, including questions of spatial planning and the concepts and theory of governance of urbanisation and regional development.

Xuefeng is recruiting postgraduate research students which leads to the award of Ph.D in the areas such as spatial planning, rural development, urbanisation (particularly the evolving trend of spatial patterns of rural-urban migrants in China), local and regional governance, etc. If you are interested in studying a Ph.D in these and related topics with Xuefeng, please get in touch. You can always reach him by email at: xuefeng.wang@xjtlu.edu.cn

A full PGR studentship is available on Land Property Rights and Rural Development in China.

Qualifications
- Learning, Teaching and Engaging Students (LTES), Newcastle University, UK - 2011
- PhD, Planning and Geography, Newcastle University, UK - 2009
- PGT European Spatial Planning Certificate, Newcastle University, UK - 2008
- MSc, Planning – Project Management, Northumbria University, UK - 2003
- Dpla Planning – Urban Development Administration, Chongqing University of Architecture & Engineering, China - 1986
Experience
- Lecturer in Economic Geography, Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies (CURDS), Newcastle University, UK, 2019 - 2020
- Coordinator of “1+1+1” Masters programmes (with Wuhan University, China), Newcastle University, UK, 2014 - 2020
- Co-Director of UK-China Joint Centre for Urban and Regional Studies (with Shanghai Jiaotong University, China), Newcastle University, UK, 2013 - 2020
- Special Advisor to the Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Business Manager (0.5 FTE) working on the formation of Xiamen Newcastle University College, Newcastle University, UK , 2013 - 2017
- Research Associate, CURDS, Newcastle University, UK, 2010 - 2019
- Research Assistant, CURDS, Newcastle University, UK, 2008 - 2010
- Advisor to ARUP (UK) on the project of Chenjia Town Eco-city Planning/Design project, Dongtan, Chongming Island, Shanghai and Wanzhuang Eco-city Planning/Design project, Langfang, Hebei, China, 2005 - 2006
- Advisor to Newcastle City Council, UK on the Chinese Ceremonial Arch Project, 2003 - 2005
- Vice General Manager, Henan Provincial Real Estate Development Company, 2000 - 2002
- Planning Officer, Vice-director of Planning Division, Department of Housing, Urban, and Rural Construction, Henan Province, China, 1986 - 2000
Research interests
- Xuefeng’s research interests focus on urban and regional development, concerning the spatial patterns of urbanisation and their relations to the growth mode of economies, including questions of spatial planning and with the concepts and theory of governance of urbanisation and regional development. This leads to two strands of work.
- The first is concerned with the concept and theory of the spatial pattern of urbanisation in the context of the new industrial development powered by innovation and technological advancement. Specifically, this work seeks to question and develop our understandings of relations between spatial patterns of urbanisation and structural change of industrialisation, the rapid emerging of new industries such as e-commerce, cultural and creative industries, and knowledge economy.
- The second strand of work focuses upon the evolving concept of governance of uneven development. This work specifically examines the institutional settings and policy (includes spatial planning) in the regional, national, and international context. In particular, this research seeks to question and widen our understandings of the relations between institutions and policy and the movement of labour and capital.
- The research builds upon close policy and institutional engagement and has informed local and regional urban development, governance, and policy for regional, national, and international institutions.
Articles
- Wang, X., Lim, K., Li., (forthcoming) Path creation through tourism in peripheral regions: The case of Danba county in Sichuan, China. Journal of Economic Geography
- Lim, K., Wang, X., (forthcoming) Domestic territorial politics as precondition of ‘Belt and Road Initiative’: the emergence of the China-EU transcontinental railway. Political Geography
- Wang, X., Liu, T., Geng, M., (forthcoming) Where do rural out-migrants go? The spatial patterns of migration and the implications to the next stage’s urbanisation policy in China. The Professional Geographer
- Li, L., Li, X., Hai, B., Wang, X. (corresponding author), Xu, J. (2020) Evolution of Rural Settlement in an Inland Nonmetropolitan Region of China at a Time of Rapid Urbanisation: the Case of Gongyi, Journal of Rural Studies, Vol. 79, pp45-56
- Wang, X., Tomaney, J. (2019) Zhengzhou – Political Economy of an Emerging Chinese Megacity, Cities, Vol. 84, pp104-111
- Wang, X. (2017) Green Belt and Road Initiative Will Take the Lead of Globalisation 4.0, Regional Economic Review, Vol. 29, Issue 6, pp14-16
- Wang, X. (2016) A New Era Brought by the Belt and Road Initiative, Regional Economic Review, Vol. 23, Issue 5, pp27-29
- Wang, X., Valance, P. (2015) The Engagement of Higher Education Institutions in Regional Development in China, Environment and Planning (C). Vol. 33, No.6, pp1657-1678
- Wang, X. (2014) China’s Local Public Finance in Transition, International Planning Studies, Vol. 19, Issue 1, pp99-101
- Zhang, ZC., Wang, X. (2014) Piketty’s Notion and Policy Orientation of New Approach to Urbanisation in China, Henan Science, Vol. 32, Issue 6, pp930-938
- Wang, X. (2013) The transferable lessons of new town development in the UK, China Urban Studies. Vol. 6, pp75-99
- Wang, X. (2012) How Can China Manage a More Sustainable Urbanisation, EU-China Observer (3), pp14-20
- Wang, X. (2011）Evolvement of Urbanisation Patterns in Developed Countries and Its Application to China. Areal Research and Development. Vol. 30, Issue 4, pp54-60
- Wang, X., Li, H., (2006) Examining Knowledge Management Factors in the Creation of New City: empirical evidence from Zhengdong New District, Zhengzhou, China. Journal of Technology Management in China, Vol. 1, Issue 3, pp243-261
Books, monographs, compilations and manuals
- Wang, X., Wang, GG. (forthcoming) New Approach to Urbanisation in the County Territory and Rural Revitalisation, Planning Press of China, Beijing
- Wang, X. (Under Review) Local and Regional Development in China
- Li, Y., Wang, X., Tian, D. (2018）Translation of Collections on Cultural and Creative Industries，Social Science Academic Press China, Beijing
- Wang, X. (2011) Local and Regional Development, Shanghai Hibooks, Shanghai. Authors: Andy Pike, Andres Rodriguez-Pose, John Tomaney (2007) Routledge, London.
Conference presentations
- 2018.11 Rural Land Reform and Rural Revitalisation, Keynote to China Association for Regional Economy Annual Conference, Bengbu, Anhui
- 2017.12 Mechanism of City Cluster Development and the Spatial Patterns of Urbanisation, Keynote to China Association for Regional Economy Annual Conference, Xiamen
- 2016.10 A New Era Brought by the Belt and Road Initiative, Keynote at Regional Studies Association China Conference, Zhengzhou
Grants
- 2019 – 2020, Cultural and Creative Industries: A UK-China innovation partnership, AHRC funded project, co-investigator, £20,000
- 2019 – 2020, The politics and purpose of the China-EU transcontinental railway: a preliminary investigation, Newcastle University Research Fund, co-investigator, £4,000
- 2018 – 2020, The New Approach to Urbanisation in County Territory and Rural Revitalisation, Henan Urban Green Development Council, principal investigator, RMB500k
- 2016 – 2019, Comparative Study of China-UK Cultural and Creative Industrial Development, Henan Provincial Special Researcher Fund, principal investigator, RMB300k
- 2015 – 2017, Adaptive Capacity, Resilience and Change: A Comparative Study of Local and Regional Development in Northern East England and Fujian Province, Xiamen-Newcastle Joint Strategic Partnership Fund, co-investigator, USD150k
- 2013 – 2015, Localism and Vertical Inequality: A comparative study of regional disparities in China and the UK, Newcastle University Innovative Fund, principal investigator, £6,500
- 2012 – 2016, Planning, Urban Management, and Heritage, EU FP7 Exchange Project, co-investigator, EUR400k
- 2012 – 2014, A Study of Coordinated Development of Agricultural Modernisation, Industrialisation, and Urbanisation, MoST, co-investigator, RMB300k
- 2012 – 2013, A New Approach to Local and Regional Development in the UK and China, ESRC, co-investigator, £19,260
- 2010 – 2011, Conceptualising the Central China Economic Region, commissioned by Henan Provincial Government, co-investigator, £152k
Professional service activities
- 2016 – 2019, Special Researcher, Henan Academy of Social Science, China
- 2016 – 2019, Associated Editor, Regional Economic Review (Chinese)
- 2015 – Visiting Researcher, Shanghai Jiaotong University
- 2013 – Visiting Researcher, Institute of spatial Planning and Regional Economy, National Development and Reform Commission
- 2012 – Member of Editorial Board, International Journal of Knowledge-Based Development
- 2010 – Reviewer for Regional Studies, Urban Studies, Environment and Planning C, Cities
Teaching activities
- UPD305 Final Year Project and Dissertation
- UPD202 Rural Planning
- UPD301 Planning Law and Governance
Courses taught
- GEO8018 Governance of Local and Regional Development
- GEO3114 Local and Regional Development
- APL3004 Chinese Cultural History and Urban Development
Professional memberships
- Fellow of Regional Studies Association

电话
+86 (0)51288973042
Email
Xuefeng.Wang@xjtlu.edu.cn
地址
EB406(SIP Campus-Engineering Building(EB))
Suzhou Dushu Lake Science and Education Innovation District
Suzhou Industrial Park
Suzhou
P.R.China
215123

Xuefeng WangPh.D

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