Staff Profile

Background

I am a human geographer and town planner interested in urban and environmental governance in China. Over the last few years I have developed a research programme which has investigated green urban branding, green politics and environmental governance in China. Currently, I am working on a project on upcycling and DIY amongst young people in China.

Qualifications

My first degree was in Human Geography and Planning at Shanghai Normal University (Shanghai, China). I then did a masters in Urbanization and Development at the London School of Economics (LSE). Currently, I teach planning and geography based modules in the school of APL. 

Languages

I am a native Mandarin speaker and I am fluent in English. 

My main research interest in contempopray Chinese urban space and politics in urban development. 

Funded Research Projects:

      Urban National Parks Project (funded by Catherine Cookson Foundation , PI: Maggie Roe) 

Period: October 2017 to March 2018, duration of work: 15 weeks 

The Hanfu Project (funded by British Council of Art; PI: Dr. Andrew Law)

 Period: July 2015 to September 2015

I am currently contributing to the following modules: 

Semester 1 

TCP1027 Shaping Towns and Cities (Study skills Session Tutor)

APL1002 Study Skills Session (Lead teacher)

TCP8034 Planning and Sustainability (Guest Lecturer) 

TCP3099 Dissertation (Supervisor)

Semester 2

TCP2036 The Global Course (Module Leader)

TCP7021 Spatial Strategies (Main contributor)

APL3004 Chinese Cultural History and Urban Development (Guest Lecturer)

TCP3099 Dissertation (Supervisor) 

Other modules that I have contributed to in the past: 

TCP2035 Study Trip (Key organizer of the China Trip)

TCP3061 Contemporary Planning Issues (Course Organizer)

TCP2034 Urban Design: How Public is Public Space?  (Guest Lecturer)

TCP3054 Planning Theory and Politics (Guest Lecturer)

TCP2030 Urban Poverty: A Global Perspective  (Seminar Teacher)

• Articles

  • Law A, Qin Q. Reflexive Han-Ness, Narratives of Moral Decline, Manchurian Subjects and “Mass” Societal Others: A Study of the Hanfu Movement in the Cities of Beijing, Chengdu, Shanghai, Wuhan, and Xi’an. Journal of Current Chinese Affairs 2022, 52(2), 230-255.
  • Roe MH, Townshend T, Davies C, Ward Thompson C, Gulsrud NM, Qin Q. Urban National Parks or National Park Cities?. Town and Country Planning 2018, 87(7).
  • Law A, Qin Q. Searching for economic and cosmopolitan roots: the historical discourse of “Hankou Merchant Port Nostalgia” in the central Chinese city of Wuhan 武汉. METU Journal of the Faculty of Architecture 2018, 35(2), 173-195.

• Book Chapter

  • Qin Q, Law A. The Case of the North Lake (Beihu) Ecological New Town in Jining, Shandong: Discourses of Class, Taste, Luxury Consumption and ‘Conduct’. In: Abdulai, RT; Azuah, KGB, ed. Sustainable Real Estate in the Developing World. Emerald Publishing Limited, 2021, pp.83-114.

• Review

  • Townshend T, Roe M, Davies C, Qin Q. National Park City: Salutogenic city?. WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment 2018, 217, 203-211.