缅北禁地

Background

I am a human geographer and town planner interested in: 1) urban studies; 2) cultural studies; 3) environmental governance and 4) planning in China. Over the last few years I have developed a research programme which has investigated green urban branding, green politics, the Hanfu Movement, and environmental governance in China. Currently, I am working on a project on the Grand Canal in China. Specifically, I am interested in the role of the canal in urban environmental planning.

Qualifications and current roles

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 in APL. Furthermore, I am a climate change fellow working on the new MSc Leadership in Climate change and Sustainability in School X. I am also a senior tutor in School X. 

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 (Lead for Study Skills)

APL1002 Study Skills Session (Lead teacher)

TCP8034 Planning and Sustainability (Guest Lecturer) 

TCP3099 Dissertation (Supervisor)

SCX8000 Facing up to Climate Change: A multidisciplinary perspective (Module leader)

SCX8002 Professional Skills (Contributor)

Semester 2

TCP2036 The Global Course (Module Leader)

TCP7021 Spatial Strategies (Main contributor)

TCP8097 Green Infrastructure and Landscape Planning (Main contributor)

APL3004 Chinese Cultural History and Urban Development (Guest Lecturer)

TCP3099 Dissertation (Supervisor)

SCX8000 Facing up to Climate Change: A multidisciplinary perspective (Module leader)

SCX8002 Professional Skills (Contributor)

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. . Built Heritage 2025, 9, 68.
  • Law A, Qin Q. . Bulletin of the Costume Society Scotland 2024, 64.
  • Law A, Qin Q. . Sine. The Publication of the Scotland-China Association 2024, Summer 2024(1), 12-21.
  • Xu H, Gao J, Yu X, Wang C, Liu Y, Wen J, Qin Q. . Sustainability 2024, 16(8), 3436.
  • Xu H, Gao J, Yu X, Qin Q, Du S, Wen J. . Land 2024, 13(7), 1088.
  • Law A, Qin Q. . Journal of Current Chinese Affairs 2022, 52(2), 230-255.
  • Roe MH, Townshend T, Davies C, Ward Thompson C, Gulsrud NM, Qin Q. . Town and Country Planning 2018, 87(7).
  • Law A, Qin Q. . METU Journal of the Faculty of Architecture 2018, 35(2), 173-195.

• Book Chapters

  • Law A, Qin Q. . In: Emily Williams, Loredana Cesarino, ed. China from the Margins. New Narratives of the Past and Present. London: Routledge, 2025.
  • Qin Q, Law A. . 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. . WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment 2018, 217, 203-211.