Trained as a geographer and urban planner, Dr Zhang’s research focuses on the governance of urbanisation and urbanism in China.
Dr Zhang holds a PhD in Human Geography from the University of Manchester, a Master of Urban and Regional Planning from Peking University, and a Bachelor’s degree in Economic Geography from Sun Yat-sen University.
Prior to joining Yale-NUS, Dr Zhang worked as an Associate Lecturer in the Department of Geography at Manchester Metropolitan University. He also used to serve as a Research Assistant to Chair Professor Anthony Yeh in the Department of Urban Planning and Design at The University of Hong Kong before undertaking his PhD.
Recent publications:
Zhang Y. (2024). The scale question as an urban question: When state entrepreneurialism meets homo urbanicus. Transactions in Planning and Urban Research. https://doi.org/10.1177/27541223241301989
Zhang, Y. (2024). The partnership question as a scale question: Extending the theorization of entrepreneurial urbanism in China. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 48(5), 789-814. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-2427.13266
Wei, Q., & Zhang, Y. (2024). Vertical expansion in the making: Planning against deindustrialization by promoting “Industry’s Going Upstairs” in Shenzhen. Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space, 56(5), 1447-1461. https://doi.org/10.1177/0308518X241226889
