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Overview
Qualifications
MSc Economic Geography, Henan University, China, 2015
BSc International Economics and Trade, Hubei University, China, 2011
Research
I am a quantitative Human Geographer interested in using spatial analysis, statistics and simulation modelling to support planning and policy debate from demographic and decision-making perspectives. Topics include: Housing, transport and service industry development in social equality and equity lens.
Thesis
Exploring young graduates’ residential polarization change in the UK
This research is aiming to understand residential polarisation change of young graduates in the UK to support housing regeneration policy in social equality and equity lens.
Housing regeneration refers to the process of improving neighbourhood and people’s lives through better housing and public spaces. It mainly include creating new homes, improving public spaces, investing in the community service and amenities. Regeneration is using progressive view coping with the problems caused by urban development from various perspective benefiting quality of life, driving local growth, optimising resource allocation such as transportation and energy etc.
This research is using a population targeted perspective exploring the factors associated with the residential location of recent young graduates in the UK across different spatial scales using spatial analysis, scenario analysis and simulation modelling to understand their residential choice supporting housing regeneration policy in social equality and equity lens. This research is focused on three spatial scales: regional, metropolitan and neighbourhood. The regional scale investigates the spatial and temporal differences in the flow of recent young graduates among UK regions. The metropolitan scale undertakes more detailed cross-sectional comparison at local authority / MSOA scales in England and Wales to explore the spatial differences. The neighbourhood scale focuses on small areas (LSOAs) within London and models the interplay between individuals and neighbourhood characteristics using cluster analysis and simulation modelling for various scenario analysis for supporting policy debate.
