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Jierui Wang

Dr Jierui Wang

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Overview

Jierui is now a lecturer, teaching architecture at the School of Architecture, Chang'an University in China. He used to be a PhD student learning at the Welsh School of Architecture. Jierui gained his doctoral degree in March 2025. His master degree was gained from Anhui Jianzhu University, China. His bachelor's degree was gained from Soochow University (China), majoring in Architecture. He joined the Welsh School of Architecture as a full-time PhD student in April 2019.

His research fields were informal learning space and university campus before the COVID-19 pandemic. Currently, his research field is aiming at virtual design studio and social interactions within it for architectural discipline. There are two of his papers have been published to provide more recognition for his research. He owned an honorable mention solely in China Architecture Education/ TSINGRUN Award Students’ Paper Competition, which was held by The National Supervision Board of Architectural Education (China), in 2014. Otherwise, as a candidate, he got the first prize of an architecture design competition hold by The Civil Engineering and Architecture Society of Anhui Province in 2016. In 2020, he has attended four international conferences and made presentations related to his research.

Research

Informal learning spaces; Virtual architectural design studio; Social interactions within design studio

Thesis

The Ways That Architecture Students Experience Informal Learning between Peers within the Design Studio Learning Environment beyond Formal Timetable Activities --- Understanding Undergraduate Students’ Learning Experiences Via the Lens of Communities of Practice

Supervisors

Hiral Patel

Hiral Patel

Senior Lecturer in Architecture, Director of Engagement

Andrew Roberts

Andrew Roberts

Professor, Deputy Head of School

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