Articles

Li, Z., Lin, Y. L., Hooimeijer, P. and Monstadt, J. (2026). Hidden conflicts? Revealing power mechanisms in collaborative governance for redeveloping heritage districts: The case of Dashilar, Beijing, China. Journal of  Urban Affairs, 1-19.

Zhou, X. M., Lin, Y. L., Monstadt, J. and Hooimeijer, P. (2026) Making collaborative water governance accountable? The River Chief System in China. International Journal of Water Resources Development, 0790-0627.

Lin, Y. L., Geertman, S., Patrick, W. and Pinto, N. (2025) Editorial: Digital planning for sustainable urban future. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 122, 102334.

Lin, Y. L. (2025). Understanding contexts and power relations in collaborative planning in China. Journal of Planning Literature.

Lu, H. M., Lin, Y. L., Liu, Z. and Kleinhans, R. (2025) To participate online or onsite? Public preferences for participating in neighborhood regeneration planning in China. Planning Practice & Research.

Lu, H. M., Lin, Y. L., and Liu, Y. L. (2025) Community garden co-production under collectivism. Environmental Policy and Planning.

Zhou, X., Lin, Y. L., Hooimeijer, P., & Monstadt, J. (2025) Institutional design of collaborative water governance: the River Chief System in China. Environmental Policy and Governance,  35:525–537.

Zhou, X., Lin, Y. L., Monstadt, J., Hooimeijer, P., Wang, S., & Liu, Z. (2025) Examining collaborative planning processes and outcomes in urban regeneration: a deliberative turn in China? Urban Studies, 62(4), 682-699.

Li, Z., Lin, Y. L., Hooimeijer, P., Monstadt, J., & He, J. (2025). The communicative turn in planning? Examining community planner’s role as a third actor in Beijing, China. Cities, 159, 105785.

Liu, Z., Lin, Y. L., and Chung, K. L. C. (2024). Regional governance for greenways in China: A “control rights” perspective. Journal of Urban Affairs.

He, J., Lin, Y. L., Hooimeijer, P., & Monstadt, J. (2024). Informal participation in digital planning: How can third parties use social media to shift power relations in planning?. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 114, 102193.

Zhou, X. M., Lin, Y. L., Monstadt, J., Hooimeijer, P., Wang, S. F. and Zheng, L. (2024) Examining collaborative planning processes and outcomes in urban regeneration: A deliberative turn in China? Urban Studies. https://doi.org/10.1177/00420980241259985

He, J. Y., Lin, Y. L., Hooimeijer, P. and Monstadt J. (2024) Measuring social network influence on power relations in collaborative planning: A case study of Beijing City, China. Cities, 148, 104866.

Li, Z., Lin, Y. L., Hooimeijer, P., and Monstadt, J. (2024) Heritage conflict evolution: Changing framing strategies and opportunity structures in two heritage district redevelopment projects in China. Geoforum, 149, 103959.

Qiu, Y. J., Lin, Y. L., He, J. Y. and Lu, H. M. (2024) Using social media data to understand citizen perceptions of urban planning in a city simulation game. Simulation & Gaming. https://doi.org/10.1177/10468781241271080

Li, Y., Lai, Y. and Lin, Y. L. (2024) The role of diversified geo-information technologies in urban governance: A Literature review. Land, 13(9), 140.

Lin, Y. L. (2023) Rethinking collaborative planning in China: Does the communicative or agonistic planning theory matter? Planning Theory, 22(3), 249-269.

Lin, Y. L. (2023). How can social media reshape power relations in urban planning?  The Project Repository Journal , 17, 64-67.

Lin, Y. L. (2022) Social media for collaborative planning: A typology of support functions and challenges. Cities, 125, 103641. 

Lin, Y. L. (2021) A new look at collaborative planning in China. The Project Repository Journal,  9,  30-33.

Special issue 

Lin, Y. L., Geertman, S., Witte, P. and Pinto, N. (2024) Digital Planning for Sustainable Urban Futures: Scientific insights for technology application in planning practice. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems.

Lin, Y. L., Lu, H. M., Cao, K. and Nummi, P. (2024) Collaborative Planning in the Digital Era. Planning Practice & Research.

Book

Lin, Y. L. and Lu, H. M. (eds.) Collaborative Planning in China: Institutions, Power Relations, Public Spheres, and New Media. Routledge (in press)

PhD theses

Zhen Li (2026) The Collaborative Turn in Chinese Urban Regeneration in the Digital Era: Power Dynamics and the Role of Planners

Junyao He (2026) Network Power and Social Media: Reshaping Power Dynamics in Collaborative Planning in China

Xiaomeng Zhou (2026) Collaborative Planning in China: Institutional Design and Authoritarian Deliberation in Urban Regeneration and Water Management

Organization of an international seminar

Lin, Y. L., Geertman, S., Witte, P., and Pinto, N. (2024) International Seminar of Digital Planning for Sustainable Urban Future, 24 January 2024, Utrecht

Conference Presentations/Proceedings

Lin, Y. L. (2025) “How do AI reshape power relations in urban planning and governance?”, presentation in the 4th Digital Geographies Conference: Artificial Geographies: opening the black box for a new wave of critical thinking, the 4th Digital Geographies Conference, 3-4 November 2025, Lisbon.

Lin, Y. L. (2025)“Conceptualizing collaborative planning in China”,  presentation in the 2025 International Conference on China Urban Development: Governing Urban Development in a Changing World, 7-8 July 2025, UCL, London.

Lu, H. M. and Lin, Y. L. (2025) “Co-production and community building”, presentation in the 2025 International Conference on China Urban Development: Governing Urban Development in a Changing World, 7-8 July 2025, UCL, London.

Li, Z. and Lin, Y. L. (2025) “Inclusion, exclusion and domination of collaborative planning processes using digital platforms: A power theory-based analysis”, presentation in the Computational Urban Planning & Urban Management (CUPUM) Conference, 23 June 2025, UCL, London.

He, J. and Lin, Y. L. (2025) “Simulation power dynamics in social media participation in digital planning: An agent-based model approach”, presentation in the Computational Urban Planning & Urban Management (CUPUM) Conference, 23 June 2025, UCL, London.

Simpson, C. and Lin, Y. L. (2025) “Assessing the performance of urban digital twins in digital planning”, presentation in the Computational Urban Planning & Urban Management (CUPUM) Conference, 23 June 2025, UCL, London.

Lin, Y. L., Lu, H. M., He, J. Y., Zhou, X. M., Li, Z., and Wang, S. F. (2025) “Collaborative planning in China in the digital era”, keynote speech in Collaborative Planning in the Digital Era: The 2025 International Conference on Collaborative Planning in China and Beyond, 1-2 May 2025, Utrecht University.

He, J., Lin, Y. L. , Hooimeijer, P. and Monstadt J. (2025) “social media influence on collaborative planning: Framing strategies in online public participation”, presentation in Collaborative Planning in the Digital Era: The 2025 International Conference on Collaborative Planning in China and Beyond, 1-2 May 2025, Utrecht University.

Lin, Y. L. (2024) “Revisited collaborative planning theory in the era of digitalization”, presentation at the AESOP Congress Paris 2024, Game Changer? Planning for just and sustainable urban regions, Paris, 8-12 July 2024.

He, J. Y. and Lin, Y. L. (2024)“How can social networking sites empower the grassroots in urban planning”, presentation at the AESOP Congress Paris 2024, Game Changer? Planning for just and sustainable urban regions, Paris, 8-12 July 2024.

Lu, H. M. and Lin, Y. L. (2024) “To participate online or onsite? Urban regeneration planning in Guangzhou, China”, presentation at the AESOP Congress Paris 2024, Game Changer? Planning for just and sustainable urban regions, Paris, 8-12 July 2024.

Zhou, X. M. and Lin, Y. L. (2024) “Co-creation as an institutional innovation for conflict mitigation  in collaborative planning in China”, presentation at the AESOP Congress Paris 2024, Game Changer? Planning for just and sustainable urban regions, Paris, 8-12 July 2024.

He, J. Y., Lin, Y. L., Hooimeijer, P. and Monstadt, J. (2024) “Informal Participation in Digital Planning: How Can Third Parties Use Social Media to Shift Power Relations in Planning?”, presentation in the Seminar of Digital Planning for Sustainable Urban Future, Utrecht, 24 January 2024.

Lin, Y. (2023) “Collaborative planning: Contexts and power relations”, invited presentation in the Global Chinese Urban Governance and Policy Conference, Shanghai, 15-16 July 2023.

Lu, H. M. and Lin, Y. (2023) “Leveraging social media for collaborative governance: Leading community garden movement in China”, invited presentation in the Global Chinese Urban Governance and Policy Conference, Shanghai, 15-16 July 2023.

Lin, Y., Hemker, M., Ojagh, N. H. and Yolum, P. (2023). Agent-based decision support for social media influence in urban planning. In Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Computational Urban Planning and Urban Management (CUPUM) in Montreal, Canada, 20-22 June 2023. 

He, J., Lin, Y., Hooimeijer, P. and Monstadt, J. (2023). The role of social media in reshaping the power of third parties in urban planning. In Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Computational Urban Planning and Urban Management (CUPUM) in Montreal, Canada, 20-22 June 2023. 

Zhou, X. M. and Lin, Y. L. (2022) Collaborative governance for water management in China. Presentation at the 2022 Annual Conference of the Asian Association for Public Administration (AAPA), 3-4 December , Shanghai.

Lin, Y. L. (2022) Social media for urban planning. Presentation at the World Urbanism Day Seminar: Urban Planning, Citizen Participation and Data Science-Driven Design: experiences and challenges,  8 November, University of Chile.

He, J. Y., Lin, Y. L., Hooimeijer, P. and Monstadt, J. (2022) Measuring social network influence on power relations in collaborative planning in Beijing city, China. Presentation at the Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP) Annual Conference: Space for Species: Redefining Spatial Justice, 25-29 July , Tartu.

Zhou, X. M., Lin, Y. L., Monstadt, J. and Hooimeijer, P. (2022) Deliberation and institutional design for collaborative planning: A case study of Enning road development project in Guangzhou city, China. Presentation at the Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP) Annual Conference: Space for Species: Redefining Spatial Justice, 25-29 July , Tartu.

Lu, H. M. and Lin, Y. L.(2022)  Enabling citizen participation with the planning support system: Empirical evidence from crowdsourcing greenway planning. Proceedings of the Fábos Conference on Landscape and Greenway Planning, Vol. 7, Iss. 1, Article 2.

Lin, Y. L. (2021) What are the contextual drivers for collaborative planning in China?  Presentation in the 15th International Association for China Planning (IACP) Conference, Nanjing, 11-13 September .

Invited Speech 

Lin, Y. L. (2025) Invited panelist for the Roundtable of Artificial Geographies: opening the black box for a new wave of critical thinking, the 4^th Digital Geographies Conference, 3-4 November 2025, Lisbon

Lin, Y. L. (2025) “Rethinking collaborative planning in China in the digital era”. Invited talk in the Bartlett School of Planning, 6 March 2025, UCL, London.

Lin, Y. L. (2024) “Reflect of collaborative planning theory from the Chinese perspective”. Invited speech in the School of Architecture,  South China University of Technology, 24 July 2024.

Lin, Y. L. (2024) “Digital planning and artificial intelligence”. Invited speech in Bowen BNUVO, Guangzhou, 25 July 2024.

Lin, Y. L., Lu, H. M., He, J. Y., Zhou, X. M. and Zhen, L. (2023) “Collaborative planning in China”. Invited speech for the Urban China Research Network (UCRN) Speaker Series, 30 November 2023.