Principal Investigator

Dr. Yanliu Lin is an associate professor of spatial planning and digitalization at the Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning, Utrecht University. She is interested in collaborative planning theory and practice, digital planning, and planning support science. She directs this ERC project on collaborative planning in China.

Profile: https://www.uu.nl/medewerkers/YLin

Postdoctoral Researcher

Dr. Hongmei Lu received a PhD degree in Environmental and Energy Policy in Michigan Technological University and a MSc. degree in Landscape Architecture and Planning in Wageningen University. She explores the impact of social media on online public spheres and how they interact with offline public spheres in collaborative planning.

Profile: https://www.uu.nl/staff/HLu

PhD Researcher

Xiaomeng Zhou obtained a MSc. degree in Environmental Sciences from Wageningen University. She investigates the influence of formal and informal institutions on collaborative planning  in China, and whether new institutions are created through these collaborative processes.

Profile: https://www.uu.nl/medewerkers/XZhou1

PhD Researcher

Junyao He obtained a MSc. degree in Urban Design and International Planning in the University of Manchester, and worked as an urban planner and data analyst in Beijing. He has investigated the impact of social media on collaborative planning and applied social network analysis to measure various forms of power relations especially generated by social networking sites.

Profile: https://www.uu.nl/staff/JHe

Collaborating with other researchers inside and outside Utrecht University:

PhD researcher

Zhen Li obtained a MSc. degree in Landscape Architecture in Harbin Institute of Technology. She has investigated power relations, communication dynamics, and the role of planners in collaborative planning for the regeneration of heritage districts in China.

Profile: https://www.uu.nl/staff/ZLi1

Visiting Scholar

Dr. Zheng Liu is an associate professor of urban planning at the School of Architecture in the South China University of Technology. His recent research interests are innovative planning policies and practices associated public health and climate change. His visit is supported by the ERC-NSFC Talent Program, and acts a collaborator and advisor of the project.

The advisory committee includes several core members:

Prof. Jochen Monstadt is professor of Governance of Urban Transitions and holds the Chair of Spatial Planning at the Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning at Utrecht University.

Profile：https://www.uu.nl/staff/JMonstadt

Prof. Pieter Hooimeijer is emeritus professor of Human Geography and Demography at the Urban Futures Research Centre of Utrecht University. He is also the Director of Research Development in the Royal Dutch Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Profile: https://www.uu.nl/medewerkers/PHooimeijer

Prof. Stan Geertman is professor of Planning Support Science at the Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning at Utrecht University. He was for the past 10 years Chair of the Board of Directors of CUPUM (Computational Urban Planning and Urban Management).

Profile: https://www.uu.nl/medewerkers/SCMGeertman