Dr Joseph Hongsheng Zhao
Research Associate in EU MISTRAL Project
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- +44 (0)1473338374
- j.zhao3@uos.ac.uk
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- School of Technology, Business and Arts
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Joseph is a post-doctoral researcher based at School of Technology, Business, and Arts, Suffolk, UK, focusing on the European Union Horizon funded MISTRAL project on post-industry communities in Europe.
Professionally self-defined as an urbanist – human geographer, Joseph endeavours to unpack the constructed mechanism of displacement and health inequalities that disadvantaged groups suffer, caused by (in)mobility under transformed built environment, in order to initiate effective social actions and policy changes for a better urban future.
Before joining Suffolk, Joseph taught for 1.5 year at Urban Studies, University of Glasgow. He was nominated a Student-led Teaching Award under the category of ‘Best Dissertation Supervisor’ at University of Glasgow, for the academic year of 2022-2023.
Joseph adopted qualitative and quantitative method to explore human mobility in urban sustainability context, with a regional focus on EU, East and Southeast Asia. His work has been recognised by an Early Career Best Presentation Prize from Regional Studies Association International- British and Irish section, as well as by secured research grant, bursaries and scholarship that accumulated to the amount £120,000.
Selected publications:
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
Zhao, H. & Bao, W. (2024, upcoming). Aggravated uncertainties, adaptive resilience, and ambiguous positionality: Doing fieldwork in Global South amid COVID-19 pandemic. International Journal of Qualitative Methods.
Zhao, H. (2023). Understanding Shiminhua in Chinese Greater Bay Area: Internalizing urban identity and negotiating place attachment. Regional Science Policy & Practice, 15(9), 1956-1978.
Chen, L., Zhao, H., Song, G. & Liu, Y. (2022). Optimization of cultivated land pattern for achieving cultivated land system security: A case study in Heilongjiang province. 108, 105589. Land Use Policy.
Huang, B., Xiao, T., Grekousis, G., Zhao, H., He, J., Dong, G., & Liu, Y. (2021). Greenness-air pollution-physical activity-hypertension association among middle-aged and older adults: evidence from urban and rural China. Environmental Research, 195, 110836.
Huang, B., Huang, C., Feng, Z., Pearce, J. R., Zhao, H., Pan, Z., & Liu, Y. (2021). Association between residential greenness and general health among older adults in rural and urban areas in China. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 59, 126907.
Editorial
Abreu, M. & Zhao, J. (2023) “Chinese Migration, Diaspora, and Mobility.” Regional Science Policy & Practice, 15 (9).1891–92.
Conference Proceedings
Spada, M., Bortone, I. & Zhao, H. (2024) ‘Weaving the past, the present, and the future: a paean for a daily-access-approach to healthier post-industrial cities.’ Abstract accepted by Elsevier Urban Transitions Conference, 5-9 November 2024, Sitges, Barcelona.
Zhao, H. (2024). Global campuses with Chinese characteristics’: A comparative study on China’s Joint Venture University (JVU) campuses. 35th International Geographical Congress, Dublin, Ireland, August 2024.
Zhao, H. & Xu, W. (2023). Rural-urban migrant communities in times of entangled COVID-19 crisis: a case study of torch community in Xinqiao village. National Center of Competence in Research of Switzerland: The Migration-Mobility Nexus. NCCR Proceeding. Neuchâtel, Switzerland July 2023.
Zhao, H. & Ng, M. K. (2020). An inclusive Hong Kong through public spaces for urban homeless. Proceeding of 12th International Conference of Urbanism. Jakarta, Indonesia. June 2019.
Treasurer (2024-2027), Urban Geography Research Group, Royal Geographical Society
Board of Directors (2024-Present), CUUC (Urban Cluster) Academic Ltd.
Advisory Board Member (2023-Present), Excellence First Education Consultation, UK
Joseph has been working closely with overseas scholars and institutions from Hong Kong, Canada, Scotland and Singapore, his current and previous roles of international engagement includes:
Founder & Convenor (2019), Co-convenor (2021-2022) and then Honorary Convenor (2023-), Cambridge Chinese Migration Studies Group, Cambridge Centre for the Study of Global Human Movement
Project Manager (2016-2018), Think Tank III, Hong Kong Public Space Initiative (HKPSI).
Fellow, Royal Geographic Society (RGS-IBG)
Associate Fellow, Advance HE (AFHEA)
Associate Fellow, Recognizing Excellence in Teaching (RET, Scotland)
Early Career Member, Regional Studies Association (RSA)
Early Career Member, Regional Science Association International (RSAI)
Member, The British Association for Chinese Studies (BACS)
Member, Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI)
Member, Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)