Curriculum vitae
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Zixin Luo (Aubrey)
罗子昕
School of Architecture and Planning
Foshan, Guangdong, China
Research interests
- Social computing under digital transformation
- Spatial governance of smart cities
- Economic geography and regional development
- Urban big data mining and analytics
Education
- 2020–2024
The University of Hong Kong
Ph.D. in Urban Planning
Supervisor: Anthony G.O. Yeh
- 2017–2020
Tongji University
M.E. in Urban Planning
Supervisor: De Wang
- 2019
The University of Tokyo
Asian Master of Urban Planning
Programme listed as “Asian Master of Urban Planning”.
- 2012–2017
Sun Yat-sen University
B.E. in Urban Planning
Experience
- Oct 2024–Dec 2025
Postdoctoral Fellow
The University of Hong Kong · Department of Urban Planning and Design
- Sep 2024–Present
Part-time Research Assistant
Huazhong University of Science and Technology · School of Economics
- Jul 2023–Jul 2024
Part-time Research Associate
Peking University · School of Urban Planning and Design, Shenzhen Graduate School
- Aug–Sep 2022
Assistant Research Officer
The University of Hong Kong · Department of Urban Planning and Design
Principal investigator grants
Publications
Journal articles & conference papers
Detecting uneven impacts of rental housing financialisation and platformisation on neighbourhoods in China: a multi-source data mining approach
2026 · Computers, Environment and Urban Systems , 124, 102369.
Unraveling the effects of the built environment on ride-shareability: Evidence from Shanghai
2026 · Travel Behaviour and Society , 44, 101286.
Relational Characteristics between High-technology Firms in the Pearl River Delta and the Empowerment for Technological Innovation by Hong Kong and Influential Factors
2025 · Journal of Geographical Sciences , 35(2), 382–408.
Financialization, platform economy and urban rental housing: Evidence from Chengdu, China
2023 · Applied Geography , 156, 102993.
COVID-19's Impact on Airbnb Market: a Longitudinal Study on Yau Tsim Mong, Hong Kong
2023 · 2023 Smart City Symposium Prague (SCSP) , 1–5. IEEE.
Spatial Spillover Effect in Intra-city Consumption Expenditure of Shanghai Disneyland: an Empirical Study Using Mobile Cellular Data and Survey Data
2023 · Tourism Science , 37(05), 80–97. In Chinese.
Multi-scalar spatial linkages initiated by high-tech industries in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and policy implications against the backdrop of China's new development paradigm
2022 · Progress in Geography , 41(9), 1592–1605. In Chinese.
Cross-border Social Networks: A Case Study of Guangfo Metro, China
2019 · Urban Development Studies , 26(6), 70–78. In Chinese.
Spatial Structure of Shanghai from the Perspective of ‘Space of Flow’
2019 · Symposium of Annual National Planning Conference , 995–1009. In Chinese.
Progress of Application of New Data in Urban Planning and Studies
2018 · Journal of Urban and Regional Planning , 10(03), 85–103. In Chinese.
Research & academic service
Zixin Luo / Curriculum vitae
Research projects
Participant
Teaching & service
Journal reviewer
Cities; Socio-Economic Planning Sciences; Heliyon.
Teaching assistant
2023 · HKU URBP7003, Research methods in spatial planning
2021, 2022 · HKU URBP6911, Foundation on statistics and quantitative methods
2017 · Tongji University, Urban Analysis Method
Awards
Methods & languages
Spatial analysis & data · ArcGIS; R, SQL, Python, SPSS and STATA.
Visualisation · R, Python, Graphpad Prism, Cytoscape, Tableau and Gephi.
Languages · Cantonese and Mandarin (native); English (excellent speaking and reading); Japanese (elementary speaking and reading); French (beginner).