Curriculum vitae

Curriculum vitae / Urban studies

Zixin Luo (Aubrey)

罗子昕

Lecturer / Assistant Professor · Foshan UniversityDepartment of Spatial Information and Resources Environment
School of Architecture and Planning
Foshan, Guangdong, China
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Research interests

  • Social computing under digital transformation
  • Spatial governance of smart cities
  • Economic geography and regional development
  • Urban big data mining and analytics
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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

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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

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Principal investigator grants

Publications

Journal articles & conference papers

Research & academic service

Zixin Luo / Curriculum vitae

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Research projects

Participant

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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

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Awards

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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).