Dr Yu Chen

School of East Asian Studies

Senior Lecturer in Chinese Studies

Yu Chen
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yu.chen@sheffield.ac.uk

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Dr Yu Chen
School of East Asian Studies
Jessop West
1 Upper Hanover Street
ºù«Ӱҵ
S3 7RA
Profile

Dr Yu Chen obtained BSc from the Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, and two MSc from a collaborative program between Fudan University and the University of Oslo, Norway. She then went to the University of Glasgow to do a PhD in Urban Studies. Her thesis examines labour market experiences of migrants in China using both qualitative and quantitative data from fieldwork in Shanghai.

After an unconditional award of PhD in a viva voce, she worked as a postdoctoral researcher in externally-funded projects on housing market and urban change at the same department (Urban Studies) in Glasgow, before securing a lectureship in Chinese Studies at the University of ºù«Ӱҵ.

Qualifications

BSc (Shanghai University of Finance and Economics) MSc (Fudan, Shanghai); MSc (Oslo); PhD (Glasgow)

Research interests

Dr Chen’s research areas are in China’s urbanisation and rural-to-urban migration, urban development, labour market and housing. China is experiencing the largest migration wave in human history, with hundreds of millions of people moving from the countryside to cities to seek better lives. She is working on the social, economic, spatial and environmental consequences of such massive urbanisation. She has published high-quality articles in international peer-reviewed journals, such as Urban Studies, Cities, Housing Studies, Land Use Policy, Habitat International, Environment and Planning B, Professional Geographer, and Population, Space and Place. In addition to journal articles, she co-edited a book entitled ‘Urban Inequality and Segregation in Europe and China’ in 2021.

Her research has been funded by the ESRC, the Worldwide Universities Networks (WUN), and the Universities China Committee in London (UCCL). She worked with colleagues within and beyond ºù«Ӱҵ on two ESRC projects on China’s rapid urbanisation: Dynamics of Health & Environmental Inequalities in Hebei Province, China ES/P003567/1 with a total amount of £199,502; Urban Transformations in China - Urban Development, Migration, Segregation and Inequality ES/N007603/1 with a total amount of £162,025.

Publications

Edited books

  • Pryce G, Wang YP, Chen Y, Shan J & Wei H (Eds.) (2021) . Springer, Cham. RIS download Bibtex download

Journal articles

  • Cheng M, Chen Y, Lyu L & Bai Y (2024) . Population and Development Review. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Lyu L, Sheng D, Chen Y & Bai Y (2023) . International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(5). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Owen G, Chen Y, Birabi T, Pryce G, Song H & Wang B (2023) . Urban Studies, 60(1), 166-182. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Zou J, Chen J & Chen Y (2022) . Land Use Policy, 121. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Li G, Li L, Li X & Chen Y (2021) . PLoS ONE, 16(2). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Chen Y, Dang Y & Dong G (2020) . Urban Studies, 57(3), 563-582. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Zou J, Chen Y & Chen J (2020) . Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, 35(1), 65-92. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Dang Y, Chen Y & Dong G (2019) . Population, Space and Place, 25(8). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Dong G, Ma J, Lee D, Chen M, Pryce G & Chen Y (2019) . Annals of the American Association of Geographers, 110(3), 739-757. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Lyu L & Chen Y (2019) . Urban Studies, 56(10), 1968-1987. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Dang Y, Dong G, Chen YU, Jones K & Zhang W (2019) . Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, 46(4), 648-667. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Ma J, Dong G, Chen Y & Zhang W (2018) . Cities, 74, 229-239. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Ma J, Chen Y & Dong G (2018) . Professional Geographer, 70(1), 11-21. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Chen Y & Wang J (2015) . Habitat International, 49, 419-425. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Chen Y, Fingleton B, Pryce G, Chen A & Djordjević S (2013) . Journal of Property Research, 30(4), 298-323. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Chen Y, Gibb K, Leishman C & Wright R (2012) . SCOTTISH JOURNAL OF POLITICAL ECONOMY, 59(5), 523-542. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Chen Y (2011) Rural migrants in urban China: Characteristics and challenges to public policy. Local Economy: The Journal of the Local Economy Policy Unit, 26(5), 325-336. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Chen Y & Hoy C (2011) . Asian Population Studies, 7(2), 123-136. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Pryce G, Chen Y & Galster G (2011) The impact of floods on house prices: an imperfect information approach with myopia and amnesia. Housing Studies, 26(2), 259-279. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Chen Y (2011) Occupational Attainment of Migrants and Local Workers: Findings from a Survey in Shanghai’s Manufacturing Sector. Urban Studies, 48(1), 3-21. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Pryce G & Chen Y (2011) Flood risk and the consequences for housing of a changing climate: an international perspective. Risk Management, 13(4), 228-246. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Chen Y (2009) Migrants in Shanghai’s manufacturing companies: Employment conditions and policy implications. Journal of Asian Public Policy, 2(3), 279-292. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Chen Y & Hoy C (2008) Rural migrants, urban migrants and local workers in Shanghai: Segmented or competitive labour markets?. Built Environment, 34(4), 499-516. RIS download Bibtex download

Chapters

  • Chen Y & Chen J (2021) In Pryce G, Wang YP, Chen Y, Shan J & Wei H (Ed.), Urban Inequality and Segregation in Europe and China : Towards a New Dialogue (pp. 57-73). Springer, Cham RIS download Bibtex download
  • Owen G, Chen Y, Pryce G, Birabi T, Song H & Wang B (2021) In Pryce G, Wang YP, Chen Y, Shan J & Wei H (Ed.), Urban Inequality and Segregation in Europe and China : Towards a New Dialogue (pp. 305-327). Springer, Cham RIS download Bibtex download
  • Pryce G, Chen Y & Wang YP (2021) , The Urban Book Series (pp. 1-10). Springer International Publishing RIS download Bibtex download
  • Chen Y & Pryce G (2013) Migrants’ job search in urban China: Social networks and the open labour market In Wu F, Zhang F & Webster C (Ed.), Rural Migrants in Urban China: Enclaves and Transient Urbanism (pp. 69-83). London: Routledge. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Chen Y & Pryce G (2011) , International Encyclopedia of Housing and Home (pp. 104-108). RIS download Bibtex download

Book reviews

  • Chen Y (2009) Review of 'China's Emerging Cities: The Making of New Urbanism'. Planning Theory and Practice, 10(4), 551-551. RIS download Bibtex download

Reports

  • Leishman C, Gibb K, Meen G, O'Sullivan T, Young G, Chen Y, Orr A & Wright R (2008) Scottish Model of Housing Supply and Affordability: Final Report RIS download Bibtex download

Dictionary/encyclopaedia entries

  • Chen Y & Pryce G (2012) Environmental risks: flooding. In International Encyclopedia of Housing and Home. Oxford: Elsevier. RIS download Bibtex download
Research group

SEAS Research Cluster

Movement(s), Economy and Development in East Asia

Associated research groups, collaborators and projects

  •  - Member of Migration Research Group
  •  - Network Member
  •  - Member

Research Supervision

Dr Chen welcomes applications from prospective PhD students in the fields of urbanisation, migration, urban development and housing.

Teaching interests

Dr Chen believes that teaching should be student-centred. Through various teaching methods, students gain not only knowledge about specific subjects, but transferable skills of critical thinking, logical reasoning and good communication. She is organising the following UG and TPG modules, besides dissertation supervision at all levels.

Teaching activities

Dr Chen teaches on the following modules:

  • EAS21026 Population and Environment in China
  • EAS6204 Chinese Cities in Transition
  • EAS6868 East Asian Research Methods