Dr Yu Chen
School of East Asian Studies
Senior Lecturer in Chinese Studies
Full contact details
School of East Asian Studies
Jessop West
1 Upper Hanover Street
ºù«Ӱҵ
S3 7RA
- Profile
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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
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BSc (Shanghai University of Finance and Economics) MSc (Fudan, Shanghai); MSc (Oslo); PhD (Glasgow)
- Research interests
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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
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Edited books
- . Springer, Cham.
Journal articles
- . Population and Development Review.
- . International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(5).
- . Urban Studies, 60(1), 166-182.
- . Land Use Policy, 121.
- . PLoS ONE, 16(2).
- . Urban Studies, 57(3), 563-582.
- . Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, 35(1), 65-92.
- . Population, Space and Place, 25(8).
- . Annals of the American Association of Geographers, 110(3), 739-757.
- . Urban Studies, 56(10), 1968-1987.
- . Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, 46(4), 648-667.
- . Cities, 74, 229-239.
- . Professional Geographer, 70(1), 11-21.
- . Habitat International, 49, 419-425.
- . Journal of Property Research, 30(4), 298-323.
- . SCOTTISH JOURNAL OF POLITICAL ECONOMY, 59(5), 523-542.
- 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.
- . Asian Population Studies, 7(2), 123-136.
- The impact of floods on house prices: an imperfect information approach with myopia and amnesia. Housing Studies, 26(2), 259-279.
- Occupational Attainment of Migrants and Local Workers: Findings from a Survey in Shanghai’s Manufacturing Sector. Urban Studies, 48(1), 3-21.
- Flood risk and the consequences for housing of a changing climate: an international perspective. Risk Management, 13(4), 228-246.
- Migrants in Shanghai’s manufacturing companies: Employment conditions and policy implications. Journal of Asian Public Policy, 2(3), 279-292.
- Rural migrants, urban migrants and local workers in Shanghai: Segmented or competitive labour markets?. Built Environment, 34(4), 499-516.
Chapters
- 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
- 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
- , The Urban Book Series (pp. 1-10). Springer International Publishing
- 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.
- , International Encyclopedia of Housing and Home (pp. 104-108).
Book reviews
- Review of 'China's Emerging Cities: The Making of New Urbanism'. Planning Theory and Practice, 10(4), 551-551.
Reports
- Scottish Model of Housing Supply and Affordability: Final Report
Dictionary/encyclopaedia entries
- Environmental risks: flooding. In International Encyclopedia of Housing and Home. Oxford: Elsevier.
- . Springer, Cham.
- Research group
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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
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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
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Dr Chen teaches on the following modules:
- EAS21026 Population and Environment in China
- EAS6204 Chinese Cities in Transition
- EAS6868 East Asian Research Methods