Dr. Jianfa SHEN is Professor and RGC Senior Research Fellow of The Department of Geography and Resource Management; Director, Research Centre for Urban and Regional Development; Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies,The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Before joining The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1996, he was an Assistant Lecture/Lecturer in The School of Geographical Sciences, The East China Normal University (1986-1991); a Research Scholar in The London School of Economics, The University of London, England (1990-1991); Researcher/Lecturer in Department of Geography, The University of Wales Swansea, Wales (1994-1995/1995-1996) and Research Fellow in The School of Geography, The University of Leeds, England (1996).
Wong Foo Yuan Building
Department of Geography and Resource Management
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong
Tel: (852) 3943 6469
Fax: (852) 2603 5006
E-mail: jianfa@cuhk.edu.hk
Urban Geography
Geography of China
Population and Migration
Supervision of MPhil and PhD Students
Migration and Urbanization
Urban and Regional Development
Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and China
Sept. 1979-July 1983
Sept. 1983-July 1986 East China Normal U., MSc degree, Quantitative Geography
Oct. 1991-Sept.1994 London School of Economics, PhD degree, Geography
Hong Kong Geographical Association
Deputy Director, Specialty Committee on Population Geography, Geographical Association of China (2008-2022)
Honorary Director, Specialty Committee on Urban and Rural Governance and Policy, Urban Planning Society of China (2021-)
Chartered Town Planner and Chartered Member of the Royal Town Planning Institute
Honorary Member of Steering Committee, Commission on Population Geography, International Geographical Union (2021-)
Vice-Chair, Commission on Population Geography, International Geographical Union (2012-2020)
Commission on Monitoring Urban Geography: Emerging Urban Transformations, International Geographical Union
Commission on Modelling Geographical Systems, International Geographical Union
International Association of Chinese Professionals in Geographic Information Science (CPGIS)
RGC Senior Research Fellow Award, Research Grant Council, Hong Kong SAR, 2020
Regional Studies Association Award for Best International Conference Paper, Regional Studies Association, 2016.
Second prize, Excellent Urban and Rural Planning Projects Award in Zhejiang Province 2013, Association of Town and Country Planning of Zhejiang Province, China, March 2014
International Prize of Environmental Creation 2013, Institute of Environmental Creation International, Japan, September 2013
Research Excellence Award 2013-14, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2014
Research Excellence Award 2007-08, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2008
Fourth Excellent Research Awards in Population Science of China, Population Association of China and National Population and Family Planning Commission of China (Fist Prize for books, with Prof. G Wang et al.), July 2007
Excellent Paper Award of Jin Jingchang Education Foundation in Urban Planning (Third Prize, with Dr X Luo), 2005
Science and Technology Prize of Universities in China, February 2002
Fifth National Youth Prize in Geographical Science and Technology, November 1999
Natural Science Prize, Chinese Academy of Sciences, November 1996
Journal of Contemporary Urban Affairs. Managing Editor. Alanya Hamdullah Emin Pasa University.
The China Review: An Interdisciplinary Journal on Greater China (SSCI indexed).
The Chinese University Press (On-line journal: ProQuest 5000 International).
Population, Space and Place (SSCI indexed). John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
Asian Population Studies (SSCI indexed). Taylor and Francis.
Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy (SSCI indexed). Springer.
Asian Geographer. Routledge.
Geographical Research. Science Press.
Journal of Subtropical Resources and Environment. Fujian Normal University.
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