BSoc.Sc., MCD, PhD, FRTPI, FAcSS

Educational Background: Yin Ling Cecilia Wong

• BSocSc (Hons, First Class), Chinese University of Hong Kong, Sociology (major) and Geography (minor)
• MCD (Town and Regional Planning), The University of Liverpool
• PhD (Town and Country Planning), The University of Manchester

Key Roles:

Director of Spatial Policy & Analysis Lab, Manchester Urban Institute

PGR Admission Tutor of Department of Planning and Environmental Management

Co-Editor of Town Planning Review

Chair of Regional Studies Association North West Branch

Fellow of the Royal Town Planning Institute (MRTPI)

2021 REF Sub-panel Chair of Architecture, Built Environment and Planning

Member of Economic and Social Research Council Grant Assessment Panel

(2016-18) Eco-Urbanisation: Promoting Sustainable Development in Metropolitan Regions of China, ESRC-NSFC Newton Fund Collaborative Research ‘Urban Transformations in China’ PI with Mark Baker, Adam Barker, Nuno Pinto and Richard Kingston and collaborate with The Chinese Academy of Sciences)

(2016-19) ‘Migration, Urbanisation and Governance in China’, University of Manchester China Research Fund (PI with Yaojun Li and Mark Baker)

(2016-17) Planning for Sustainable Urban Neighbour-hood Change, CUHK-UoM Research Fund (jointly with Professor Mee Kam Ng in CUHK)

(2015-16) Transportation and the socio-spatial equity dimensions of travel to work flows, ESRC Secondary Data Analysis Initiative (Co-I with Richard Kingston PI, Stephen Hincks and Brian Webb)

(2011) A Map for England: spatial expression of govenment policies and programme, the Royal Tonw Planning Institute.

(2010) Designing out crime in housing planning: the application of innovative spatial analytical techniques, EPSRC KTA Secondment Scheme, the University of Manchester.

(2009-2012) Euro-Chinese Urban and Regional B-Continental Research scheme (ECURBS): Funded by the EU (FP7-PEOPLE-IRSES-2008).

(2009-2010) Defining Housing Market Areas for England, National Housing and Planning Advisory Unit.

(2008-2011) Housing and Neighbourhood Monitoring, Joseph Rowntree Foundation

(2007-2010) The links between social change and change in urban environments, Homes and Communities Agency.