Colleen Chiu-Shee

About Colleen Chiu-Shee

I am a designer and a social scientist. My scholarship centers on city design and development and promotes cross-disciplinary and cross-cultural dialogues. I am broadly interested in pathways toward more sustainable urban futures. I have worked on various topics related to green/ecological urbanisms and innovations in design, development, and governance.

Selected Publications

Chiu-Shee, Colleen and Linda Shi (2024). Navigating Cultural Difference in Planning: How Cross-Border Adaptation Nurtured Cosmopolitan Competence Among U.S.-Taught Chinese Practitioners. Journal of the American Planning Association. DOI: 10.1080/01944363.2023.2290499
Chiu-Shee, C. (2024) Rethinking enclosed neighbourhoods: vital infrastructure for design innovation, civic engagement, and biopower in urban China. Built Environment, 50(1), pp. 54–72.
Chiu-Shee, Colleen, Brent Ryan, and Lawrence Vale (2021). Ending Gated Communities: the Rationales for Resistance in China. Housing Studies, DOI: 10.1080/02673037.2021.1950645
Chiu-Shee, Colleen, and Siqi Zheng (2019). A Burden or A Tool? Rationalizing Public Housing Provision in Chinese Cities. Housing Studies, 36:4, 500-543. DOI: 10.1080/02673037.2019.1667490

Recent Courses Taught

Urban Design and Planning, Communication for Planners, Urban Theory and Morphology, Qualitative Research Methods