Weiping Wu

About Weiping Wu

My scholarship focuses on urban dynamics in the Global South. I chair the Planning Accreditation Board (PAB) and Social and Behavioral Sciences sub-panel of Hong Kong Research Grants Council, and serve on the international advisory panel of LKY Centre for Innovative Cities and nomination committee for LYK World City Prize.

Areas of Expertise

International Development Planning, Economic Development

Selected Publications

• China Urbanizing: Impacts and Transitions. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2022., The Chinese City. Second Edition. London and New York: Routledge, 2020
• The SAGE Handbook of Contemporary China. SAGE Publications, 2018., Local Dynamics in a Globalizing World. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000.

Recent Courses Taught

• Chinese Urbanism in Global Context,
• Applied Qualitative Methods,
• International Urban Policy and Planning