Yong ZHANG

Yong ZHANG is an Assistant Professor of Urban Studies at the College of Integrative Studies, Singapore Management University (SMU). His research focuses on urban governance, critical economic geography, and socio-spatial transformations in China and Southeast Asia. He previously served as a Lecturer in Social Science (Urban Studies) at Yale-NUS College.

Education: PhD in Geography (University of Manchester, 2022), MSc in Urban and Regional Planning (Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, 2016), BA in Geography (Sun Yat-sen University, 2013).

Research interests include urban governance frameworks, entrepreneurial urbanism in China, and comparative studies across Asia. He is completing a book, Entrepreneurial Urbanism with Chinese Characteristics, critiquing China’s urban governance models. Teaching areas span urban theory, urban China, planning theory, and community development.