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Professor Fangzhu Zhang is a leading academic in China planning at The Bartlett School of Planning, University College London (UCL). With a PhD from the University of Southampton and prior roles at Southampton and Cardiff University, she has been at UCL since 2011, progressing from Lecturer to Professor since 2023.
- Education: BSc (Nanjing University, 1991), MPhil (University of Hong Kong, 1998), PhD (University of Southampton, 2007)
Her research focuses on urban governance, financialization, and environmental planning in China. Recent work explores post-pandemic statecraft, eco-city development, and land assetization in municipal finance. She leads the ERC Advanced Grant project "Rethinking China’s Urban Governance" (2020–2026) and contributes to journals like Urban Studies and Land Use Policy.
The 15 most recent publications span topics such as:
- State entrepreneurialism in megaprojects
- Financial intermediation in local government bonds
- Land assetization and urban debt risks
- Post-pandemic governance transitions
- Participatory micro-regeneration models
She has supervised 20 PhD students (10 completed, 10 ongoing) and serves as founding Editor-in-Chief of the journal Transactions in Planning and Urban Research (TPUR). Her teaching integrates equality, diversity, and inclusion, with leadership roles in UCL's dissertation curriculum.
