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Jiayi Jin is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Architecture and Built Environment at Northumbria University, UK. Previously, she held roles at the University of Nottingham's Mixed Reality Lab and Department of Architecture. With over 12 years' experience in architecture and urban planning, her research bridges practical design with socio-cultural and environmental challenges. She leads projects funded by the British Academy and AHRC, focusing on participatory planning for sustainable urban development, digital urban innovation, and gender-inclusive city design.
Education: PhD in Architecture (University of Nottingham, 2018), specializing in augmented spaces and museum design. Her teaching includes MArch studios and research-led courses, emphasizing global urban case studies and planning contexts.
Research interests span three core areas: 1) Creative participation in inclusive urban planning (e.g., 'Brown to Green' transition projects), 2) Digital applications in urban resilience (e.g., urban digital twins and climate adaptation), and 3) Gender equity in urban design (e.g., Newcastle's City Centre Transformation Plan). Recent grants include £128K from AHRC for 'Navigating Urban Ecologies' and £17K from RIS for mobility hub research.
Key awards include the Digital Culture Award (Arts Council England, 2019), Early Career Artist Bursary (2020), and recognition for gender-inclusive urban research. She supervises PhD students exploring practice-as-research methodologies within her thematic areas.
Notable collaborations include Newcastle Culture Investment Fund projects, feminist urban equity walks, and international partnerships addressing eco-social vulnerabilities across the UK, Netherlands, and Norway. Her work contributes to UN SDGs related to sustainable cities (Goal 11), gender equality (Goal 5), and climate action (Goal 13).
