Junyan Ye

Dr. Junyan Ye is a Tutor in the MArch Architecture and Urbanism (Theory) unit at the Manchester School of Architecture (MSA), Manchester Metropolitan University since 2022. They hold doctoral and prior degrees in urban design and planning from XJTLU (Suzhou, China), the University of Liverpool, and the University of Manchester, where they completed their PhD in 2025. Their research focuses on transnational student perceptions of urban nature in global cities, combining autoethnography, digital diaries, and interviews to explore human-nature relations in contexts of global mobility and digitalization.

Education:

• Bachelor's and Postgraduate Taught (PGT) degrees in urban design/planning from XJTLU, University of Liverpool, and University of Manchester
• Doctoral research at University of Manchester (2025): Urban nature re-encountered, examining Chinese international students' engagement with urban nature in Manchester

Research emphasizes interdisciplinary approaches across human geography, sociology, urban studies, and landscape architecture. Teaching experience since 2020 includes roles as a Teaching Assistant across BA/BSc/MA/MSc/MArch programs, contributing to lectures, workshops, fieldtrips, and dissertation supervision. Active in MSA's multicultural, interdisciplinary environment.

Labs/Teams: Associated with the CPU Lab (as noted in MSA's research news), though specific lab affiliation details are not explicitly stated.