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Professor Sun Sheng Han is a Professor of Urban Planning at the University of Melbourne's Melbourne School of Design. Previously, he held roles including tenured Associate Professor at the National University of Singapore, urban planning practice in Beijing, teaching at Canadian universities, and work at the United Nations Centre for Regional Development in Japan. His research focuses on urban and regional development dynamics in the Pacific-Asia region, emphasizing institutional restructuring and spatial organization. Key projects include the Australia/China Research Network on Planning Global City-Regions and studies on bicycle transport in urban China.
Education background includes prior academic and professional experiences across multiple institutions. Research interests span urban governance, sustainability, and resilience, with a focus on China's urbanization challenges. He has been actively involved in interdisciplinary collaborations, fund-raising, and graduate supervision. Notable contributions include analyses of the Belt and Road Initiative's impact in Cambodia, post-pandemic urban resilience, and low-carbon city development strategies.
Labs and affiliations include the Transport, Health and Urban Design (THUD) research hub. His work bridges theory and practice, addressing global urban challenges through comparative studies between cities like Xi’an, Wuhan, and Melbourne. Current research trends emphasize governance structures in green infrastructure projects and the socio-spatial impacts of urbanization policies.
