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Dr. Yimin Zhao is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography at Durham University, specializing in urban peripheries, spatial politics of urban change, and authoritarian urbanism in China and Asia. He employs interdisciplinary lenses of language, materiality, and everyday life to analyze urban transformations.
- Editor of City and Corresponding Editor of International Journal of Urban and Regional Research
- Trustee of the Urban Studies Foundation
- Founder and Co-Editor of 城识 UrbanSense, a WeChat-based platform for critical urban knowledge
His research spans three interconnected themes: (1) spatio-temporal dynamics of urban peripheries in Asian cities, (2) global-local articulations of Chinese urbanism, and (3) authoritarian urban governance. He has contributed to debates on speculative urbanism, micropolitics of infrastructure, and translational urban theory.
Recent publications include studies on Beijing’s green belts, Forest City in Malaysia, and Chengdu’s pandemic-era street governance. Zhao’s work often intersects with state theory, political economy, and critical sociology. While no formal scientific awards are listed in his profile, his editorial and knowledge mobilization efforts highlight his disciplinary leadership.
