ZHILIN LIU Curriculum Vitae
EDUCATION
2007 Ph.D. City and Regional Planning, Cornell University
2002 M.S. Human Geography, Peking University, Beijing, P. R. China
1999 B.S. Urban Studies and Regional Planning, Peking University, Beijing, P. R. China
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Urban Planning and Governance, Housing Policy, Sustainable Urbanization, Urban Social Geography, Market Transition and New Institutional Theory
POSITION HELD
Jan. 2011-present Associate Professor
Executive Director, Master in Development Practice/International Development (Since October 2011)
Deputy Director of Institute for Public Policy (Since January 2009) School of Public Policy & Management, Tsinghua University Aug. 2007-Dec. 2010 Assistant Professor
Deputy Director of Institute for Public Policy (Since January 2009) School of Public Policy & Management, Tsinghua University Sept.2008 – present Joint Research Fellow in Housing Policy
Peking University - Lincoln Institute Center for Urban Development and Land Policy, Beijing, China
Courses taught:
Social Research Methods II PhD core course
Applied Social Research Methods (In English) Master in International Development
International MPA Program
Research Design and Thesis Writing (In English) Master in International Development
International MPA Program
Analytic Methods for Public Administration/Quantitative Research Methods (In English)
Master in International Development
International MPA Program
Urban Planning and Development MPA course Development Planning: Theory and Practice MPA course
RESEARCH GRANTS AND PROFESSIONAL CONSULTING PROJECTS (SELECTED)
2012 “Kelamayi City Housing Demand Assessment and Affordable Housing Policy Design,” Consulting Project for the Kelamayi City Housing Bureau, Xinjiang Autonomous Region (Deputy Project Leader, Sub-Project Leader for “Affordable Housing Policy Design”)
2012 “Assessing Local Implementation Process of Affordable Housing Policy in China:
The Case of Cheap Rental Housing Program,” Sponsored by Urban China Initiative.
2012 - 2014 “Key Technologies in Urban Residents’ Space-Time Behavioral Analysis and Smart Travel Service Demonstration,” Sponsored by the Ministry of Science and
Technology (Twelfth Five-Year S&T Research Grant, No. 2012BAJ05B04; Sub- Project Leader)
2012 - 2014 “Transformation of the Work-Unit (Danwei) System and its Spatial and Social Implications,” Research Grant Sponsored by National Social Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11AZD085; Key Member and Sub-Project Leader).
2011 - 2013 “Spatial and Social Transformation and Social Hybridization of Work Units (Danwei) in Transitional Urban China: Process, Mechanisms and Optimization, ” Research Grant Sponsored by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No:
41071102; Key Member).
2010 - 2012 “Governance and Institutional Mechanisms of Low-Carbon Cities in China”, Independent Research Grant Sponsored by Tsinghua University (PI).
2010 - 2012 “Assessing China’s Low Income Housing Policy”, Peking University-Lincoln Institute Center for Urban Development and Land Policy (PI).
2010 – 2012 “Research on Climate Change Risk Management”, sub-project of “Key Strategies and Technological Issues for Promoting Green Development in China”, National Basic Research and Development Project (973 Project), Sponsored by Ministry of Science and Technology (Key Member, responsible for “regional risk management and regional development policies for Climate Change)
2009 – 2012 “Research on Promoting Affordable Housing Construction”, Key Project Sponsored by National Social Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 09 &ZD042; Member) 2008 - 2011 “Low-Income Housing Dilemma in Transitional Urban China: Spatial Outcomes,
Spatial Process, and Institutional Interpretation,” Youth Scholar Research Grant, Sponsored by National Natural Science Foundation of China (PI).
2008 - 2010 Lanzhou City Economic Development Strategy (Project PI), Special Research for Lanzhou City Master Plan (2009-2020) in collaboration with China Academy of Urban Planning & Design.
2008 - 2010 “Methodology and Methods in Geography”, Special Research Grant funded by the Ministry of Science and Technology, P.R. China; Participant in the sub-project
“Methodology and Methods in Urban Geography Research” (PI: Professor CHAI Yanwei, Peking University).
2008 - 2010 “Low Income Housing Policy Research”, Peking University-Lincoln Institute Center for Urban Development and Land Policy.
2008 - 2010 Low-Carbon City Development Plan for Baoding City, Hebei Province (Key Member).
2008 -2009 “Incentives and Decision Mechanisms for Low-Carbon Development: An Analysis of Local Government Behavior”, Small Grant of Institute of Low-Carbon Economy, Tsinghua University (Co-PI).
2007-2008 Urbanization Governance in China: Challenges and Policy Analysis (Key Member), Research Project for “2007 China Sustainable Cities Initiative,” sponsored by the Energy Foundation.
2003-2005 “Linking Economic Development and Child Care” (PI: Associate Prof. Mildred Warner, Cornell University), funded by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families.
Work in Progress
1. Liu, Zhilin, Joyce Y. Man, & Juan Jing. Affordable housing policy: International experience and implications for China. Book project initiated by Peking University-Lincoln Institute Center for Urban Development and Land Policy (to be published by the Commercial Press, Beijing, China).
2. Liu, Zhilin, Yujun Wang, & Ran Tao. Social Capital and Migrant Housing Experiences in Urban China: Evidence from a Twelve-City Migrant Survey. Revise and Re-submitted to Housing Studies.
3. Liu, Zhilin, Jing Ma, & Yanwei Chai. A Micro-Analysis Of Neighborhood-Scale Urban Form, Travel Behavior, And Co2 Emissions In Beijing: Implications For Low-Carbon Urban Planning, Submitted to Urban Geography, 2012
4. Mei, Ciqi, & Zhilin LIU. Who saves? The Politics of the Provincial Implementation of Energy Saving Program in China: 2006-2009. Submitted to Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, 2012.
5. Yang, Yizhao, Jesse Rodenbiker, & Zhilin Liu. Contemporary Urbanism in China. Book Chapter in A Companion to Urban Architecture. To be published by Wiley.
6. Yang, Yizhao, Wenzhong Zhang, & Zhilin Liu. Determinants of Residential Satisfaction for Residents in Urban China: Does Housing Access Type Matter? Evidence from 2005 Beijing Livable City Evaluation Survey. Submitted to Urban Studies, 2013.
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles and Book Chapters (In English)
1. LIU, Zhilin, & Yanwei CHAI. 2013. Family Ties, and Residential Mobility of Urban Elderly in Transitional China: The Case of Beijing. Book Chapter in Chinese Social Policy in Transition, Oxford University Press, forthcoming in June 2013.
2. Chai, Yanwei, Zhilin Liu, & Yan Zhang. Space-Time Behavior Research and Application in China. Book chapter in Mei-Po Kwan, Douglas Richardson, Donggen Wang and Chenghu Zhou (eds) (2013) Space-Time Integration in Geography and GIScience: Research Frontiers in the US and China. Dordrecht: Springer, forthcoming in 2013.
3. LIU, Zhilin, & Mildred Warner. 2009. Understanding geographical differences in child care multipliers: IMPLAN modeling methodology, economic structure, or policy impacts? Journal of Regional Analysis and Policy, 39 (1): 1-85.
4. Warner, Mildred. & Zhilin LIU. 2006. “The importance of child care in economic development:
A comparative analysis of regional economic linkage.” Economic Development Quarterly. 20 (1):
97-103.
5. Warner, Mildred, & Zhilin LIU. 2005. “Regional economic development and local services: The case of child care.” International Journal of Economic Development. 7(1):25-64 (In English).
Peer-Reviewed Papers since 2003 (In Chinese; Selected)
1. MEI, Ciqi, & LIU, Zhilin. Administrative Accountability and Bandwagoning in Policy Implementation: Regional Variations in Energy Saving Policy Implementation, 2006-2009.
China Population, Resources and Environment, 2012, 22 (12): 127-134.
2. LIU, Zhilin & Maojun WANG. 2011. Job accessibility and impacts on low-income commuters in Beijing: Is there spatial mismatch in transitional urban China? Acta Geographica Sinica [Dili Xubao]. 66 (4): 457-467
3. CHAI, Yanwei, XIAO, Zuopeng, & LIU, Zhilin. 2011. Low-carbon Optimization strategies based on CO2 emission mechanism of household daily travels:A case in Beijing. Geographical Research [Dili Yanjiu].
4. CHAI, Yanwei, XIAO, Zuopeng, & LIU, Zhilin. 2011. Comparative Analysis on CO2 Emission Per Household in Daily Travel Based on Spatial Behavior Constraints. Scientia Geographica Sinica [Dili Kexue]. 2011, 31 (7): 843-8409.
5. CHAI, Yanwei, Yan ZHANG, & Zhilin LIU. Spatial Differences of Home-Work Separation and the Impacts of Housing Policy and Urban Sprawl: Evidence from Household Survey Data in Beijing. Acta Geographica Sinica [Dili Xubao]. 66 (2): 157-166.
6. TA, Na, Yanwei CHAI, & Zhilin LIU. 2011. The Origin, Concepts and Research Progress of Filtering Theory. Human Geography [Renwen Dili]. 26 (1): 10-14.
7. MA, Jing, Yanwei CHAI, & Zhilin LIU. The Mechanism of CO2 Emissions from Urban Transport Based on Individuals’ Travel Behavior in Beijing. Acta Geographica Sinica [Dili Xubao]. 66 (8): 1023-1032.]
8. XIAO, Zuopeng, CHAI, Yanwei, & LIU, Zhilin. 2011. Quantitative Distribution and Related Factors for Household Daily Travel CO2 Emissions in Beijing. Urban Studies [Chengshi Fazhan Yanjiu]. 2011, 18 (9): 104-112.]
9. LIU, Zhilin, & Jie LI. 2010. Public Rental Housing Policy: Comparative International Experience and Implications for China. Forthcoming in Modern Urban Research [Xiandai Chengshi Yanjiu], 2010 (10): 21-26
10. LIU Zhilin, & Yafei HAN. 2010. Expanding Affordable Housing Through Planning:What Can We Learn from America and England? International Planning Review [Guoji Chengshi Guihua].
25 (3): 90-96.
11. JING Juan, Zhilin LIU, & Joyce Yanyun MAN. 2010. International Experiences of Low-income Housing Policy and its Implications to China: Demand-side Subsidy Policies. Urban Studies [Chengshi Fazhan Yanjiu]. 17 (6): 56-63.
12. WU Wenjie, Zhilin LIU, & Wenzhong ZHANG. 2010. Determinants of Residential Land Price:
Structure Equation Model Analysis Using Land-leasing Parcel Data in Beijing. Acta Geographica Sinica [Dili Xuebao]. 65 (6): 676-684.
13. DAI, Yixin, Wenwen WANG, Zhilin LIU, & Ye QI. 2010. A Study on Leadership Model in Low-Carbon City Governance. Modern Urban Research [Xiandai Chengshi Yanjiu], 2010 (8): 7- 14.
14. WU Wenjjie, Wenzhong ZHANG, Zhilin LIU, Xingwen HUANG. 2010. Tempo-spatial analysis of the residential land’s spatial pattern in Beijing. Geographical Research [Dili Yanjiu]. 29 (4):
683-692.
15. WANG Mao-jun, Zhilin LIU, & Tingting HUO. 2010. The Succession Variation Analysis of Nodal Region in Shandong Urban System in 1932-1979. Human Geography [Renwen Dili]. 25 (3): 47-54.
16. LIU Zhilin, Maojun WANG, & Yanwei CHAI. 2010. Spatial Mismatch Theory: A Review of Empirical Research and Methodology. Human Geography [Renwen Dili]. 25 (1): 1-6.
17. LIU, Zhilin, Yan ZHANG, & Yanwei CHAI. 2009. Home-Work Separation in the Context of Institutional and Spatial Transformation in Urban China: Evidence from Beijing Household Survey Data. Urban Studies [Chengshi Fazhan Yanjiu]. 16 (6): 110-117.
18. LIU, Zhilin , Yixin DAI , Changgui DONG, Ye QI. 2010. Low-Carbon City: Concepts , International Practice and Implications for China. Urban Studies [Chengshi Fazhan Yanjiu]. 16 (9): 1-7
19. LIU, Zhilin. 2009. Central-Local Divergence in Low-Income Housing Policy Approach–
Decision Modeling Analysis Using the Analytic Network Process. Urban and Regional Planning Research [Chengshi yu Quyu Guihua Yanjiu]. 2 (2): 48-67.
Scientific Development. Urban Studies [Chengshi Fazhan Yanjiu]. 15 (3): 144-155.
21. CHAI Yanwei, Zhilin LIU, Jie SHEN. 2008. Changes of the DANWEI system and its effects.
Arid Land Geography [Ganhanqu Dili]. 31 (2): 155-163.
Books and Reports
1. Liu, Zhilin. 2013. Assessing Local Implementation Process of Affordable Housing Policy in China: The Case of Cheap Rental Housing Program. Research Report for Urban China Initative.
(Executive Summary available from: http://www.urbanchinainitiative.org/research/grants/).
2. Qi, Y., Z. Liu, & Q. Cai, 2008. “Governing urbanization for sustainability: Role of government in transformation.” Urbanization Governance in China: Challenges and Policy Analysis Project Report (PI: Prof Ye Qi), Research Project for “2007 China Sustainable Cities Initiative,”
sponsored by the Energy Foundation.
3. Liu, Z., R. Ribeiro & M. Warner. 2004. “Comparing child care multipliers in the regional economy: Analysis from 50 states.” (In English). Linking Economic Development and Child Care Research Project Report. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Department of City and Regional Planning. Available at http://economicdevelopment.cce.cornell.edu/.
4. Chai, Y., Z. Liu, Z. Li, et. al. 2002. The time-space structure of Chinese cities. (In Chinese).
Beijing: Peking University Press.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND INVIATED TALKS (SELECTED)
1. LIU, Zhilin, & Ciqi MEI. 2013. Gradualism but How? Local Policy Experiments, the Center’s Choice and Policy Changes. Conference Paper Presented at the Workshop of Designing Optimal Policy Mixes: Principles and Methods, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, Bukit Timah Campus, Feb.28-Mar.1, 2013.
2. LIU Zhilin, & Yujun WANG. 2012. Social capital, housing, and quality of life of temporary migrants in urban China: Evidence from a twelve-city migrant survey. International Conference on Spatial and Social Transformation in Urban China. 13-14 Dec 2012, Hong Kong.
3. LIU Zhilin. Housing, Quality of Life, and Social Integration of Temporary Migrants in Urban China: From a Social Capital Perspective. The 7th China-Japan-Korea Conference on Geography. August 03-06, 2012,Changchun, China.
4. LIU Zhilin. 2012. Assessing Implementation of Affordable Housing Policy in China: From a Central-local Perspective. International Symposium on China’s Urban Development and Land Policy. July 14-15, 2012, Peking University, Beijing, China.
5. MEI, Ciqi, Zhilin LIU, & Lan XUE. 2012. When Gradualism Might Fail: Politics of Policy Experimentation in China. The 22rd International Political Science Association World Congress, July 8-12, 2012, Madrid, Spain.
6. Mei, Ciqi, & Zhilin LIU. 2011. Who saves? Politics in Provincial Implementation of Energy Saving Program in China: 2006-2009. Paper Presented at the 2011 Association of Policy Analysis and Management Annual Fall Conference, November 3-5, 2011, Washington DC, USA.
7. LIU, Zhilin. 2011. Social Capital and Housing for Migrant Workers in Urban China:
Evidence from a Twelve-City Survey. Paper Presented at the Third International Conference on Public Policy and Management, Oct 23rd, 2011, School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
8. LIU, Zhilin, Jing Ma, & Yanwei Chai. 2011. Neighborhood-Scale Urban Form, Travel Behavior, and CO2 Emission in Beijing: A Structural Equation Model Analysis. Paper Presented at the 2011 Annual Conference of Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning,
October 13-16, 2011, Salt Lake City, UT, USA,
9. LIU, Zhilin. 2011. Social Capital and Housing for Migrant Workers in Urban China:
Evidence from a Twelve-City Survey. Paper Presented at the 2011 Annual Meeting of Association of American geographers, April 11-16, 2011, Seattle, WA, USA.
10. LIU, Zhilin, & Maojun WANG. 2010. Job Accessibility and Impacts on Low-Income Commuters in Beijing: From a Spatial Mismatch Perspective. Paper Presented at the 40th Annual Conference of Urban Affairs Association. March 10-13, 2010, Honolulu, Hawaii, US.
11. LIU, Zhilin. 2009. “Low-income housing policy: International experience in supply-side housing subsidy.” Paper presented at the Symposium on Low-Income Housing in China:
Current Issues and Policy Design, organized by Peking University - Lincoln Institute Center for Urban Development and Land Policy, July 10-11, 2009, Beijing, China
12. LIU, Zhilin. 2009. “Urban governance in China: The institutional framework for public participation in urban planning.” Presentation at the Sino-UK Collaborative Workshop on Community Engagement and Governance Structures for Urban Development and Regeneration, June 01-02, 2009, University College London, UK.
13. LIU, Zhilin. 2009. “Home-work separation, job accessibility, and the impacts of housing policy and urban sprawl: Evidence from household survey data in Beijing, China.” Paper presented at the 2009 Annual Meeting of Association of American geographers, March 22-27, 2009, Las Vegas, Nevada, US.
14. LIU, Zhilin. 2009. “Governing urbanization for sustainability: An institutional analysis of government behavior in China.” Presentation at International Workshop on Sustainable City Region, Bali, Indonnesia.
15. LIU, Zhilin. “Modeling institutional constraints on housing preferences and choices: Current conceptual and methodological challenges facing China scholars.” Paper presented at the International Conference on China' Urban Land and Housing in the 21st Century, Hong Kong Baptist University, 13-15 Dec 2007, Hong Kong, China.
16. CHAI, Yanwei, & Zhilin LIU. 2007. “Danwei, family ties, and residential mobility of the elderly in Beijing: Case studies from a life history perspective.” Paper presented at the International Conference on China’s Urban Transition and City Planning, June 29-30, 2007, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom.
17. Liu, Z. “Beyond local growth coalition: The case of the Economical and Suitable Housing Program (ESHP) in transitional urban China.” Paper presented at the Association of American Geographers 2007 Annual Conference, April 17-21, 2007, San Francisco, California, US.
18. Liu, Z. “Growth coalition revisited and its application in a transition economy: The case of economy: The case of implementing the affordable housing policy in local Chinese cities.”
Paper presented at the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning 2006 Annual Conference, November 9-12, 2006, Fort Worth, Texas.
19. Liu, Z. “Affordable housing policy in an emerging housing market: the case of the ESHP in urban China.” Invited talk at the Regional Science Seminar, Department of City and Regional Planning, Cornell University, October 11, 2006, Ithaca, New York.
20. Warner, M. & Z. Liu. “The importance of child care in economic development: A comparative analysis of regional economic linkage.” Paper presented at the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning 2004 Annual Conference, October 21-24, 2004, Portland, Oregon.
AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS
2007 Gill-Chin Lim Award for the Best Dissertation on International Planning (Nominated) 2007 Best Student Paper Award, China Geography Specialty Group of the Association of
American Geographers
2006 The Gill-Chin Lim Travel Award for Student Travel to the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning 2006 Annual Conference in Fort Worth, Texas
2006-2007 The East Asia Program Fellowship, Cornell University
2006 The Outstanding Program Award, Community Development Society (co-recipient for the Linking Economic Development and Child Care Project, Cornell University) 2004, 2005 Research Travel Grant, Cornell University Graduate School (in support of
dissertation field research)
2004, 2005 International Travel Grant, The Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies, Cornell University (in support of preliminary dissertation field research)
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
Association of American Geographers – Member (2004 to present);
Urban Affairs Association – Member (2009 to present);
International Political Science Association – Member (2012 to present)
China Geographical Society – Member; Member of Young Geographers Committee (2010 to present)
LANGUAGES
Chinese (native language) and English (Fluent)
