Teaching

Urban and Regional EconomicsGIS and 3D ModellingSustainable Urban TransitionField-based Learning

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) certificate awarded to Joseph Hongsheng Zhao by AdvanceHE

Professional Recognition

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) — awarded by AdvanceHE in recognition of attainment against the Professional Standards Framework for teaching and supporting learning in higher education (Fellowship reference: PR334936, dated 13 January 2026).

PhD and Postgraduate Supervision

I welcome enquiries from prospective PhD students working in the following areas:

Just Transitions in Scottish Cities
Post-industrial urban regeneration
AI, digital gap and urban inequality
Migration and citizenship in UK and the Global South
Community-led planning and participatory design

Successfully Supervised Dissertations

BSc Town Planning WBL Honours Dissertation

M. Drummond (2025–2026). Delivering a Just Transition? An Assessment of Procedural and Distributional Justice in Onshore Wind Planning in the Scottish Highlands.
T. Young (2025–2026). Evaluation of Local Living Mapping Method and their Application in Dumfries and Galloway.

MPhil Planning Growth and Regeneration, Land Economy, University of Cambridge

P. Guo (2021–2022). Affordable Housing and Urban Regeneration in Chinese Greater Bay Area (as 2nd supervisor with Prof. S. Fennell).

MSc City Planning & Real Estate Development, University of Glasgow

J. Liu (2022–2023). State-led Gentrification: A Case Study of Guangzhou.
S. Cen (2022–2023). Summary of Experience and Suggestion on the Construction and Operation of Taizhou Rail Transit Project: The Case Study of Wanchang Station.
T. Dodsworth (2022–2023). Community Asset Transfer: A Review of the Process in the Case of Kinning Park Complex, Glasgow.
S. H. Fong (2022–2023). Housing Problems and Governance Failure and Injustice: Examining Two Policies in Hong Kong.
X. Zhuang (2022–2023). The Relation between Land Finance and Housing Prices: A Case Study of China.
Y. Wu (2022–2023). Affective Factors on Housing Price in China.
Y. Pan (2022–2023). The Future of China's Eastern Coastal Property Development.
Y. Dong (2022–2023). The Impact of the Climate Change on UK Real Estate Market — A Systematic Literature Review.
K. Zhu (2022–2023). The Impact of Ageing on Market Price of Housing: The Example of Shanghai.
S. Liu (2022–2023). The Impact of the Supply of Residential Mortgages on Housing Prices and Housing Supply.

MSc Public Policy & Management (Co-organised with Adam Smith Business School), University of Glasgow

Y. Yu (2022–2023). Are Chinese Living Harder? A Mix-method Study of the Rental Crisis among Students in Glasgow.
S. Xiong (2022–2023). Implementing Housing Policy in Hong Kong: Challenges and Solutions.
Y. Wang (2022–2023). The Residential Satisfaction of Rural to Urban Migrants Workers in China — A Systematic Literature Review.
Y. Jiang (2022–2023). The Influencing Factors of Public Participation in Affordable Housing Policy: A Case Study of Zhengzhou, China.
C. Xue (2022–2023). The Implementation of Joint Ownership Housing (JOH) Policy in Shanghai: A Case Study of Jing'an District.
Y. Zhou (2022–2023). The Causal Relation between Urban Green Space and Housing Prices from 2012 to 2021: Evidence from Central Urban Area of Chongqing.