Sun Sheng Han's research and teaching expertise are in the areas of urban and regional development, strategic planning and analytical methods in urban studies. He joined the University of Melbourne in mid 2007.
Sun Sheng taught at the National University of Singapore for over ten years, and was a tenured Associate Professor before relocating to Melbourne. In his career he also worked for the China Academy of Urban Planning and Design (Beijing, China) as a planner; taught at Simon Fraser University and the University of British Columbia (Vancouver, Canada) as a lecturer; and researched in the United Nations Centre for Regional Development (Nagoya, Japan) as a UN Fellow.
Sun Sheng has been working on a research agenda which links theories of the spatial organization of urban activities with the dynamics of institutional and economic restructuring in the Pacific-Asia region. He has been active in pursuing his research agenda and successful in fund raising, graduate student supervision, research collaborations and publications. His works have received recognition internationally, and he has served as consultant to government and private organizations, proposal assessor to funding agencies, and external examiner to PhD examinations. Sun Sheng has been a member of the Editorial Board in Progress in Planning (UK), GeoJournal (the Netherlands), Urban Planning International (China), and the Journal of Urban and Regional Planning (China).
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FEATURED Journal article
Foreign housing investment in Seoul: Origin of investors and location of investment
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The Theory And Practice Of Street Quality Improvement
Research Contracts
Bike-sharing schemes might seem like a waste of space but the economics makes sense
NEWS ARTICLE
Wrestling between central and local: Planning and development of the Wuhan High-Speed Rail..
Journal article
Wuhan Planning & Design Institute (China) Exchange Program
Research Contracts
A greener ‘Kingdom of Bicycles’
NEWS ARTICLE
The spatial spread of dockless bike-sharing programs among Chinese cities
Journal article
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Projects
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Research Contracts
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Internal Research Grant
Additional Information
Sun Sheng is currently working on the following projects: "Sustainable transport planning in Asia" supported by the Volvo Research and Education Foundation (Sweden - through GAMUT), " Impact of spatial parameters on GHG emissions In Indian and Chinese cities " supported by the Asian-Pacific Network for Global Change Research (Japan), and “Low-carbon city configuration” supported by the Australian Research Council.
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Credentials
Positions
Positions
Professor - Urban Planning
Architecture, Building And Planning
Education
Education
Doctrate of Philosophy
Simon Fraser University
Masters in Science
Asian Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Engineering
Tongji University