Professor Izzy Yi JIAN

Professor JIAN comes from an architecture background and earned her Ph.D. from the Department of Building and Real Estate and the Research Institute of Sustainable Urban Development (RISUD) at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Before joining EdUHK, she worked as a PTVL at the School of Design, HK PolyU; a Postdoctoral Fellow and Project Manager at the Happy Ageing Lab, School of Architecture, CUHK; a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Public Design Lab, School of Design, HK PolyU; and an Ernst Mach Global Research Fellow at the Department of Geography and Regional Research, the University of Vienna. Her research and teaching interests include spatial justice, the privatisation of public open space, inclusive/age-friendly design, community engagement, and geomedia.