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Committee Members (2023-2026)

Committee Position
(2023-2026)
NameInfo
Interim Co-ChairsBasak Tanulku

Calvin Chung
SecretaryBasak TanulkuIndependent researcher. RGS Fellow.
Recipient of the RGS Research Group Bursary. PhD degree in Sociology Lancaster University.

Email: tanulkub[AT]gmail.com
Research interests: gated communities, boundaries, housing, socio-spatial fragmentation, DIY Urbanism and alternative spaces, urban voids, nature/culture.
TreasurerVacant
Events and Conference Officer Calvin ChungAssistant Professor, Department of Geography and Resource Management, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Email: calvin.chung[AT]cuhk.edu.hk
Research interests: environmental politics, planning politics, state spatial restructuring, cultural political economy
Membership Secretary/
Postgraduate Representative
Nivedita SinghAffiliation : Fellow, Royal Asiatic Society, London
Fellow - Royal Anthropological Institute, London
Fellow, Royal Society of Arts, London
University of Mumbai
Email: nivedita1116[AT]gmail.com
Research Interests: Gentrification, Climate Change, Sustainable Development, Urban Studies, Gender
Dissertation Prize CoordinatorDaniel Gutierrez-Ujaque Lecturer in Critical Pedagogy
Department of Education Sciences
University of Lleida (Spain)
Email: daniel.gutierrez[AT]udl.cat
Research interests: Critical Digital Pedagogy, Higher Education, Sensory Studies and urban studies
Website and Communication OfficerBasak Tanulku

Sandra Hiari (X/Twitter)
Postgraduate RepresentativeSandra HiariDPhil Student in Sustainable Urban Development, University of Oxford

Email: sandra.hiari[AT]conted.ox.ac.uk
Research interests: urban governance, policy mobilities, policy transfer, public administration, postcolonial urban theory.
Postgraduate RepresentativeFarhan AnsharyPhD Student in Planning at Newcastle University
Email: c1026346[AT]newcastle.ac.uk
Research interests: urban theory, planning theory, urbanisation, cultural political economy
Ordinary MemberJin Xing
Email: jinxingster[AT]gmail.com
Research Interests: Smart Cities, Geographic Information Science, Machine Learning, Urban Change Detection, Big Data Analytics, Spatio-Temporal Modelling, and Volunteered Geographic Information.