Dr. Xiaoxue Gao

• Sociology of Space
• Urban and Social Geography
• Spatial and Regional Planning
• Urban Studies in Asia (China, Thailand, Cambodia)

2023/10-now

Post-doc Researcher on Circular Spaces of the Built Environment in Cities and Regions, IOER (Dresden, Germany)

2021/5-2023/1

Assistant Professor of Urban Sociology at the Institute of Sociology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (Beijing, China)

2019/4-2020/10

Post-doc Researcher at the Habitat Unit, Institute of Architecture, Technical University of Berlin (Berlin, Germany)

 

2014/8-2019/2

Doctor of Philosophy (Dr. Phil.) in Urban and Architectural Sociology, Institute of Sociology, Technical University of Berlin.

2011-2014

Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Urban and Regional Planning, Department of Geography, Peking University.

2006-2011

Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) in Urban Planning, School of Architecture, Tianjin University.

 

ZirkuläR - Circular Spaces of Built Environment in Cities and Regions

2023/5-2023/9

A Participatory Approach to Developing Nighttime Identity for Historical Cities in Thailand: A Case Study of Rattanakosin Island, collaborating with Lighting Research Innovation Center, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi

2022/5-2022/12

Place-Making in Megacity Chengdu, commissioned and funded by Chengdu Institute of Social Sciences

2021/5-2022/5

Housing Regeneration and Management in Beijing, funded by National Government Offices Administration (PRC)

2019/4–2020/10

Urban-Rural Assembly (URA): Managing inclusive transformation-to-sustainability processes at the urban-rural interface of the Huangyan-Taizhou region in China, funded by the German Federal Ministry of Research and Education (BMBF, 01LE1804A)

2009-2020

Safeguarding Ta Keo Temple in Angkor Wat, funded by Chinese Academy of Cultural Heritage

 

Course "Urban and Community Studies" at the University of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
Course "Communicative Construction of Space" at Technical University of Berlin
Supervising Bachelor and Master’s Theses 

Gao, X. (2023). Recontextualizing Circulating Knowledge. In Keim, W. & Medina, L.R. (Eds.), In Routledge Handbook of Academic Knowledge Circulation (pp. 99-110). Taylor & Francis.

Gao, X., Million, A. & Wang, R. (2022). Gating and Gatedness: Interpreting the Procedural Refiguration of an Enclosed Residential Compound in Guangzhou. SFB 1265 Working Paper, Nr. 11, Berlin.

Gao, X. (2021). Thinking of Space Relationally: Critical Realism Beyond Relativism – A Multitude Study of the Artworld in Beijing. ISBN 978-3-8376-5587-2. Bielefeld: Transcript Verlag, 2021

Zhang, X., Shen, J., & Gao, X. (2021). Towards a comprehensive understanding of intercity cooperation in China’s city-regionalization: A comparative study of Shenzhen-Hong Kong and Guangzhou-Foshan city groups. Land Use Policy, 103, 105339.

Gao, X., Misselwitz, P., Langguth, H. & Lynam, A. (Eds.), 2020, Interfaces (Vol. 1), Universitätsverlag der TU Berlin.