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Research Fellow

The Shimberg Center for Housing Studies, The University of Florida,  Gainesville, U.S.                    Oct. 2019-present

  • Leading a research project, “International impact on low-income families and affordable housing policies in Florida”

  • Mentoring one Ph.D. student to do her dissertation about the comparison of local & regional planning policies and housing-transportation mismatch

  • Collaborator in a research project “Planning for resilient community: Case of rural tourism & home-sharing in Port St. Joe”

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Research Assistant

Professor Abhinav Alakshendra

The University of Florida,  Gainesville, U.S. and Institute for Human Development, Patna, India        May. 2014-present

 

  • Proposal writing, data analysis, survey design, interview, focus group discussion, and presentation at the Center for International Design and Planning at the University of Florida and the Institute for Human Development in India

  • Major researcher in the project, “Evaluating Economic and Administrative Linkages in Determining Firms Location Choice in Hajipur, Bihar,” funded by International Growth Center (IGC), Oxford University & London School of Economics.

  • Major researcher in the project, “Understanding Slum Formation and Designing an Urban Housing Policy for Poor in Bihar,” funded by the Department for International Development (DFID), UK government.

 

 

 

Visiting Scholar

China Institute for Reform and Development, Haikou, China,                                                                    Aug.–Nov. 2013

 

  • Assisted in the project “Consumption-oriented Economic Reconstructing and Sustainable Development in China.”

  • Assisted in organizing the Economic Policy Forum “Emerging Economies Think Tank Alliance for High-Quality Growth.”

  • Wrote the reviews of global roundtable meeting “Urbanization and Migration: Creating Equitable Access to Basic Services.”

  • Assisted in the planning of Meilan Airport Free Trade Zone

 

 

 

Intern

China Economic Review, Shanghai and Nanjing, China, Jan. – March 2012

  • Collected and translated materials

  • Provided comment for the cover story “Unquenchable Thirst: Water Sparks Conflict in Asia”, 23(4), April 2012.

 

 

 
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