Roger C.K. Chan

I am Honorary Associate Professor of the Department of Urban Planning and Design, The University of Hong Kong. I served as the first Associate Dean (Research) of the Faculty from 2011 to 2016. My field of research is regional and urban development with a primary focus on China. One main area of my research interest is urban and regional development theories as applied in China, with special reference to urban agglomerations. Another main area is in cooperation and competition among cities and regional economic development, which includes a systematic study of the economic interactions between Hong Kong and her neighbouring economic districts in the Greater Pearl River Delta region.

I had been primarily involved in the teaching of postgraduate courses on urban and regional planning and supervising research postgraduates. In 2014, I was awarded the Doris Zimmern HKU-Cambridge Hughes Hall Fellowship and was a visiting scholar to the Department of Land Economy, Cambridge University. I am recipient of the University Outstanding Research Student Supervisor Award in 2014. I also hold visiting appointments at Department of Geography, University of Szeged, Hungary and several tertiary institutes of China. I am appointed as visiting professor of the Peking Normal University, Zhuhai.

Professionally, I am a chartered member of the Royal Town Planning Institute, UK and a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. I have also served on various professional bodies, including being elected as Chairman of the Hong Kong Geographical Association (1999-2001), honourable member of the Institute of Shopping Centre Management (Hong Kong). Member of the International board of directors of Asian Urban Research Association. I am member of the editorial boards of The China Review, Sustainable Development, Asian Geographer, ICE Planning and Design.

Education

• D. Phil. Oxford University
• The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

Awards & Achievements

Dr Xie Yongqing, a PhD graduate of DUPAD under the supervision of Dr Chan, has been appointed Associate Professor of the Department of Urban and Rural Planning, Faculty of Architecture, Tianjian University. Dr Xie was formerly a senior planner of the China Academy of Urban Planning and Design.

Dr Chan was interviewed by Ming Pao on the 40th Anniversary of Shenzhen Special Economic Zone. Commented on rail-based infrastructure development and Hong Kong’s position in the Greater Bay Area (Ming Pao 15 October 2020, A1).

Dr Chan was invited to speak at the 2020 Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau GBA Planning Forum on 19 September. The topic of his presentation is about pioneer city-region in the GBA.

Dr Chan was appointed by the Chief Executive as a member of the Town Planning Board for a term of two years from 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2022.

Dr Chan was interviewed by the Hong Kong Economies Times on the Lok Ma Chau Loop and the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Innovation Corridor in the Greater Bay Area.

Dr Chan was re-elected to the Executive Committee cum Vice-President, Supervisory Board, Macao Urban Planning Institute with effect from 2018 to 2021.

Dr Chan co-authored a paper with Dr Xu Wang, Dr Yaping Huang and Dr Xuefeng He. The paper “A study on the rural social network and village planning paradigm in China” published in China City Planning Review, 27(1), 59-66 (http://www.ccprjournal.com.cn/news/9599.htm) was ranked first in the “Honorable Mention” category of the Jin Jingchang China Urban Planning Excellent Papers Award 2018 (「金經昌中國城市 規劃優秀論文獎」). The award is organized by the Urban Planning Society of China and adjudicated by 14 leading planning academics and practitioners.