Xuanyi Nie

Xuanyi Nie’s (DDes ’21) dissertation explores healthcare economy in cities, and the political economy behind the making of medical cities. Having multiple journal articles under review, his research concerns medical and economic geography, urbanization and infectious diseases, and the impacts of health policies on urban governance and development. His research projects have been granted by the Harvard GSD, Joint Center for Housing Studies, Fairbank Center, Harvard Asia Center, and Harvard China Health Partnership. Xuanyi is also a FIABCI scholar awarded by the FIABCI Scholarship Foundation for International Real Estate Studies. He holds a professional certificate in municipal finance awarded by the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and is a member of the China Healthcare Architecture Association (CHHA) in Beijing.

Xuanyi’s research has benefited from various academic and professional experiences. He is currently a research fellow at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, focusing on the financing and policies for developing healthcare facilities in China. He has served as a teaching fellow at the Harvard Graduate School of Design for classes on both urban history and theory, and architectural tectonics. Xuanyi recently worked at the UN-Habitat, engaged in various projects including Strategic Urban Project Financing, International Guidelines on Urban and Territorial planning COVID-19 Response, and COVID-19 and Learnings for Urban Planners. Prior to joining the doctoral program, Xuanyi has worked at KPF, Kengo Kuma, New York Department of City Planning, and NBBJ. He has been invited to present at academic institutions including Peking University, Nanjing University, Tongji University, and Rutgers University. Xuanyi received his Master of Architecture Degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Design, and a Bachelor of Architectural Studies from Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand.

Companies

• Postdoctoral Research Fellow Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (2021)
• Adjunct Professor Roger Williams University (2021 — 2022)
• Intern UN-Habitat (United Nations Human Settlements Programme) (2020 — 2020)
• Research Assistant Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (2018 — 2020)
• Teaching Fellow Harvard University Graduate School of Design (2019 — 2019)
• Teaching Fellow Harvard University Graduate School of Design (2018 — 2019)
• Research Fellow The Food Water Energy Consortium (2018 — 2018)
• Teaching Fellow Harvard University Graduate School of Design (2018 — 2018)
• Urban Designer NBBJ Design (2016 — 2017)

Education

• Master of Architecture (M.Arch I) Harvard University Graduate School of Design (2012 — 2016)
• Spring Exchange The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts - Schools of Architecture, Design and Conservation (KADK) (2012.01 — 2012.06)
• Bachelor of Architecture (B.A.S) Victoria University of Wellington (2008 — 2011)