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Dr. Youcao Ren is a distinguished academic and researcher, renowned for his expertise in sustainable urban planning and sanitation systems. With a strong educational foundation, Dr. Ren holds a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Landscape Architecture from the University of Sheffield, and a Master of Arts (MA) in Architecture from the same institution. His professional experience spans over a decade, with stints as a Lecturer in Architecture at the University of Sheffield and Manchester School of Architecture (MSA), where he co-led research projects and contributed to grant applications. Dr. Ren is also a certified Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (AFHEA).

Credentials

  • AFHEA - Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
    Higher Education Academy
    Apr, 2019
    - Apr, 2026

Experience

    • Lecturer in Architecture
      • Mar 2023 - Present
      • Sheffield, England, United Kingdom

    • United Kingdom
    • Architecture and Planning
    • 200 - 300 Employee
    • Lecturer in Architecture & Urbanism
      • Apr 2022 - Mar 2023

    • Associate Lecturer
      • May 2021 - Apr 2022

    • Postdoctoral Research Associate
      • Jun 2019 - Apr 2022

      Research project: A Systems Approach to Sustainable Sanitation Challenges in Urbanising China (NERC: Towards a Sustainable Earth Scheme, in collaboration with NSFC (China) and JSF (Japan))Teaching responsibilities:Co-lead Transdisciplinary Urbanism_Infrastructures ( MArch Research Methods module)Contribute to the grant applications of: 1) Newton Fund Researcher Links workshop on Towards Healthy China 2035: Sustainable Urban (Sanitation) Infrasystems in the Yangtze River Delta (successful); 2) AHRC COVID-19 emergency fund on Resilient Urban Sanitation System (final round).Presented as a speaker at: 2021.11 Migrants’ Perception of Appropriate Sanitation and the Changing Public Toilets in Central Shanghai, Transformations of Infrastructure Systems, Germany. 2021.07 Service-based sanitation infrastructure system in central Shanghai, Degrowth, Manchester.2021.05 Chinese Garden: Design and Symbolism, Manchester Confucius Institute, keynote speaker.2021.01 Gender Equaltable Access to Public Sanitation in Urban Shanghai, Dialogue: Resilient Cities, China India Foundation.2019.11 Doing Ethnography in China's Urbanising Countryside, keynote speaker, College of Architecture and Urban Planning Research Forum, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.2019.10 Urban Green Space and Equitable Access, Faculty of Social Science, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China. Trainings and other activities:2021.04 Invited course participant, Practice Theory Summer School at Lancaster, Lancaster University.2020.11 Co-led administration and invited participant, Newton Fund Researcher Links workshop Towards Healthy China 2035, University of Manchester and Tongji University, Shanghai. 2019.10 Organiser, Urban Sanitation Stakeholder Seminar in collaboration with Shanghai Bureau of Planning and Land Resources, Tongji University, Shanghai, China.

    • United Kingdom
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Demonstrator
      • Sep 2017 - Apr 2019

    • Graduate Teaching Assistant
      • Sep 2016 - Apr 2019

Education

  • 2014 - 2018
    The University of Sheffield
    Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Landscape Architecture
  • 2011 - 2012
    The University of Sheffield
    Master of Arts - MA, Architecture

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