Li, Ziming
	Associate Professor
	Department of Public Finance and Taxation
	Email: liziming_idcc@whu.edu.cn
	PhD, Design, Construction and Planning, University of Florida, China (2019)
	PhD, Economics, Wuhan University, China (2013)
	B.A., Economics, Northwest University (2008)

TEACHING AND RESEARCH AREAS

Teaching Programme: Public Economics, Development and Reform in China

Teaching Focusing: Mixed Research Methodology, Gamification, the global South

Research Areas: Public policy and urban and regional governance, housing issues and community development, urban governance in the global South

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

Associate Professor, Wuhan University, 2023(Oct)-                 

Assistant Professor, Wuhan University, 2020-2023(Sep.)            

Research Fellow, The Shimberg Center for Housing Studies, University of Florida, 2019-2020                  

Research Assistant of Dr. Abhinav Alakshendra, University of Florida, 2014-2019                  

Visiting Scholar, China Institute for Reform and Development, 2013(Aug-Nov)         

INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE

The Johns Hopkins University-Nanjing University Center for Chinese and American Studies, 2011-2012

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Journal Papers (International)

Ziming Li, Abhinav Alakshendra, & Suzanna Smith (2023). A People-Centered Perspective on Slum Formalization Policy. Housing Policy Debate, 33(3): 553-572. https://doi.org/10.1080/10511482.2021.1905025

Ziming Li, Xiangming Chen, & Lei Wang (2022). A tale of two recoveries: uncovering the imbalance between state-driven production and private consumption in post-pandemic Wuhan, China, Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, 15(3): 725-746. https://doi.org/10.1093/cjres/rsac031

Lei Wang, Ziming Li (corresponding author), & Zhang Zhang (2022). City profile: Wuhan 2004–2020, Cities, 123, No.103585, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2022.103585

Ziming Li (2023). Book review: Housing Estates in Europe: Poverty, Ethnic Segregation, and Policy Challenges, Town Planning Review, 94(3): 347-349.

Conference Papers (International)

Slum dwellers’ perception of neighborhood insecurity and empowering the marginalized among marginalized groups: Gender difference perspective, The 49th Urban Affairs Association Conference, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, U.S. April 24-27, 2019.

The missing institutional linkages in constructing slum insecurity: Exclusion, policing and slum upgrading in India. First Annual Urban Planning Conference at Alabama A &M University, Huntsville, AL, U.S. Feb. 22, 2019.

Rethinking informality and planning for safe and inclusive urban spaces: A case study of slums in Patna, India. The Annual Conference of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning, Buffalo, NY, U.S. Oct. 25-28, 2018.

Understanding livability: Social inclusion, happiness, and urban residents’ satisfaction with their living communities in 41 big cities in China. The 12th Annual Conference of the International Association for China Planning, Xi’an, China, June 31-July 1st, 2018.

Social inclusion, access to public services, and migrants’ family integration in China. “Urban China in a New Era” Urban China Research Network Conference, 2018. Wuhan, China, June 23-25, 2018.

Impact of firms’ income tax reduction on employment: Identification through the corporate income tax reform in China. The 59th Annual Conference of the Indian Society of Labour Economics. Gulati Institute of Finance and Taxation, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India, Dec. 16-18, 2017.

Provision of Public Goods and Intergenerational Occupational Mobility: Empirical Evidence from China, The Global Conference on "Prosperity, Equality and Sustainability: Perspectives and Policies for a Better World", The World Bank and the Institute for Human Development, New Delhi, June 1-3. 2016

Others

Xiangming Chen, Ziming Li (2023). Xi’an: From an ancient world city to a 21st-century global logistics centre, Routledge Handbook of Asian Cities, Routledge, New York: 172-186.

RESEARCH GRANTS

Corporate-funded grants

Research on the operation of Guangshui Rural Cooperative Company

International collaborative grants

“Understanding slum formation and designing an urban housing policy for the poor in Bihar”, University of Oxford and LSE IGC project，2017.

“Linkages in determining firms’location choice in Hajipur (Bihar)”, University of Oxford and LSE IGC project，2017.

AWARDS AND HONORS

Teaching Award of Economics and Management School of Wuhan University, 2024

Contribution Award from Hubei Provincial Association for the Study of Administrative Divisions and Geographical Names Culture, 2024

First Place Award, Research Symposium Poster Competition, College of Design, Construction and Planning, University of Florida, 2018

Dissertation Award, University of Florida, 2018

Peter Kanavos, Sr. Memorial Award for Overall Excellence of a Graduating Planning Student, University of Florida, 2018

INVITED SPEECH AND MEDIA COVERAGE

“Reflecting Research Directions regarding Yanhuoqi: Urban flair, everyday consumption, hustle and bustle, scene of smell and frenzy, and street vitality”，The Second Comparison Forum of Urban Planning International, Nanjing University, Sep. 21, 2024.