Personal profile
| Ph.D. from the Australian National University, a member of the ACHS (Association of Critical Heritage Studies), and a devoted reader of Michel Foucault. His main research areas include urban history, spatial governance, and everyday landscapes. He has published three papers in SSCI journals and in English book chapters. He is currently the principal investigator of the Sichuan Provincial Project for Philosophy and Social Sciences, titled “Space, Subjectivity, and Power: The Transformation of Everyday Spaces in Chengdu during the First Half of the 20th Century.” |
Work experience
| 2020 Australian National University, Research Assistant; 2023-present Xihua University, Lecture |
Education experience
| Southwest Jiaotong University, B.A. in Landscape Architecture; Southwest Jiaotong University, M.A. in Architecture; Australian National University, Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Cross-Culture Research |
Research Direction
The Trajectory of Modernisation of Chengdu in the Modern Era: Including Dimensions of Municipal Administration, Urban Environment, and Civil Society The Transformation of Everyday Landscapes in Chengdu in the 20th Century The Transformation of the Concept of Heritage Based on Foucault’s Genealogy The Spatiotemporal Transformation of Agricultural Landscapes in the Chengdu Plain The Governance Mechanism of Socialist Urban Space |
Academic Achievements
Publication Zheng, Hao. 2023. “Home beyond the house: transformation of life, place, and tradition in rural China.” International Journal of Heritage Studies 29 (8): 877-879. Zheng, Hao. 2021. Constructing Landscape History Using the Timeline Method: Case Study of the Landscape in Chengdu Plain, China. In: Cheng L., Yang J., Cai J. (eds) New Approach to Cultural Heritage. Springer, Singapore. Zheng, Hao. 2021. The Concept of Heritage in China before 1950. In: Jessica Mace and Yujie Zhu (eds) Notions of Heritage. Presses de l'Université du Québec, Québec. Bo, Shu, Jiaqian Wang and Hao Zheng. 2017. Analysis of Rural Ecological Pattern Based on FRAGSTATS: A Case Study of Puxing Village in Pidu District. Journal of Landscape Research, 9(4). |
Teaching Work
Compulsory Course “Architecture Design 1” (First Semester) Compulsory Course “Architecture Design 2” (Second Semester) Compulsory Course “Architecture English” (First Semester) Compulsory Course “The Theory of Urban Design” (First & Second Semester) |