On the mornings from July 3rd to 5th, 2017, the PKU-Lincoln Center (PLC) held a meeting to decide the winners of the 2017/18 Research Fund and Scholarship of Dissertation Proposal in Room 508, Liao Kaiyuan Building of Peking University. The jury members included Prof. He Canfei, Dean of the College of Urban and Environmental Sciences and vice-director of the PLC, Prof. Yang Jiawen of the Shenzhen Graudate School of Peking University, associate Prof. Liu Zhilin of Tsinghua University, and associate Prof. Sun Tieshan of the School of Government of Peking University. After evluating the applicants’ reseach proposals, the jury granted the funds and scholarship to 23 candidates, all of whom had presented studies closely linked to China’s new round of reform, land use and urban development. The 2017/18 Research Fund was awarded to 12 teachers of colleges and universities, and the 2017/18 Scholarship of Dissertation Proposal to 11 MA students and doctoral candidates. The winners are as follows:
Winners of the 2017/18 PLC Research Fund
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Name
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Research
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University
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Chao Heng
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Features and Mechanims of Urban Inner Space Reconstruction from the Perspective of State Institutional Space – A Case Study of Liangjiang New Area of Chongqing City
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Shenzhen Graduate School of Peking University
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Chen Peng
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Built Environment Factors that Affect the Use of Public Bicycles
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Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen
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Hu Hong
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The Effects of Urban Residential Differentiation on Residents’ Health, a Study Based on the Theory of Planned Behavior
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Nanjing University
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Shen Guangjun
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The Financial Basis of New Urbanization: Financial Development, City Size and Skill Structure
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Central University of Finance and Economics
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Tan Zhibo
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Real Estate Regulations, Property Price Changes and Enterprise Innovations: Empirical Evidence and Impact Mechanisms
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Fudan University
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Tao Li
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Housing Patterns and Local Integration Mechanisms of Migrant Workers in the Context of Family-based Migration
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Shanghai University
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Zhang Yi
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Built Environment as an Active Intervention for Teenagers and its Effects in the Context of Healthy China, a Comparative Empirical Study of Megacities and Medium-sized Cities
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Shanghai Jiaotong University
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Wang Yuan
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The Effects of New City Construction on Urban Inner Spatial Structure, a Quasi-Experimental Analysis of Building High-Speed Railway Stations
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East China Normal University
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Zhang Shuhai
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Factors that Affect Rural Residents’ Willingness of Transferring Homestead
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Renmin University of China
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Zhang Chuanyong
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Will Private Schools Mitigate Capitalization of Homes in School Districts? A Theoretical Study Supported by Empirical Evidence in Shanghai
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East China Normal University
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Zhao Daxuan
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Profit-making Motivations, Hedging Motivations and Housing Needs
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Renmin University of China
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Zhou Guangsu
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Property Price Increases, Property Purchases and the Leverage Rate of the Chinese Households
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Nankai University
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Winners of the 2017/18 PLC Scholarships of Dissertation Proposals
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Name
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Research
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University
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Cai Hongyu
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Accessibility of Transport Reliability
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Beijing Normal University
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Gao Fugang
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Local Governments’ Supply of Industrial Land: Institutional Environment, Contract Structure and the Effects of Investment Attraction
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Nanjing Agricultural University
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Huang Yizhe
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Spatial Development Strategies of Cities with a Transportation System of “Bicycles plus Rail Transit”, a Multi-source Big-data Case Study of Shanghai City
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Shanghai Jiaotong University
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Li Ming
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Resilience Differences of Cities in China in the Context of the 08 Financial Crisis
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Peking University
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Li Shengxiao
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Transportation Impacts of the Beijing New City from the Perspective of Housing Balance and Transport Fairness
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Peking University
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Li Tianjiao
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Migration Patterns and Decision-making Mechanisms of Migrant Workers’ Family
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Peking University
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Lin Wensheng
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Confirmation and Transfer of Rural Land Rights and Rural Economic Performace
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Renmin University of China
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Shi Chen
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An Analysis of the Diverse Mechanisms of Land Development Right Transaction in China: Government, Market and Self-Organization
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Hongkong University
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Wang Jie
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Pilot Places, Local Governments’ Acts and Citizens’ Environment Awareness: the Role of Local Government in Sustainable Urban Governance
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Tsinghua University
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Zhang Li
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Contributing Factors and Decision-making Mechanisms Behind Green Housing
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Tsinghua University
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Zhang Yi
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Formation Mechanisms of Housing Stratification of Urban Migrant Workers, from the Perspectives of External and Internal Factors
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Zhejiang Gongshang University
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PLC Research Fund
This is the 11th research fund that the PKU-Lincoln Center has granted to selected candidates who focuses on urban land use and policies, public finance and property taxation, property market and policies, urban transportation, urban environment and spatial planning syste, and urban infrastructure investment and financing. PLC has always prioritized the importance of empirical studies based on detailed materials and statistics, and topics about China’s new round of reform in particular this year. Domestic researchers and scholars of the above-mentioned areas may apply for the fund, and those who have just received their doctor’s degree in the last five years may be considered preferentially. The fund is 8,000 RMB each person for one year.
Scholarship of Dissertation Proposal
This is the 13th time that the PKU-Lincoln Center has granted scholarships of Dissertation Proposal to post-graduate students of the second grade and above, with an view of producing more talents in related areas. The applicants are required to sumbit their dissertation proposals (that have to be approved by their supervisors by the date of application), and should be full-time students of urban economics, land use and policies, urban and regional planning, public finance and property taxation, urban transportation, housing policies, environment policies and sustainable development. The scholarship is 3,000-4,000 RMB each person for one year.
(Contributed by Jin Tao)
