Economic Development… Small Businesses in COVID-19 22 May 202022 May 2020 Small businesses, especially minority-owned, immigrant-owned, and mainstreet businesses are hard-hit during the COVID-19 crisis. Can they survive the crisis and successfully reopen? https://urbaninstitute.gsu.edu/urban-perspectives-covid-19/
China… JUA Special Issue: China’s New Urban Realities and Development Policies 28 Apr 201922 May 2020 In this open access special issue, we assembled a series of articles on China's integrated urban-rural development policy, fiscal decentralization, job-housing balance, local government-firm connection, new housing investment, and infrastructure…
cities… New book on metropolitan governance 7 Aug 20187 Aug 2018 My co-edited book with Bligh Grant at University of Technology Sydney and Lin Ye at Sun Yat-Sen University is finally out! Titled "Metropolitan Governance in Asia and the Pacific Rim:…
Community Development… Best and worst state economies 5 Aug 2018 Check out Wallethub's findings on best and worst state economies, as well as my and others' take on how to promote state and local economies here
China… Hong Kong Conference Marathon 11 Dec 20177 Aug 2018 Was in Hong Kong for two urban conferences co-organized by GSU and Hong Kong Baptist University: The International Conference on Polarisation, Fragmentation and Resilience: Four Urban Contexts Compared (link here)…
Atlanta… GIRN is official! 5 Aug 2017 GIRN - Georgia Immigration Research Network is now officially formed with its website hosted by Kennesaw State University. Please check it out here and stay tuned of our activities. Atlanta…
cities… Welcoming Cities in a Snapshot 20 Sep 201630 May 2017 Our new report on welcoming cities provides a comprehensive view of their geographic location, timeline, sociodemographic characteristics and policy areas. Please check out our report for the Center for State and…
Atlanta… Global Partnership for Better Cities 9 Apr 201610 Apr 2016 This is a GSU-led efforts that convene partners from South Africa and Hong Kong to discuss common urban challenges facing cities around the world. A three day conference and site…
Atlanta… Welcoming Cities Forum at GSU 7 Mar 20167 Mar 2016 Come join us for a forum on Welcoming Cities - A Dialogue between Research and Policy on Wednesday, March 9 to hear the latest research on immigrant communities in Atlanta, the new immigrant-integrating initiative and…
China… A New Wave of Chinese Urban Entrepreneurs 4 Aug 2015 Our recently published article portrays a new wave of Chinese Urban Entrepreneurs: the overall self-employment rate is about 9 percent in 2007 across selected Chinese cities. As compared to wage workers, they…
