Senior Researcher
Dr. Li Fan
Room A 409
T + 49 – 30 – 314 – 21830
Curriculum Vitae
Dr. Fan studied Urban Planning at Tongji University and received Ph.D. from Habitat Unit, Technical University of Berlin with summa cum laude. Dr. Fan has worked both as a practitioner and a researcher in China and in Germany. She served as a heritage consultant for conservation and regeneration projects funded by national and international institutions, including UNDP and ADB. She is a German Chancellor Fellow, a DAAD fellow and the board member of International Association of World Heritage Professionals. Her ongoing research interests are urban regeneration in China and in Germany.
2010–2013
Doctor of Philosophy, Habitat Unit, Technical University of Berlin, Germany
2002–2004
Master of Arts, World Heritage Studies, Brandenburg Technical University Cottbus-Senftenberg, Germany,
1995–2000
Bachelor of Science, College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University, China
2021-Present
Senior researcher, Habitat Unit, TU Berlin,
2018-Present
Senior researcher, Department of urban regeneration, University of Kassel
2000-2008
Urban planner, Shanghai Tongji Urban Planning and Design Institute
2009
Tibet development and poverty alleviation programs, UNDP
2009
Pre-feasibility study of urban upgrading in the Yangzhou Old Town, Jiangsu Province, China, ADB
2018-Present
Made in China? Konzepte der Stadtteilentwicklung auf Industriekonversionsflächen in chinesischen Küstenmetropolen.
2010-2013
Housing policy and urban regeneration; rehabilitation of lilong houses in Shanghai, Technical University Berlin.
2007
Urban Heritage Conservation: A Comparative Study between China and Germany.
Edited Journals
(2021) (in print) Yan Tang, Bernd Scholl and Li Fan (eds.) Perspectives of Urban Regeneration Policies in West European Countries. Urban Planning International (guoji chengshi guihua).（唐燕, Bernd Scholl, 范利,《国际城市规划》特别专辑“西欧国家城市更新政策”）
Book Chapters
(2020) Li Fan, Urban and rural spatial planning system and strategies in Germany. In China Urban Planning Society (ed.), Guidelines of Developing Academic Discipline of Urban and Rural Planning in China. Beijing: China Science and Technology Press, 232-246.（德国城乡开发控制体系及方法研究，中国科学技术协会主编《城乡规划学科技术路线路》，中国科学技术出版社，232-246页。）
(2007) Li Fan “Master conservation plan as a contribution to heritage management in China: A case study of the old town of Lijiang”. In: Marie-Theres Albert, Roland Bernecker, Diego Gutierrez Perez, Nalini Thakur and Zhang Nairen (eds.), Training Strategies for World Heritage Management. Bonn: German Commission for UNESCO.
(2007) Li Fan, Edouard Moreau, Michael Schweizer and Ebru Seckin, “Supporting diversity and encouraging integration”, in: 16th Young Planning Professionals Report in 42th ISoCaRP World Congress in Istanbul, Hague: ISOCARP.
Refereed Articles
(2021) Li Fan, Uwe Altrock and Yan Tang, State-led urban regeneration through funding program in Germany. In Yan Tang, Bernd Scholl and Li Fan (eds.) Perspectives of Urban Regeneration Policies in West European Countries. Urban Planning International (guoji chengshi guihua).
(2014) Li Fan International influence and local response: Understanding community involvement in urban heritage conservation in China. International Journal of Heritage Studies. DOI:10.1080/13527258.2013.834837.
2021 “Responsible planner for neighborhood regeneration in Beijing”, N-AERUS conference: How to plan in a world of uncertainty? Berlin
2021 Workshop, “Dislocating Urban Studies”, Mälmo University and University of Helsinki
2008, 44th ISoCaRP World Congress in Dalian, China
(2008) Fourth session of the World Urban Forum, Nanjing, China
(2006) 42nd ISOCARP World Congress in Istanbul, Turkey
(2005) ICOMOS 15th General Assembly and Scientific Symposium at Xi’an, China
(2021) “Academic career in Germany for foreign researchers”. Career Center of TU Berlin.
(2021) “Decentralized Ruhr region in transformation”. University of Melbourne.
(2021) “Ideology, challenge and opportunities: Architecture and urban heritage conservation in China”. China Summit of Warwick University.
(2020) “The rigidity and flexibility of B-plan in Germany”. Changchun: Annual Urban Planning Congress in China
(2009) “Urban heritage conservation in China”. Twenty-year Anniversary of German Chancellor Scholarship. Federal Foreign Office
2010-2013
DAAD scholarship
2006-2007
German Chancellor Scholarship, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
2005
Travelling Scholarship, Getty Foundation
Board member, International Association of World Heritage Professionals
Lifetime member, International Society of City and Regional Planners
Member, ICOMOS Germany
Member, Vereinigung für Stadt-, Regional- und Landesplanung
Member, Trialog