About

Teaching Advisory Committee

ZHAO Pengjun
Position:Director
Email：pengjun.zhao@pku.edu.cn

Research Interests

  • Urban and Regional Planning

  • Transportation Geography and Planning

  • Territorial and Spatial Planning


Education and Professional Experience

  • Dec. 2022–Present, Member of the Academic Committee, Peking University

  • Oct. 2020–Present, Dean, School of Urban Planning and Design, Peking University

  • Jan. 2020–Present, Boya Distinguished Professor, Peking University

  • Oct. 2010–Present, Professor and "Hundred Talents Program" Researcher, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University

  • 2005–2010, Ph.D. and Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Planning, University of Groningen, Netherlands

  • 2021–Present, Director, Key Laboratory of Land Surface Systems and Human-Earth Relationships, Ministry of Natural Resources, China


Major Research Activities
Engaged in long-term research on transportation geography and urban-rural planning, achieving systematic innovations in theories of urban-rural space and transportation interactions, urban system modeling and big-data simulation technologies, and applications in territorial and spatial planning. Published over 300 papers in journals including PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America), National Science Review, and Scientia Sinica, authored 7 English monographs and 5 Chinese monographs, and holds 15 national invention patents. Research outcomes have supported the formulation of China’s National Comprehensive Transportation Network Plan, provincial/municipal territorial spatial plans, urban agglomeration/metropolitan area plans, and urban transportation plans. Recognized as an Elsevier Highly Cited Chinese Researcher and listed among the World’s Top 2% Scientists.



Honors and Professional Affiliations

  • Fellow, Academy of Social Sciences (UK), 2023

  • Recipient, National Outstanding Youth Science Foundation, 2019

  • Editor-in-Chief, Cities (SSCI-indexed journal), 2017–Present

  • Vice Chair, Commission on Transport Geography, International Geographical Union (IGU), Aug. 2020–Present

  • Visiting Professor, Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge (UK), 2019–Present

  • Grand Prize, National Natural Resources Science and Technology Award, 2023

  • Editorial Board Member (Earth and Environment), Fundamental Research, National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)

  • Editor-in-Chief, Areal Research and Development

  • Editorial Board Member, Journal of Transport Geography (SSCI), 2019–Present

  • Editorial Board Member, Habitat International (SSCI), 2015–Present

  • Editorial Board Member, Journal of Environmental Planning and Management (SSCI), 2015–Present

  • Editorial Board Member, International Planning Review Development (SSCI), 2015–Present

  • Deputy Director, Committee on New Urbanization and Rural-Urban Planning, China Urban Science Research Association

  • Member, Academic Committee on Small Town Planning, Urban Planning Society of China

  • Member, Committee on Rural Construction, Architectural Society of China

  • Member, Commission on Urban Geography, Geographical Society of China

  • Council Member, Urban Transport Branch, China Highway and Transportation Society

  • Member, Shenzhen Urban Planning Committee

  • Member, Environmental Advisory Committee, Guangdong Provincial People’s Congress