EDUCATION
Doctor of Physics in Human Geography, Department of Urban and Recourses Sciences, Nanjing University, 2003
Bachelor in Urban and Regional Planning, Department of Urban and Recourses Sciences, Nanjing University, 1998
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Associate Professor (06/2010-present) School of Architecture, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Lecturer (06/2005-12/2010) School of Architecture, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Academic Visitor (05/2008-05/2009) Department of Geography and Environment Management, London School of Economic and Political Sciences (LSE), London, UK
Post Doctorial Researcher (07/2003-05/2005) College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
Visiting Scholar (1/2001-3/2001) Department of Geography and Resource Management, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), Hong Kong
YU Taofang is a tenured associate professor in Department of urban planning, School of architecture, Tsinghua University. His teaching interests have Urban Economics, Urban and Regional Planning，and Urban Geography. And the research interests focus on China Mega City Regions and Mega Regions; Beijing Urban Planning Studies; and Comparative study of City Regions worldwide. Human Habitat in Asia-Pacific Area
YU Taofang got the Bachelor degree in Economic Geography and the Doctor degrees in Human Geography from Nanjing University. He was a postdoctoral fellow at the School of Architecture and Urban Planning of Tongji University in 2003-2005，a visiting scholar at the London School of economics in 2008-2009, and a visiting scholar at Queen University in Canada in 2014， the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2000.
At present, he is the deputy director of the professional committee of Urban Geography of China Geographic Society, the member of the directors board of China Regional Science Association, the deputy director of the professional committee of Spatial Planning and Research of China Natural Resources Society, the deputy director of the professional committee of China Administrative Division and Spatial Governance，the member of Urban Economics Discipline Construction Committee of China Urban Economics Society，the members of the academic committee of China Urban Planning Society ; Editorial board member of Urban Planning International, etc.
Till now, Yu Taofang has published nearly 10 books either independently or in collaboration with others since 2000. As 1st author， the books have Urban Competition (2004), to Govern the City and the Countryside (Ti Guo Jing Ye): Spatial Planning of Towns (2021), China Mega City Regions and Mega Regions (2022), Heritage Urbanism: Urban Design of Han Dynasty Heritage Ring in Xuzhou (2022). Normocracy or Teleocracy: Spatial Planning of County Level Cities (2023). His nearly 150 papers in manuscripts and journals, both at home and abroad, cover Urban Geography, Urban Economics and Urban Planning Disciplines.
