Teaching
Chia-Lin is a Follow of UK Higher Education Academy. She has extensive teaching experiences in the field of urban planning and design across various sizes of classes at the level of both undergraduate and postgraduate in the UK (University of Liverpool, 2018-TODAY) & University College London, 2006-2015) and China (XJTLU, 2015-2018). Over the years, her teaching subjects include: Town and Country Planing in the UK, Planning Theory of Contemporary Cities, Sustainable Urbanism, International Planning Studies, Environment and Planning Projects, Research Methodology and Methods, Infrastructure Planning, Transport Policy and Planning, Strategic Plan-Making, Making Plans, Research Skills for Planners (People and Places) etc.
She also involved organising student competition (Blackpool South Regeneration) and field-class teaching including international field trips to Amsterdam (2013), Manchester (2014), Singapore (2016), Warsaw (2019), Glasgow (2022), Lille (2023), Paris (2025).
Apart from higher education teaching, she has been invited by International Business School Suzhou to develop an interdisciplinary course entitled “Case Studies on High-speed rail (HSR) and Development Overseas- What CRRC can learn" to potential talents who are selected for the China Railway Rollingstock Company (CRRC) Executive Education Programme for two consecutive years in 2017 (Suzhou China), 2018 (Suzhou China), 2019 (London campus_.
PhD supervision opportunities
Chia-Lin is interested to supervise PhD students who wish to pursue topics in relation to her research areas and interests. Do get in touch with a brief research proposal and ideas of potential funding support (self or other sources).
Current Primary PhD supervisees
Yuman Tsai, Primary advisor, PhD student at University of Liverpool (September 2024-2028)
- Full Scholarship from Ministry of Education Taiwan
- Topic: Exploring the Formulation and Implementation of Local-level Spatial Plans in Taiwan (working title)
- Co-supervision with Dr Olivier Sykes (UoL)
Kate Drury, Primary advisor, PhD student at University of Liverpool (March 2024-2028)
- NTHU-UoL dual PhD scholarship (2024-2028)
- Topic: Digital Technology and Sustainable Urban Development (working title)
- Co-supervision with Dr Les Dolega (UoL, UK), Dr Chunghan Yang (NTHU, Taiwan), Dr Frank Chuang (NCCU,
Taiwan; formerly The Alan Turing Institute)
Qihao Liu, Primary advisor, PhD student at University of Liverpool (October 2020-2024)
- Self-funded, Nominated by UoL for a CSC funding in February 2021
- Topic: Transport research of Chinese third-tier cities: Focused on travel behaviour, well-being and
transport equity - empirical evidence from Yangzhou and Heze
- Co-supervision with Dr Olivier Sykes (UoL, UK) and Dr Daniel Arribas-Bel (UoL, UK)
Chris Russell, Primary advisor, PhD student at University of Liverpool- 1st September 2020 – Today
- NTHU-UoL dual PhD scholarship (2020-2024) & Taiwan-Europe Connectivity Scholarship (2021-2022)
- Topic: The effects of high-speed rail on inter-regional knowledge sharing and developing an inter-connected high-tech science landscape
in Taiwan’s semiconductor industry
- Co-supervision with Prof. Chanyuan Wong (NTHU, Taiwan), Dr Olivier Sykes (UoL, UK), Dr ChuanKai Lee (NTHU, Taiwan).
Current Co-supervision
Danning Song, Second Advisor, PhD student based at Xian Jiao-Tong Liverpool University (Jan 2025- Jan 2029)
- Self-funded
- Topic: The Impact of Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs) on Urban Traffic Patterns: A Data-Driven Analysis through Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) (working title)
- Co-supervised with Dr Zi Ye (primary supervisor at UoL) and Prof. Alex Singleton (third supervisor at UoL).
Jiaqi Sun, Second Advisor, PhD student based at Xian Jiao-Tong Liverpool University (Jan 2025- Jan 2029)
- Self-funded
- Topic: Solving the last mile problem: Exploring the role of autonomous vehicles in the Maas system (working title)
- Co-supervised with Dr Sophie Sturup (primary supervisor at XJTLU) and Dr Ju Hyun Lee (third supervisor at XJTLU).
Modules for 2024-25
Issues in Planning Research
Module code: ENVS346
Role: Teaching
Making Plans
Module code: ENVS427
Role: Module Co-ordinator
People and Place
Module code: ENVS205
Role: Module Co-ordinator
Strategic Plan Making
Module code: ENVS210
Role: Teaching