Studying China in the Age of Polycrisis
This event is part of the Sheffield Urbanism Summer Programme as part of a series of event under the theme of Knowing the City: Learning and Urban Research as Social Action Amidst the Geopolitics of Urban Intelligence.
This workshop is for postgraduate researchers and Early Career Researchers on Studying China in the Age of Polycrisis, which is organised by the Urban Institute’s PLURALIZE team, Dr Shizhi Zhang, Dr Yuting Yao, Dr Zhengli Huang and Dr Linda Westman. The workshop looks across concepts, language, methods, imaginaries and collective horizons to examine power, governance, infrastructure and everyday life in China.
Keynote speakers include Dr Yimin Zhao (Durham University) and Dr Miriam Driessen (Oxford University).
The event will take place on Thursday 28 May 2026 at The Wave, University of Sheffield.
[Please note registration is now closed].