Welcome Zhengli!

A warm welcome to Dr Zhengli Huang, who has joined the 5-year ERC funded project PLURALIZE in 2025.

Zhengli holds a PhD in architecture studying informal settlements in Kenya. She First worked as a post-doctoral researcher at the Department of Urban Studies and Planning, University of Sheffield, and then as an Urban Studies Foundation International Fellow at the same department. Zhengli worked extensively on slum upgrading projects in Kenya during and after her internship at UN-Habitat. She participated in other projects in Africa and subsequently delved into research on African cities, focusing on the impact of the state capital from China on the infrastructure development on the continent.

In PLURALIZE, Zhengli will analyze urban foreign investment projects to identify key players, construct socio-environmental investment profiles, and assess their implications for equitable urban development.