HE Shenjing is Lady Edith Kotewall Professor in the Built Environment，Head of the Department of Urban Planning and Design, Executive Deputy Director of Urban Systems Institute, and founding director of Social Infrastructure for Equity and Wellbeing (SIEW) Lab. Her research interests focus on urban (re) development, urban governance, rural-urban integration, climate gentrification, housing and wellbeing, housing and education inequalities, and health cities. Professor He was elected to be a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences (UK) in 2021. She has published over 180 papers and book chapters, five refereed scholarly books, and was listed as Top 2% Scientist by Stanford University and Top 1% Scholar by Clarivate Analytics (2016-2023). She has served as the Co-Editor-in-Chief for Area Development and Policy since 2023, Editor for Urban Studies since 2012, and Associate Editor for Journal of Rural Studies (2019-2020). She also sits on the editorial board of Asian Geographer, International Planning Studies, Territory, Politics, Governance, and the Geographical Journal. Besides, she has taken up many leadership roles in the international academic community, including Chair of the Asia Pacific Network for Housing Research (2021- present); Chair of the China Geography Specialty Group, American Association of Geographers (2020-2021); Co-Director of Urban China Research Network (UCRN) (2021-present); Steering Committee Member for the Urban Commission, International Geographical Union (IGU); International Association of China Planning (IACP).