Xiaofan Liang

Xiaofan Liang

Visiting Scholar

Shenzhen University

Xiaofan Liang is a City and Regional Planning PhD at Georgia Institute of Technology. She works with Dr. Clio Andris at GT Friendly Cities Lab and collaborates with Dr. Filip Biljecki at NUS Urban Analytics Lab in summer 2022. Her research interests include theories and methods in spatial social networks and urban analytics (e.g., GIS, machine learning, agent-based modeling) and their applications in participatory and collaborative planning. She is also passionate about fostering social capital in urban communities that support a socially connected and inclusive city. You can find her publications and work-in-progress here.

Education
  • MCRP/PhD in City and Regional Planning, 2023

    Georgia Institute of Technology, USA

  • BS in Computational Science, 2019

    Minerva University, USA

  • BA in Sociology, 2015

    University of California - Berkeley, USA