CURRICULUM VITAE Xin Yi Associate Professor, Dr.-Ing. (Ph.D) Director of Sino-German Urban and Rural & Architectural Research Center (SEU) Address: School of Architecture, Southeast University, Sipailou 2#, Nanjing 210096, PR China Telefon: +86(0)186/26454786 (China) E-Mail:
[email protected] Present status: Associate Professor in Department of Urban Planning, School of Architecture, Southeast University, China Date of Birth: 14 May 1981 Nationality: Chinese Language skills Chinese (native); German (proficient); English (proficient). Education Technical University of Munich Dissertation with the grade “Magna Cum Laude”, 2011: “Urban Transition via Olympics. The Influences of Olympics Beijing for China’s urban transition, under the Background of European Olympics Cities, Munich, Barcelona and London.” (In German) („Urban Transition via Olympics. Der Einfluß der Olympiade Beijing auf Chinas Urban Transition vor dem Hintergrund der europäischen Olympiastädte München, Barcelona und London.“) Supervisors: Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Sophie Wolfrum, (TU Munich); Prof. Dr. techn. Klaus Kunzmann (TU Dortmund). Tsinghua University, China Master of Architecture, 2006 Bachelor of Architecture, 2004 Synopsis Xin Yi, Dr.-Ing, is Associate Professor in Department of Urban Planning, School of Architecture, Southeast University of Nanjing and Postdoc Researcher in the Wissenszentrum Weihenstephan, Chair of Strategic Landscape Planning and Management, Technische Universität München. Xin Yi makes his research in urban planning and urbanism with emphasis on knowledge-based urban development and urban transition in contemporary in Chinese cities, which relates comprehensive 1 transformation in institutional, political, economic and cultural fields. He developed a special interest in adaptation strategies between identity building and city marketing in the host of mega-events for urban development.