Yiping Dong

Yiping Dong, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Architecture at Xi’an Jiaotong Liverpool University. She is a trained architect and architectural historian. She has a Master of Architecture Design and Theory and completed her Ph.D. in Architecture History and Theory from Tongji University in 2013. During her graduate study and research period, she was involved in several research and practice projects on architectural/urban heritage conservation and regeneration. She was invited as a Masters exchange student to Germany (2002-2003) and was a visiting Ph.D. candidate at the ETH Zurich in Switzerland (2007-2008), funded by scholarships from the DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst) and CSC (China Scholarship Council). She is active in the research of architectural history and heritage. Her research interests include Heritage theory, Chinese architectural history and theory in a global context, Industrial heritage and heritage-led regeneration, Architectural design in context and the adaptive re-use of buildings. She has published widely published within these fields. She is an academic member of IAHAC (Industrial Architecture Heritage Academic Committee) of China; member of TICCIH (International Committee for the Conservation of Industrial Heritage); and a member of ACHS (Association of Critical Heritage Studies). Her recent research “Western Origin of Chinese Modern Industrial Buildings and the Localization Process-Case study of Textile Mills in Jiangsu and Shanghai Area” is funded by the Young Scholar NSFC (National Natural Science Foundation of China).