Dr Mei Zhang

BA (Peking University), PhD (Cambridge)

School of East Asian Studies

Lecturer in Chinese Studies

Mei Zhang
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m.zhang@sheffield.ac.uk

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Dr Mei Zhang
School of East Asian Studies
Jessop West
1 Upper Hanover Street
91Ö±²¥
S3 7RA
Research interests

Having worked in a number of multidisciplinary research environments in Beijing, Cambridge, Stuttgart and 91Ö±²¥, Dr Zhang’s research interests lie mainly in two themes: globalisation and its impact on rural-urban migration, rural development and urbanisation in China; and cultural, environmental and sustainable development.

Following her PhD work in Cambridge, Dr. Zhang has systematically studied the growth of the post-1978 Chinese economy, especially focusing on rural development in China’s poor regions and the role of rural-urban migration in solving rural poverty during the process of globalization.

She has also examined the impacts of economic growth on environmental and cultural reservation, considering different cultural backgrounds.

Through a number of research projects funded by the European Commission and the British Academy, Dr Zhang has studied cross-cultural differences in urban comfort and sustainable development between China and UK, from social, economical and psychological viewpoints.

Based on a series of large scale surveys, quantitative and qualitative analyses have been made, including semantic differential analysis.

Publications

Books

  • Zhang M (2003) China’s Poor Regions. Rural-Urban Migration, Poverty, Economic Reform and Urbanization. London: Routledge Curzon. RIS download Bibtex download

Journal articles

  • Zhang D, Feng Y, Zhang M & Kang J (2023) . Building and Environment, 230. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Zhang D, Kong C, Zhang M & Kang J (2022) . Frontiers in Psychology, 12. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Zhang D, Lai R, Zhang M & Kang J (2020) . The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 147(3), 1516-1530. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Zhang D, Kong C, Zhang M & Meng Q (2020) . Applied Sciences, 10(4). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Liu C, Chen L, Vanderbeck RM, Valentine G, Zhang M, Diprose K & McQuaid K (2018) . Sustainable Development, 26(6), 741-748. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Zhang M (2018) . Sustainability, 10(11). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Zhang D, Zhang M, Liu D & Kang J (2018) . Building and Environment, 142, 58-69. RIS download Bibtex download
  • McQuaid K, Vanderbeck RM, Valentine G, Liu C, Chen L, Zhang M & Diprose K (2018) . Africa, 88(1), 11-37. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Zhang D, Zhang M, Liu D & Kang J (2016) . Applied Acoustics, 111, 188-197. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Xu J, Zhang M, Shao L & Kang J (2016) . Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management, 24(1), 21-36. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Lee PJ, Lee BK, Jeon JY, Zhang M & Kang J (2015) . Ergonomics, 59(2), 916-927. RIS download Bibtex download
  • kang J & zhang M (2015) . Current Anthropology, 56, 92-93. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Zhang M, Kang J & Jiao F (2012) . Sci Total Environ, 438, 517-526. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Jiao F, Kang J & Zhang M (2010) Evaluation of acoustic characteristics of Chinese open-plan office environment. Shengxue Xuebao/Acta Acustica, 35(2), 179-184. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Jiao F, Kang J, Zhang M, Dong Z & Xing X (2010) Acoustic characteristics of open-plan offices in developing China. 39th International Congress on Noise Control Engineering 2010, INTER-NOISE 2010, 2, 1369-1375. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Zhang M (2010) . China Information, 24(2), 169-189. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Zhang M & Kang J (2009) Subjective evaluation of urban environment: a case study in Beijing. INT J ENVIRON POLLUT, 39(1-2), 187-199. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Zhang M & Kang J (2007) Towards the evaluation, description and creation of soundscape in urban open spaces. Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design, 34(1), 68-86. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Zhang M & Kang J (2007) . ENVIRON PLANN B, 34(1), 68-86. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Meng Y, Kang J, Huerta R & Zhang M (2005) Soundscape animation of urban open spaces in an interactive virtual environment. 12th International Congress on Sound and Vibration 2005, ICSV 2005, 1, 129-136. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Zhang M & Kang J (2004) . The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 115(5), 2497-2497. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Kang J & Zhang M (2003) Acoustic simulation of urban squares. Proceedings of the Tenth International Congress on Sound and Vibration, 1405-1412. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Kang J & Zhang M (2002) . The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 112(5), 2435-2435. RIS download Bibtex download

Chapters

  • Diprose K, Liu C, Vanderbeck RM, Valentine G, Chen L, McQuaid K & Zhang M (2018) , Families, Intergenerationality, and Peer Group Relations (pp. 351-369). Springer Singapore RIS download Bibtex download
  • Diprose K, Liu C, Vanderbeck RM, Valentine G, Chen L, McQuaid K & Zhang M (2017) , Families, Intergenerationality, and Peer Group Relations (pp. 1-19). Springer Singapore RIS download Bibtex download
  • Vanderbeck RM, Diprose K, Liu C, Valentine G, McQuaid K, Zhang M & Chen L (2017) , Families, Intergenerationality, and Peer Group Relations (pp. 1-19). Springer Singapore RIS download Bibtex download

Conference proceedings papers

  • Lee PJ, Lee BK, Jeon JY, Zhang M & Kang J (2014) Effect of noise disturbance on job satisfaction and health symptoms in open-plan offices: A structural equation model exercise. Proceedings of Forum Acusticum, Vol. 2014-January RIS download Bibtex download
  • Kang J & Zhang M (2010) . BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT, Vol. 45(1) (pp 150-157) RIS download Bibtex download
Research group

SEAS Research Cluster

Movement(s), Economy and Development in East Asia

Associated research groups, collaborators and projects

INTERSECTION: A cross-national research project about intergenerational justice, consumption and sustainability - Investigator

Teaching activities

EAS6271 Chinese Language 1

EAS6272 Chinese Language 2

EAS6273 Chinese Language 3

EAS6274 Chinese Language 4

Mei Zhang also coordinates the China Year Abroad