MO, Haitong
Field: Critical Housing Studies, Neighbourhood Governance, Social Reproduction, Financialization of Housing, Fertility and Marriage
13662475257 htmo@scnu.edu.cn

Education

Department of Public and International Affairs, College of Liberal and Social Sciences, City University of Hong Kong (CityU), Ph.D.
Department of Urban Planning, School of Architecture, South China University of Tecnology (SCUT), B. Eng., Ph.D. 

 

Experience

Department of Urban Planning and Design, Faculty of Architecture, The University of Hong Kong (HKU), Postdoc Fellow, Teaching Assistant, Senior Research Assistant
Department of Public and International Affairs, College of Liberal and Social Sciences, City University of Hong Kong (CityU), Research Assistant
 

Teaching

Transitional Cities: Urban and Housing Development (MHMP8008), Department of Urban Planning and Design, The University of Hong Kong, 09/2024-12/2024 (deliver three lectures, coordinate two guest lectures, and guide students’ reports).
Sustainable Urban Development and Hong Kong (CCCH9033), The University of Hong Kong, 09/2024-12/2024 (deliver 20 tutorials).
 

Academics

Attended Grants:
1. 
Evolution Mechanism, Organizational Model, and Collaborative Governance of Multiple Types of Innovation Spaces in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, Independent Research Project of the National Key Laboratory of Subtropical Architecture Science and Urban Science,  01/2024-12/2026.

2.  Evolution, Characteristics, and Influencing Mechanisms of Rural Living Spaces: A Case Study of Typical Peripheral Counties in the Pearl River Delta. General Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), 01/22-12/25.
3.  Optimization of the Scale Structure and Key Planning Technologies for County-level Villages and Towns. The Ministry of Science and Technology's Key Special Project on "Green and Livable Rural Area Technological Innovation" Sub-Project, 12/18-12/22.
4.  Urban Commercial Space Functional Zoning Technology Based on Multi-Source Data Fusion. Guangzhou Science and Technology Program 2019 "Pearl River Science and Technology New Star" Project, 04/19-03/21.
 

Honor

Publications (*corresponding author)

-International refereed journal articles

  1. Mo, H., & Liu, Y.* (2025). Parental Dependency and Costly Offspring: Housing and Fertility of Young Adults in China’s Large City. Population Space and Place31(1). https://doi.org/10.1002/psp.2883. (JCR Q1)
  2. Mo, H., Liu, Y.*, & Yau, Y. (2024). Historicised exploration and middle-range theoretisation of the housing regime in urban China. International Journal of Housing Policy, 1–22. https://doi.org/10.1080/19491247.2024.2308736. (JCR Q2)
  3. Mo, H., Yau, Y.*, & Liu, Y*. (2023). Beyond Homeownership? Examining the Mediating Role of Housing Tenure on Young People’s Subjective Well-Being. Land12(3), 678-. https://doi.org/10.3390/land12030678. (JCR Q2)
  4. Tan, T., & Mo, H*. (2025). Compressing the Spiral Curriculum: Spiral Curriculum Design and Testing in Preschool Reading Teaching Practice in China. Reading & Writing Quarterly, 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1080/10573569.2025.2538036. (JCR Q2).
  5. Huang, S., Liu, Y.*, Huang, X., & Mo, H. (2024). Exploring the institutional factors in mitigating rural gentrification-led displacement: The case of Xiaozhou Village in Guangzhou, China. Journal of Rural Studies112, 103441-. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2024.103441. (JCR Q1)
  6. Wei, Z., Zhen, F.*, Mo, H., Wei, S., Peng, D., & Zhang, Y. (2021). Travel Behaviours of Sharing Bicycles in the Central Urban Area Based on Geographically Weighted Regression: The Case of Guangzhou, China. Chinese Geographical Science31(1), 54–69. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11769-020-1159-3. (JCR Q2)
  7. Wei, Z., Liu, Y.*, He, S., & Mo, H. (2020). Housing differentiation in transitional urban China. Cities96, 102469-. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2019.102469. (JCR Q1).
-Peer-reviewed journal articles in Chinese
  1.   Mo, H., Liu, Y.* & An, Y. Research on evaluative framework for youth housing well-being in China’s megacities from a development perspective: A localized exploration based on the Capability Approach. [发展视域下超大城市青年住房福祉评估体系研究——融合可行能力理论的本土化探诘]. 城市问题, 2025, (3): 84 -93. DOI: 10.13239/j.bjsshkxy.cswt.250308 (CSSCI).
  2. Mo, H. & Wei, Z.* (2021). Evolution of Community Planning in China under the Context of Improving the Quality of Residential Environments: Case Study on Subsidized Housing Estates in Guangzhou. South Architecture (05),38-43. (CSCD,北核).
  3. Mo, H., Liu, Y.* & He, S. (2020). Review on Public Service Facilities of Towns and Villages in China: A Knowledge Domains Mapping Analysis Based on Cite Space Software. Urban and Rural Planning (02),42-47+75. doi:CNKI:SUN:GHCX.0.2020-02-006. 
  4. Mo, H., Wei, Z.* & Zhai, Q.(2019). Travel Behaviors and Influencing Factors of Bike Sharing in Old Town: The Case of Guangzhou. South Architecture(01),7-12. doi:CNKI:SUN:NFJZ.0.2019-01-002. (CSCD,北核).
  5. Cao, J., Zhang, M. Wei, Z.* & Mo, H. (2019). From Strategy to Action, An Exploration on the Planning Path of Characteristic Towns: A Case Study of Guangwu Town in Anhui Province. Development of Small Cities & Towns (01),71-79. doi:CNKI:SUN:XCJS.0.2019-01-011. 
  6. Wei, Z., Mo, H. & Liu, Y.* (2018). Spatiotemporal characteristics of bike-sharing: An empirical study of Tianhe District, Guangzhou. Science & Technology Review (18),71-80. doi:CNKI:SUN:KJDB.0.2018-18-015. (CSCD).
  7. 安月辉, 刘玉亭, 黄世臻 &  莫海彤. 珠三角城市群农民工市民化能力评估及情景分析. 地理科学, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.13249/j.cnki.sgs.20240987.
       -Database
  1. Wei, Z., Liu, Y., Zhao, M., Huang, X., Ye, Y., Chen, M. & Mo, H. (2023). Research on Urban Commercial Space Functional Zoning Technology Based on Multi-Source Data Fusion. 2025-04-14, https://kns.cnki.net/KCMS/detail/detail.aspx?dbname=SNAD&filename=SNAD000002010289
  2. 2. Authorised Patents

    -Invention Patent
  3.  Mo, H., Liu, Y. (2024). Community Data Analysis Method, Device, Community Intelligent Interaction Platform, and Storage Medium. Guangdong Province: CN 113010578 B.
  4.  Mo, H., Ye, Z., Wei, Z., Wei, S., Liu, Y., Peng, D., Liu, C., Chen, X. (2023). Community Recommendation Method, System, Computer Equipment, and Storage Medium. Guangdong Province: CN 112380425 B.
  5. Mo, H., Wei, Z., Chen, T. (2020). Method, System, and Storage Medium for Identifying Factors Influencing Shared Bicycle Travel. Guangdong Province: CN 109544690 B.
  6. Wei, Z., Ma, Q. & Mo, H. (2021). Methods for Construction, Evaluation, and Optimization of Regional Ecological Networks. Guangdong Province: CN 109919819 B.
  7. Liang, J., Li, L., Zhao, M., Gu, Q., Mo, H., Shen, P., Wang, Y. (2018). A Rain Umbrella Rental System, Method, Device, and User Terminal. Guangdong Province: CN 108597131 A. [Unauthorised].
  8. -Utility Model Patent
  9. Mo, H., Liang, J., Zhao, M., Gu, Q., Pang, H., Lin, Z., Li, L., Wang, Y., Shen, P. (2019). A Multifunctional Modular Pavilion. Guangdong Province: CN 208844972 U.
  10. Liang, J., Mo, H., Zhao, M., Wang, Y., Shen, P., Liang, J. (2017). A Multifunctional Park Bench. Guangdong Province: CN 206687480 U.
  11. Wang, Y., Liang, J., Zhao, M., Mo, H., Shen, P., Liang, J. (2017). Multifunctional Park Lamp. Guangdong Province: CN 206269026 U.

Affiliations

Reviewers for Cities, Political Geography, Habitat International, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, International Journal of Housing Policy, Transactions in Planning and Urban Research, Habitat International, Journal of Rural Studies, Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering
 

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