Fan Xiao
Dr./Distinguished researcher School of Geography
Field: Transport geography, Economic geography
fanxiao@m.scnu.edu.cn

Education

PhD (Human Geography), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, 2020-2024
-Advisor: Dr. Jiaoe Wang
MSc (Human Geography), National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, China, 2018-2020
-Advisor: Dr. Jen-Jia Lin
BSc (Human Geography & Urban and Rural Planning), South China Normal University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, 2014-2018
-Advisor: Dr. Lili Xia

Experience

Distinguished researcher, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, 2024-
Visiting researcher (Transport Geography), Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Begium, 2022-2023
-Advisor: Dr. Frédéric Dobruszkes

Teaching

Academic writing (Forthcoming)
Transport geography (Forthcoming)

Academics

Honor

Refereed journal articles (Selected):
Lu, S., Li, J.*, Zhang, W., & Xiao, F.* (2024). Towards sustainable development in resource-based cities: Assessing the effects of extraregional technology and investment on the low-carbon transition. Journal of Environmental Management, 364, 121388.
Xiao, F., Wang, J., Xiong, M., & Mo, H. (2024). Does spatiotemporal heterogeneity matter? Air transport and the rise of high-tech industry in China. Applied Geography, 162, 103148.
Xiao, F. (2023). As a Chinese researcher in Belgium: Path dependence or path-breaking?. Belgeo. Revue belge de géographie, (4).
Xiao, F., Zhou, Y., & Huang, Y. (2023). Old Wine in a New Bottle: Understanding the Expansion of the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone in China. Journal of Urban Planning and Development, 149(4), 02523001.
Zhou, Y., Huang, Y., Yang, Q., & Xiao, F.* (2023). Re-examining the Rank-Size Distribution, Characteristics, and Evolutionary Trends of Air Transport Flows in China. Transportation Research Record, 2677(12), 560-586.
Zhou, Y., Xiao, F.*, & Deng, W. (2023). Is smart city a slogan? Evidence from China. Asian Geographer, 40(2), 185-202.
Wang, J., Xiao, F., Dobruszkes, F., & Wang, W. (2023). Seasonality of flights in China: Spatial heterogeneity and its determinants. Journal of Air Transport Management, 108, 102354.
Zhang, P., Wang, J., Li, M., & Xiao, F. (2022). Research on the mechanism of information infrastructure affecting industrial structure upgrading. Scientific Reports, 12(1), 19962.
Xiao, F., Wang, J., & Du, D. (2022). High-speed rail heading for innovation: the impact of HSR on intercity technology transfer. Area Development and Policy, 7(3), 293-311.
Lao, X., Gu, H., Yu, H., & Xiao, F. (2021). Exploring the spatially-varying effects of human capital on urban innovation in China. Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy, 14(4), 827-848.
Xiao, F., & Lin, J. J. (2021). High-speed rail and high-tech industry evolution: Empirical evidence from China. Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 10, 100358.
Xiao, F., Zhou, Y., Deng, W., & Gu, H. (2020). Did high-speed rail affect the entry of automobile industry start-ups? Empirical evidence from Guangdong Province, China. Travel Behaviour and Society, 19, 45-53.
Contributions to books:
Wang, J., & Xiao, F. (2023). High‐Speed Rail and Regional Development. International Encyclopedia of Geography: People, the Earth, Environment and Technology, 1-5.

Affiliations

Membership:
American Association of Geographers, 2019-2023
IGU Commission on Transport and Geography, 2021-Present
Regional Studies Association, 2022-Present
Referee for several scientific journals including:
Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice
Journal of Transport Geography
GeoJournal
Applied Economics
Chinese Political Science Review
Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Heliyon
Spatial Demography
Energy
Research in Transportation Business & Management
Review of Development Economics
Scientia Geographica Sinica (In Chinese)
......

Misc

I am on the lookout for chances to join an editorial board in related fields.
HONOR
CNKI High Impact Scholars (2024)
Tropical Geography Outstanding Paper of the Year (2022)
Outstanding Master Thesis Award of Department of Geography, National Taiwan University (2020)
Outstanding Undergraduate Thesis Award of South China Normal University (2018)
Outstanding Paper Award in the Seventh “21st Century Urban Development” International Conference, China Association of City Planning and Huazhong University of Science and Technology (2017)
RESEARCH INTEREST
Multi-airport system
High-speed rail
Regional innovation
High-tech industry
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