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Global Urban Networks and Dynamics

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Hebatullah Ghalib
Ain Shams University
2
Shuai Shi
University of Hong Kong
3
Rossana Galdini
Sapienza University of Rome
4
Joe F. Khalil
Northwestern University in Qatar
5
Xueyi Qin
Lanzhou Jiaotong University
6
Hassan Noorali
University of Tehran
7
Julie Ren
University of Amsterdam
8
Yushu Xu
Shandong University
9
Hooman Ghahremani
Islamic Azad University, Mashhad
10
Duo Chai
Central University of Finance and Economics

Rising Stars Papers

1
Critical geographies of <i>everyday crisis</i>
City|2025
18 cit.
2
Silicone Ionic Liquid-Based Hydrogel for Flexible Strain Sensors with Intrinsically Antifreezing Property
ACS Applied Polymer Materials|2025
10 cit.
3
Doing urban geography in times of crisis: introduction to the forum “Urban geography in times of crisis”
Geographica Helvetica|2025
8 cit.
4
Do moral constraints and government interventions promote the willingness and behaviors of food saving among urban residents in China? An empirical study based on structural equation model
Food Policy|2024
7 cit.
5
The spatiotemporal evolution and driving factors of farmland system health: Taking the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River as an example
自然资源学报|2024
6 cit.
6
Geopolinomic codes: Territorial and discursive practices of connectivity networks of political economy
Geographical Journal|2024
6 cit.
7
Port power 02: Chinese geoeconomic hopes and American geopolitical fears
Journal of Transport Geography|2025
6 cit.
8
Retrieving parameters of agile cities: A systematic literature review
Ain Shams Engineering Journal|2024
5 cit.
9
Does housing status matter? Evidence from Covid-19 infections in Hong Kong
International Journal of Housing Policy|2024
3 cit.
10
Is an urban waste-to-energy plant a “green” megaproject? The power of narratives in shaping the city: a Danish case study
Environmental Sociology|2024
3 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
David Bassens
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
2
Shaun Lin
National University of Singapore
3
Benjamin Leffel
University of California, Merced
4
Sin Yee Koh
Monash University Malaysia
5
Yimei Zou
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
6
Jianmei Hao
University of Utah
7
Junhao Huang
South China University of Technology
8
Su Pan
Guangdong University Of Finances and Economics
9
Koji Domae
Kansai Gaidai University
10
Arturo Di Bella
University of Catania

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Asserting Europe's technological sovereignty amid American platform finance: Countering financial sector dependence on Big Tech?
Political Geography|2022
43 cit.
2
The ‘soft infrastructure’ of the Belt and Road Initiative: Imaginaries, affinities and subjectivities in Chinese transnational education
Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography|2022
28 cit.
3
Effects of FDI on trade among countries along the Belt and Road: A network perspective
Journal of International Trade & Economic Development|2022
24 cit.
4
Filling the climate governance gap: Do corporate decarbonization initiatives matter as much as state and local government policy?
Energy Research & Social Science|2024
24 cit.
5
Climate consultants and complementarity: Local procurement, green industry and decarbonization in Australia, Singapore, and the United States
Energy Research & Social Science|2022
22 cit.
6
Financial geography has come of age: making space for intradisciplinary dialogue
Finance and Space|2024
18 cit.
7
Not so polycentric: The stratified structure &amp; national drivers of transnational municipal networks
Cities|2023
17 cit.
8
The urbanising dynamics of global China: speculation, articulation, and translation in global capitalism
Urban Geography|2022
16 cit.
9
Post-2020 mainland Chinese student mobility to Malaysia: trends and drivers
Asian Population Studies|2024
12 cit.
10
Divergence of the world city system from national economies
Global Networks|2022
10 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Frank Witlox
Ghent University
2
Peter J. Taylor
Newcastle University
3
Ben Derudder
Ghent University Hospital
4
Diego Puga
Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros
5
Michael Hoyler
Loughborough University
6
Michael Storper
University of California System
7
Michael Storper
University of California, Los Angeles
8
Kevin Ward
University of Manchester
9
Allen J. Scott
University of California, Los Angeles
10
Arthur S. Alderson
Indiana University Bloomington

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
Buzz: face-to-face contact and the urban economy
Journal of Economic Geography|2004
2.6k cit.
2
The Regional World: Territorial Development in a Global Economy
Economic Geography|2000
2.3k cit.
3
The Resurgence of Regional Economies, Ten Years Later
European Urban and Regional Studies|1995
1.6k cit.
4
Nursery Cities: Urban Diversity, Process Innovation, and the Life Cycle of Products
American Economic Review|2001
1.5k cit.
5
World Development Report 2009: reshaping economic geography
Journal of Economic Geography|2009
1.3k cit.
6
The Cultural Economy of Cities
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research|1997
1.2k cit.
7
Creative Cities: Conceptual Issues and Policy Questions
Journal of Urban Affairs|2006
1.1k cit.
8
Rethinking human capital, creativity and urban growth
Journal of Economic Geography|2008
966 cit.
9
Regions, Globalization, Development
Regional Studies|2003
956 cit.
10
THE MAGNITUDE AND CAUSES OF AGGLOMERATION ECONOMIES
Journal of Regional Science|2010
918 cit.

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