Dr. Li Hou

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Biography

Li Hou is a lecturer at Harvard University's Graduate School of Design, specializing in Urban Planning Design. His research focuses on the intersection of history and theory in urban and regional planning, regulations, and spatial politics. He has authored approximately 50 book chapters and articles in scholarly journals. His significant work includes 'Building Oil: Daqing Formation Chinese Socialist State,' which received the 2020 Book Prize for Innovative Books in Planning History from the International Planning History Society. He held previous positions as a professor at Tongji University and has been involved in various academic and professional planning roles since 2000, including being an expert member of the Shanghai City Planning Commission.

Research Interests

Experience

Lecturer

— Present

Harvard University Graduate School of Design • Cambridge, MA

Teaches Comparative Planning Regulations, assists chair, program director, and coordinates UPD administration support responsibilities.

Professor of Urban Planning

— Present

Tongji University • Shanghai, China

Served as PhD program director in the Department of Urban and Rural Planning.

Courses

SES-5515 Comparative Planning Regulation

Requirements for Harvard University

Doctorate Program
Requirements
TOEFL
Total
Required:80
IELTS
Overall
Required:6.5
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in a technical or quantitative field
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Specialization Notes

Administered by the Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS).