Professor Si-ming Li is convenor of the working group. Professor Li has established a distinguished reputation in the area of China urban housing research, with regular publication in top-quality international journals in urban studies and the housing field. His current research focuses on housing and residential change in urban China. Below are sub-themes identified for the Urbanization and Mobility Working Group:

► Race and the cultural politics of belonging: African diaspora communities in Guangzhou
► Spatial evolution of urban villages in Shenzhen
► Land and housing policies in post-handover Hong Kong
► Residential inequalities in urban China under spatial restructuring