Chihsin Chiu, Ph. D. 

Updated December 2023

I am an Associate Professor of the Graduate Institute of Building and Planning at National Taiwan University, Taiwan. I have a Ph.D. in environmental psychology and a professional background as an architect. My research explores the complexity of socio-environmental interchange in state-led urban greening projects, such as the extralegal building interventions, eco-housing developments and community solar initiatives . I aim to unveil how the successes and the failures of these cases can inform a better understanding of cities as places to be.  

EDUCATION

Ph. D. in Environmental Psychology, The Graduate Center, The City University of New York, U.S.A.

M.S., Graduate Institute of Building and Planning, National Taiwan University

B.S., Department of Architecture, National Cheng Kung University

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Urban Political Ecology

Human Aspects of Eco-architecture and Green Energy

Public Space Design and Governance

Energy, greening and urban commons 

Environment-behavior Studies of Built Environment