Position 
Visiting Research Fellow
Nationality 
China
At UNU-CRIS 
28/02/2023 to 30/11/2023
Biographical Statement 

Chen Qu  was a (virtual) visiting research fellow at UNU-CRIS. She holds a PhD from the University of Cambridge and fellowship of UK Higher Education Academy. Chen’s research interest includes health and wellbeing of the vulnerable in urban space.

Prior to serving as a course leader/lecturer in digital and social science and PI of research and/or development programmes at University of Cambridge, Chen led the UK internal teams and external organisations to develop digital tools for sustainability.

At UNU-CRIS, Chen studied urban infrastructure, as well as a contribution to the capacity building programme in four EU cities in partnership with 30 global experts and officers.