Education

2020.09-2025.4: PhD in Housing Systems, supervised by Prof. Peter Boelhouwer, Faculty of Architecture, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands

2015.09-2018.06: M.S. in Architecture and Civil Engineering, supervised by Prof. Pengcheng Xiang, Faculty of Management Science and Real Estate, Chongqing University, China

2011.09-2015.07: B.S. in Engineering Management, Faculty of Urban Construction, Yangtze University, China

Employment

2024.03- present: Researcher in Sociology, supervised by Prof. Sebastian Kohl, JFK Institute, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

2018.06-2019.05 Sales and marketing department specialist in Shimao Real Estate Co., Ltd., Shenzhen (China)

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Urban sociology; Urban geography; Housing Studies; Migration Studies; Behavioral Economics; Residential Mobility; Residential Satisfaction; Sustainable Development; Risk Management;

ACADEMIC SERVICES

2024      Coordinator for the European Network for Housing Research (ENHR) Conference 2024 in Delft

2023      Coordinator for Summer School Sustainable Housing from a European perspective 2023 in Delft

2021-Present     Reviewer for Cities, Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, International Journal of Housing Policy, etc.

Monograph

Jin, C. (2025). Aspire, Adapt, Anchor: Young Talents’ Migration and Housing Decisions in China’s Metropolitan Cities. A+BE | Architecture and the Built Environment, 15(08), 1–268. Retrieved from https://aplusbe.eu/index.php/p/article/view/306

Peer-Reviewed Articles

Lu, H., Ding, C., Chan, J., Jin, C.(2025). Leave or stay? Understanding the role of city attributes and image on the stay intention of university students. Accepted and in publication process by Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie (Journal of Economic and Human Geography)

Chen, M., Chen, C., Jin, C. *, Li, B., Zhang, Y., & Zhu, P. (2024). Evaluation and obstacle analysis of sustainable development in small towns based on multi-source big data: A case study of 782 top small towns in China. Journal of Environmental Management, 366, 121847.

Jin, C., Li, B., Jansen, S. J., Boumeester, H. J., & Boelhouwer, P. J. (2023). Understanding the housing pathways and migration plans of young talents in metropolises–A case study of Shenzhen. Housing, Theory and Society, 40(4), 435-462.

Li, B., Jansen, S. J., van der Heijden, H., Jin, C.*, & Boelhouwer, P. (2023). Understanding the relationship between residential environment, social exclusion, and life satisfaction of private renters in Shenzhen. Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, 38(4), 2449-2472.

Jin, C., Li, B., Jansen, S. J., Boumeester, H. J., & Boelhouwer, P. J. (2022). What attracts young talents? Understanding the migration intention of university students to first-tier cities in China. Cities, 128, 103802.

Li, B., Jansen, S. J., van der Heijden, H., Jin, C.*, & Boelhouwer, P. (2022). Unraveling the determinants for private renting in metropolitan China: An application of the Theory of Planned Behavior. Habitat International, 127: 102640.

Li, B., Jin, C.*, Jansen, S. J., van der Heijden, H., & Boelhouwer, P. (2021). Residential satisfaction of private tenants in China's superstar cities: The case of Shenzhen, China. Cities, 118: 103355.

Xiang, P., Ye, Z., Jin, C., Wei, S., & Deng, A. (2019). Research on personal safety risk of labor service in Africa from the perspective of contractors. In International Symposium on Advancement of Construction Management and Real Estate (pp. 1445-1453). Singapore: Springer Singapore.

Xiang, P., Xu, J., & Jin, C. (2018). Personal safety risk prevention for overseas engineering personnel in China. Construction Economics, 11. (in Chinese)

Xiang, P., Li, G., & Jin, C. (2017). Research on multi-dimensional comprehensive evaluation of social stability risk in major engineering projects. Engineering Research-Engineering from an Interdisciplinary Perspective, 9(02), 212-220. (in Chinese)

Working paper

Jin, C., Li, B., Jansen, S. J., Boumeester, H. J., & Boelhouwer, P. J. Beyond economics: unravelling the psychological and socio-demographic factors shaping home purchase intentions among young talents in China’s first-tier cities.

Jin, C., Li, B., Jansen, S. J., Boumeester, H. J., & Boelhouwer, P. J. An Integrated Prospect Theory Framework for Migration: Young Talents' Settlement Decisions in China's First-Tier Cities.

Liu, Z., Qian, Q., Li, B., Jin, C., & Visscher, H. Exploring Dutch householders' intentions and influential factors in adopting geothermal solutions for energy transition in existing buildings: a planned behavior perspective.

Lu, H., Wang, B., Jin, C.*, Hu, H. Impact of individual perceptions on epidemic prevention and control measures on public transport commuting intention in post-pandemic.