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Dr. Shengxi Eric Xin FRGS FRSA

@dr-ericxin.bsky.social
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Passionate researcher in rural-urban integrated development, spatial planning and state-community collaboration. PhD, MPhil, BA/BEng | Tongji, UCL Bartlett, Cantab, UoL

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Dr. Shengxi Eric Xin FRGS FRSA @dr-ericxin.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
My co-authored new book with Professor Nick Gallent based on my PhD research at @ucl.ac.uk It raises the “Neo-exogenous Development” to conceptualizes the intensive state intervention, contrast with the increasing state withdrawal from rural regions across the world.
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Dr. Shengxi Eric Xin FRGS FRSA @dr-ericxin.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Call for Papers! I co-organized a session on rural geography in Global South Regions @rgsibg.bsky.social 2025 Annual Conference, kindly sponsored by @ruralgrg.bsky.social . Abstract submission ddl: 28 Feb 2025. For details, pls see the cfp below. We sincerely welcome your contributions!
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Dr. Shengxi Eric Xin FRGS FRSA @dr-ericxin.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
In my previous article on JRS, I introduced neo-exogenous development to explain China’s state-led rural networked development model under Rural Revitalization/RRS. In my new paper, I examine this model’s governance implications, arguing that RRS has fostered a form of “rural party-statecraft”.
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Dr. Shengxi Eric Xin FRGS FRSA @dr-ericxin.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Many scholars use neo-endogenous development to explain multi-actor participation in China’s Rural Revitalization Strategy. However, in my paper coauthored with Prof Nick Gallent, we argue it is essentially state-led networked development
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