Associate Professor, School of Architecture and Planning, University of Auckland, New Zealand

Following research appointments at the University of Birmingham, UK and the University of Waterloo, Canada, Kai Gu moved to the University of Auckland in 2006. He now teaches urban design at the School of Architecture and Planning. Most of his research publications are on urban morphology and urban landscape management. His field-based urban research has been supported by the British Economic and Social Research Council, the Canadian International Development Agency and the Natural Science Foundation of China. He served as Secretary-General of the International Seminar on Urban Form between 2010 and 2018.