Jieling Xiao

Dr. Jieling Xiao is a Reader in Architecture and Sensory Environment. Her expertise and interests lie in theories and creative practices of place-making and environmental design that interpret and play with people’s sensory experiences, particularly in relation to soundscape and smellscape. She is a member of the UKRI Interdisciplinary Assessment College, editorial community member for Springer Nature for the journal of the Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, and Subsection editor for Journal of Contemporary Urban Affairs. Her recent interests are sensory sustainability and healthy cities with a multi-sensory approach, addressing impacts of pressing societal and environmental issues on communities and neighbourhoods such as climate change, biodiversity loss and ageing.