Zeyu’s research focuses on urban agriculture and regenerative systems with interdisciplinary boundaries regarding urban metabolic rift.
Zeyu’s project aims to examine conflicts and positive feedback between multiple regenerative practices of urban agriculture: contributing to urban sustainability by repairing the metabolic rift, and enhancing the human-nature connection. Her research focuses on urban sustainability transformation and social values and applies regenerative urban agriculture assessment to provide scientific support for the regenerative development of urban agriculture.
Before joining the Centre for Urban Research, Zeyu worked at the Nature Conservancy as a Conservation Officer. She has a master’s degree in urban horticulture from the University of Melbourne and a bachelor’s degree from Huazhong Agricultural University.
Supervisors: Marco Amati, Andrew Butt