Dr Melanie Zhang

Assistant Professor

School: Architecture and Built Environment

Dr. Fangchen (Melanie) Zhang, PhD, FHEA, is an Assistant Professor in Real Estate. Melanie's research specialises in real estate investment, financial stability, and urban economics. Her research explores international real estate investment strategies and financial market networks. The recent works explore the urban economic impacts of evolving flexible working and consumption patterns.

Melanie has published in international, high-ranking journals such as Regional Studies and the Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, and has led industry-collaborative research projects, including the IPF Research Grant in 2021. Her work has been presented at several international conferences in real estate, finance and urban economics, including AREUEA, ARES, ERES, AsRES, and BAFA. In addition to her research, Melanie actively contributes to the academic community through journal peer reviews, conference chairing and seminar organisation.

Melanie has also been guest-teaching at the University of Manchester and the London School of Economics and Political Science Summer School.

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Research Themes and Scholarly Interests

Real estate investment and finance; corporate strategy; portfolio management; networks analysis; flexible working and local productivity

Key Publications

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In the flexible working era: the micro-location choices of co-working spaces, Lavoratori, K., Wu, Y., Zhang, F. 31 Dec 2025, In: Regional Studies
Learning or Partnering? An Investigation of Foreign Real Estate Investment Strategies, Nanda, A., Zhang, F. May 2022
How would the COVID-19 pandemic reshape retail real estate and high streets through acceleration of E-commerce and digitalization?, Nanda, A., Xu, Y., Zhang, F. 1 Jun 2021, In: Journal of Urban Management
Only the Best? Exploring Cross-Border Investor Preferences in US Gateway Cities, Devaney, S., Scofield, D., Zhang, F. 1 Oct 2019, In: Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics