Maurice Yip (モーリス・イップ)
Research Fields
Social sciences / Human geography
Social sciences / Urban studies
Social sciences / Area studies
Research Interests
Legal geography
・ property-sovereignty nexus, commoning, regulation, and performativity
Territoriality
・ planning, governance, experiment, and innovation
Global East
・ East Asian urban transformation in the context of global uneven geography
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Primary Affiliation
University of Lausanne, Switzerland
・ Graduate Assistant in Legal Geography, Institute of Geography and Sustainability
・ Member, Research team « IF – Informing Futures »
・ Co-coordinator, Urban studies research cluster (Le collectif de recherche « Mondes urbains »)
・ PhD Candidate in Geography, Faculty of Geosciences and Environment
Other Affiliations
Osaka Metropolitan University, Japan
・ Visiting Researcher, Urban Resilience Research Center
Visiting Positions
Osaka Metropolitan University, Japan (2023)
・ JSPS International Research Fellow, Division of Geography, Department of Human Behavioral Sciences, Graduate School of Literature and Human Sciences
University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong (2021–2022)
・ Department of Urban Planning and Design, Faculty of Architecture
International Boards and Committees
International Steering Committee Member, East Asian Regional Conference in Alternative Geography (EARCAG)
Journal Editorship
Editorial Assistant, Surveying & Built Environment (2021–2022)
Journal Referee
American Journal of Economics and Sociology (2020; 2020)
Geopolitics (2020; 2020; 2020; 2022)
Housing Studies (2022)
Journal of Urban Affairs (2022; 2022; 2023)
Journal of Urban History (2022; 2023)
Planning Perspectives (2020)
Routes – The Journal for Student Geographers (2020; 2020)
Tijdschrift voor economische en sociale geografie (2022; 2023)
The International Journal of Housing Policy (2023; 2023)
The Professional Geographer (2021; 2021)
Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers (2021; 2024)
Urban Geography (2022; 2022; 2023)
Professional Membership
Swiss Network for Law and Society
CRN35 Legal Geography, Law & Society Association
International Academic Association on Planning, Law, and Property Rights (PLPR)
Geopolitical Economics of East Asia Research Network (EARCAG-GPE)
International Network for Urban Research and Action (INURA)
Selected Awards
Best Article on Global Hong Kong Studies (Social Sciences Category – Winner), International Convention of Asia Scholars Book Prize (ICAS-IBP) (2023)
The 6th Chang Kuo-sin Award for Aspiring Young Communicators (Commentary Category – Winner), Chang Kuo-sin Journalism and Communication Education Fund (2018)
The Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) Hong Kong Dissertation Scholarship, The Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) (2016)
Hong Kong Electric Scholarships for Energy & Environmental Studies, Hongkong Electric (2015)
