Dr Siqin Wang
Honorary Research Fellow
School of the Environment
Researcher biography
Dr Wang is currently appointed as Honorary Research Fellow / Lecturer at UQ, double affiliated to RMIT University as Senior Lecturer. She is holding Ph.D in Geography, University of Queensland, Australia, 2018; M.S. in GIS, Northern Illinois University, USA, 2011; B.S. in Urban Planning, Sun Yat-Sen University, China, 2009. Before joining UQ in 2015, she worked as a Geographic Information System (GIS) analyst (2011-2012) in Arizona State Government, USA, and a GIS manager (2012-2015) eTour International, a private IT sector in Hawaii, USA. She has been working as an Australian Research Council (ARC) Postdoctoral Research Fellow (2018-2020) and as an Associate Lecturer (2021-2022) at UQ. She was nominated by the Australia Academy of Sciences as the Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science in 2021. I have been involved in teaching in six courses at UQ: GEOM 2001 Introduction of Geographic Information Analysis (lecturer and course coordinator); GEOM 3003/7002 Spatial Modelling and Analysis (lecturer and course coordinator); GEOM 1001 Fundamentals of Geographic Information and Technologies (lecturer and tutor); GEOG2001 Human Mobility and Migration, GEOG 2205/7205 Global Population Issue, and GEOG 3205 Applied Demography.
Publications
Book Chapters
Hu, Tao, Huang, Xiao and Wang, Siqin (2023). Actionable environmental science through social media platforms. Actionable science of global environment change: from big data to practical research. (pp. 355-371) edited by Ziheng Sun. Cham, Switzerland: Springer Cham. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-41758-0_13
Huang, Xiao, Wang, Siqin and Li, Xiao (2022). The inequities in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic. The geographies of COVID-19: geospatial stories of a global pandemic. (pp. 85-96) edited by Melinda Laituri, Robert B. Richardson and Junghwan Kim. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-11775-6_8
Journal Articles
Chen, Meixu, Liu, Yunzhe, Ye, Zi, Wang, Siqin and Zhang, Wenjing (2024). Vivid London: Assessing the resilience of urban vibrancy during the COVID-19 pandemic using social media data. Sustainable Cities and Society, 115 105823, 105823. doi: 10.1016/j.scs.2024.105823
Wang, Siqin, Cai, Wenhui, Sun, Qian Chayn and Liu, Yan (2024). Does increased temperature affect residential mobility? A 20-year nationwide evidence in Australia. Cities, 149 104965, 104965. doi: 10.1016/j.cities.2024.104965
Wang, Siqin, Huang, Xiao, Liu, Pengyuan, Zhang, Mengxi, Biljecki, Filip, Hu, Tao, Fu, Xiaokang, Liu, Lingbo, Liu, Xintao, Wang, Ruomei, Huang, Yuanyuan, Yan, Jingjing, Jiang, Jinghan, Chukwu, Michaelmary, Reza Naghedi, Seyed, Hemmati, Moein, Shao, Yaxiong, Jia, Nan, Xiao, Zhiyang, Tian, Tian, Hu, Yaxin, Yu, Lixiaona, Yap, Winston, Macatulad, Edgardo, Chen, Zhuo, Cui, Yunhe, Ito, Koichi, Ye, Mengbi, Fan, Zicheng ... Bao, Shuming (2024). Mapping the landscape and roadmap of geospatial artificial intelligence (GeoAI) in quantitative human geography: An extensive systematic review. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 128 103734, 103734. doi: 10.1016/j.jag.2024.103734
Wang, Siqin and Sadahiro, Yukio (2024). Horizontal and vertical inequity of multi-modal healthcare accessibility in the aging Japan in the post-COVID era: a GIS-based approach. International Journal of Digital Earth, 17 (1) 2310731. doi: 10.1080/17538947.2024.2310731
Wang, Siqin, Hu, Tao, Xiao, Huang, Li, Yun, Zhang, Ce, Ning, Huan, Zhu, Rui, Li, Zhenlong and Ye, Xinyue (2024). GPT, large language models (LLMs) and generative artificial intelligence (GAI) models in geospatial science: a systematic review. International Journal of Digital Earth, 17 (1) 2353122. doi: 10.1080/17538947.2024.2353122
Yan, Jingjing, Huang, Xiao, Wang, Siqin, He, Yiyi, Li, Xiao, Hohl, Alexander, Li, Xiaojiang, Aly, Mohamed and Lin, Beiyu (2023). Toward a comprehensive understanding of eye-level urban greenness: a systematic review. International Journal of Digital Earth, 16 (2), 4769-4789. doi: 10.1080/17538947.2023.2283479
Wang, Siqin and Li, Qingdu (2023). Remote collaborative process optimization in research and design of industrial manufacturing. Autonomous Intelligent Systems, 3 (1) 10. doi: 10.1007/s43684-023-00056-4
Wang, Siqin, Li, Yuxiao and Gao, Zhe (2023). School-housing nexus in urban China: a comparative study of the effect of school districts on commercial and Danwei housing prices. Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy, 17 (2), 417-438. doi: 10.1007/s12061-023-09544-9
Wang, Siqin, Cai, Wenhui, Sun, Qian (Chayn), Martin, Catherine, Tewari, Shilpi, Hurley, Joe, Amati, Marco, Duckham, Matt and Choy, Suelynn (2023). Landscape of multiculturalism in Australia: Tracking ethnic diversity and its relation with neighbourhood features in 2001–2021. Applied Geography, 160 103114, 1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2023.103114
Wang, Siqin, Sun, Qian Chayn, Huang, Xiao, Tao, Yaguang, Dong, Chunyu, Das, Shinjita and Liu, Yan (2023). Health-integrated heat risk assessment in Australian cities. Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 102 107176, 1-13. doi: 10.1016/j.eiar.2023.107176
Wang, Siqin, Huang, Xiao, She, Bing and Li, Zhenlong (2023). Diverged landscape of restaurant recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. iScience, 26 (6) 106811, 106811. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.106811
Wang, Siqin, Cai, Wenhui, Tao, Yaguang, Sun, Qian Chayn, Wong, Paulina Pui Yun, Huang, Xiao and Liu, Yan (2023). Unpacking the inter- and intra-urban differences of the association between health and exposure to heat and air quality in Australia using global and local machine learning models. Science of The Total Environment, 871 162005, 1-13. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.162005
Wang, Siqin, Ning, Huan, Xiao, Huang, Xiao, Yunyu, Zhang, Mengxi, Yang, Fan, Sadahiro, Yukio, Liu, Yan, Li, Zhenlong, Hu, Tao, Fu, Xiaokang, Li, Zi and Zeng, Ye (2023). Public surveillance of social media for suicide using advanced deep learning models in Japan: time series study from 2012 to 2022. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 25 e47225, 1-14. doi: 10.2196/47225
Wang, Siqin, Huang, Xiao, Hu, Tao, She, Bing, Zhang, Mengxi, Wang, Ruomei, Gruebner, Oliver, Imran, Muhammad, Corcoran, Jonathan, Liu, Yan and Bao, Shuming (2023). A global portrait of expressed mental health signals towards COVID-19 in social media space. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 116 103160, 1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.jag.2022.103160
Wang, Siqin, Wang, Ruomei, Huang, Xiao, Li, Zhenlong and Bao, Shuming (2023). A GIS-based analytical framework for evaluating the effect of COVID-19 on the restaurant industry with big data. Big Earth Data, 7 (1), 37-58. doi: 10.1080/20964471.2022.2163130
Huang, Yuanyuan, Lieske, Scott N., Wang, Siqin and Liu, Yan (2023). How does heterogeneity in dwelling type preferences relate to housing and built environment characteristics?. International Journal of Digital Earth, 16 (1), 93-112. doi: 10.1080/17538947.2022.2163713
Wang, Siqin, Cai, Wenhui, Tao, Yaguang, Sun, Qian Chayn, Wong, Paulina Pui Yun, Thongking, Witchuda and Huang, Xiao (2023). Nexus of heat-vulnerable chronic diseases and heatwave mediated through tri-environmental interactions: A nationwide fine-grained study in Australia. Journal of Environmental Management, 325 (Pt B) 116663, 1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.116663
Wang, Siqin, Wang, Haiyun and Liu, Yan (2023). Climate gentrification: A conceptual framework and empirical evidence in the City of Gold Coast, Australia. Cities, 132 104100, 1-14. doi: 10.1016/j.cities.2022.104100
Wang, Siqin and Sadahiro, Yukio (2022). A fine-grained evaluation of social vulnerability to COVID-19, healthcare access and built environmental disparities in Tokyo, Japan. International Journal of Digital Earth, 15 (1), 2006-2027. doi: 10.1080/17538947.2022.2142305
Huang, Xiao, Zhao, Yuhui, Wang, Siqin, Li, Xiao, Yang, Di, Feng, Yu, Xu, Yang, Zhu, Liao and Chen, Biyu (2022). Unfolding community homophily in U.S. metropolitans via human mobility. Cities, 129 103929, 1-15. doi: 10.1016/j.cities.2022.103929
Huang, Xiao, Wang, Siqin, Zhang, Mengxi, Hu, Tao, Hohl, Alexander, She, Bing, Gong, Xi, Li, Jianxin, Liu, Xiao, Gruebner, Oliver, Liu, Regina, Li, Xiao, Liu, Zhewei, Ye, Xinyue and Li, Zhenlong (2022). Social media mining under the COVID-19 context: progress, challenges, and opportunities. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 113 102967, 1-14. doi: 10.1016/j.jag.2022.102967
Wang, Siqin, Zhang, Mengxi, Huang, Xiao, Hu, Tao, Li, Zhenlong, Sun, Qian Chayn and Liu, Yan (2022). Urban-regional disparities in mental health signals in Australia during the COVID-19 pandemic: a study via Twitter data and machine learning models. Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, 15 (3), 663-682. doi: 10.1093/cjres/rsac025
Huang, Xiao, Xu, Yang, Liu, Rui, Wang, Siqing, Wang, Sicheng, Zhang, Mengxi, Kang, Yuhao, Zhang, Zhe, Gao, Song, Zhao, Bo and Li, Zhenlong (2022). Exploring the spatial disparity of home‐dwelling time patterns in the USA during the COVID‐19 pandemic via Bayesian inference. Transactions in GIS, 26 (4), 1939-1961. doi: 10.1111/tgis.12918
Zhang, Mengxi, Wang, Siqin, Hu, Tao, Fu, Xiaokang, Wang, Xiaoyue, Hu, Yaxin, Halloran, Briana, Li, Zhenlong, Cui, Yunhe, Liu, Haokun, Liu, Zhimin and Bao, Shuming (2022). Human mobility and COVID-19 transmission: a systematic review and future directions. Annals of GIS, 28 (4), 501-514. doi: 10.1080/19475683.2022.2041725
Huang, Xiao, Martin, Yago, Wang, Siqin, Zhang, Mengxi, Gong, Xi, Ge, Yue and Li, Zhenlong (2022). The promise of excess mobility analysis: measuring episodic-mobility with geotagged social media data. Cartography and Geographic Information Science, 49 (5), 464-478. doi: 10.1080/15230406.2021.2023366
Wang, Siqin and Liu, Yan (2022). Parking in inner versus outer city spaces: spatiotemporal patterns of parking problems and their associations with built environment features in Brisbane, Australia. Journal of Transport Geography, 98 103261, 103261. doi: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2021.103261
Wang, Siqin, Liu, Yan, Feng, Yongjiu and Lei, Zhenkun (2022). Spatially-explicit prediction of low-density peri-urban development: comparison between urban and rural scenarios in the Moreton Bay Region in South East Queensland, Australia. Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, 49 (7), 1820-1837. doi: 10.1177/23998083211069382
Wang, Siqin, Huang, Xiao, Hu, Tao, Zhang, Mengxi, Li, Zhenlong, Ning, Huan, Corcoran, Jonathan, Khan, Asaduzzaman, Liu, Yan, Zhang, Jiajia and Li, Xiaoming (2022). The times, they are a-changin’: tracking shifts in mental health signals from early phase to later phase of the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia. BMJ Global Health, 7 (1) e007081, e007081. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2021-007081
Zhang, Mengxi, Payton, Colleen, Gurung, Ashok, Anglewicz, Philip, Subedi, Parangkush, Ali, Ahmed, Ibrahim, Anisa, Haider, Mahri, Hamidi, Navid, Atem, Jacob, Thang, Jenni, Wang, Siqin, Kim, Curi, Kimball, Sarah L., Karaki, Fatima, Nazhat, Najib, Abouagila, Mouammar and Yun, Katherine (2022). COVID-19 Infection and Contact Tracing Among Refugees in the United States, 2020–2021. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 25 (6), 1239-1245. doi: 10.1007/s10903-022-01441-6
Wang, Siqin, Liu, Yan, Lam, Jack and Kwan, Mei-Po (2021). The effects of the built environment on the general health, physical activity and obesity of adults in Queensland, Australia. Spatial and Spatio-temporal Epidemiology, 39 100456, 100456. doi: 10.1016/j.sste.2021.100456
Wang, Siqin, Wang, Mingshu and Liu, Yan (2021). Access to urban parks: comparing spatial accessibility measures using three GIS-based approaches. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 90 101713, 1-13. doi: 10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2021.101713
Zhang, Mengxi, Gurung, Ashok, Anglewicz, Philip, Subedi, Parangkush, Payton, Colleen, Ali, Ahmed, Ibrahim, Anisa, Haider, Mahri, Hamidi, Navid, Atem, Jacob, Thang, Jenni, Wang, Siqin, Kim, Curi, Kimball, Sarah L., Karaki, Fatima, Nazhat, Najib, Abouagila, Mouammar and Yun, Katherine (2021). Acceptance of COVID-19 vaccine among refugees in the United States. Public Health Reports, 136 (6), 774-781. doi: 10.1177/00333549211045838
Hu, Tao, Wang, Siqin, Luo, Wei, Zhang, Mengxi, Huang, Xiao, Yan, Yingwei, Liu, Regina, Ly, Kelly, Kacker, Viraj, She, Bing and Li, Zhenlong (2021). Revealing public opinion towards COVID-19 vaccines with Twitter data in the United States: spatiotemporal perspective. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 23 (9) e30854, e30854. doi: 10.2196/30854
Wang, Siqin, Liu, Yan, Lam, Jack and Gao, Zhe (2021). Chronic illness, subjective wellbeing, and health services availability: a study of older adults in Australia. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18 (15) 7718, 7718. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18157718
Hu, Tao, Wang, Siqin, She, Bing, Zhang, Mengxi, Huang, Xiao, Cui, Yunhe, Khuri, Jacob, Hu, Yaxin, Fu, Xiaokang, Wang, Xiaoyue, Wang, Peixiao, Zhu, Xinyan, Bao, Shuming, Guan, Wendy and Li, Zhenlong (2021). Human mobility data in the COVID-19 pandemic: characteristics, applications, and challenges. International Journal of Digital Earth, 14 (9), 1126-1147. doi: 10.1080/17538947.2021.1952324
Wang, Siqin, Liu, Yan, Feng, Yongjiu and Lei, Zhenkun (2021). To move or stay? A cellular automata model to predict urban growth in coastal regions amidst rising sea levels. International Journal of Digital Earth, 14 (9), 1213-1235. doi: 10.1080/17538947.2021.1946178
Wang, Haiyun, Searle, Glen, Wang, Siqin and Liu, Yan (2021). Understanding residential relocation choices in coastal cities in the face of climate change. Findings. doi: 10.32866/001c.23722
Wang, Siqin, Zhang, Mengxi, Hu, Tao, Fu, Xiaokang, Gao, Zhe, Halloran, Briana and Liu, Yan (2021). A bibliometric analysis and network visualisation of human mobility studies from 1990 to 2020: emerging trends and future research directions. Sustainability, 13 (10) 5372, 5372. doi: 10.3390/su13105372
Gao, Zhe, Wang, Siqin and Gu, Jiang (2021). Identification and mechanisms of regional urban shrinkage: a case study of Wuhan city in the heart of rapidly growing China. Journal of Urban Planning and Development, 147 (1) 05020033. doi: 10.1061/(ASCE)UP.1943-5444.0000643
Wang, Siqin, Liu, Yan and Corcoran, Jonathan (2021). Equity of public transport costs before and after a fare policy reform: an empirical evaluation using smartcard data. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, 144, 104-118. doi: 10.1016/j.tra.2020.12.010
Wang, Siqin, Liu, Yan, Sigler, Thomas and Corcoran, Jonathan (2021). Using WeChat data to understand residential mobility of mainland China-born migrants in Australia: a segmented assimilation perspective. Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy, 14 (3), 703-729. doi: 10.1007/s12061-020-09368-x
Wang, Siqin, Liu, Yan and Corcoran, Jonathan (2021). A season for complaints: How does weather affect noise complaints between neighbors?. Weather, Climate, and Society, 13 (4), 753-768. doi: 10.1175/WCAS-D-21-0020.1
Wang, Siqin, Liu, Yan and Hu, Tao (2020). Examining the change of human mobility adherent to social restriction policies and its effect on COVID-19 cases in australia. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17 (21) 7930, 7930-17. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17217930
Gao, Zhe, Wang, Siqin and Gu, Jiang (2020). Public participation in smart-city governance: a qualitative content analysis of public comments in urban China. Sustainability, 12 (20) 8605, 1-20. doi: 10.3390/su12208605
Liu, Shuang, Liu, Yan and Wang, Siqin (2020). Constructing a sense of home: older Chinese migrants ageing in a foreign land. Journal of Sociology, 57 (3), 1-16. doi: 10.1177/1440783320927083
Feng, Yongjiu, Lei, Zhenkun, Tong, Xiaohua, Gao, Chen, Chen, Shurui, Wang, Jiafeng and Wang, Siqin (2020). Spatially-explicit modeling and intensity analysis of China's land use change 2000–2050. Journal of Environmental Management, 263 110407, 110407. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.110407
Liu, Yan, Batty, Michael, Wang, Siqin and Corcoran, Jonathan (2019). Modelling urban change with cellular automata: Contemporary issues and future research directions. Progress in Human Geography, 45 (1), 030913251989530-24. doi: 10.1177/0309132519895305
Liu, Yan, Cheshire, Lynda, Wang, Siqin and Fu, Xuanming (2019). A socio-spatial analysis of neighbour complaints using large-scale administrative data: the case in Brisbane, Australia. Cities, 90, 168-180. doi: 10.1016/j.cities.2019.02.010
Liu, Yan, Wang, Siqin and Xie, Bin (2019). Evaluating the effects of public transport fare policy change and built and non-built environment features on ridership: the case in South East Queensland, Australia. Transport Policy, 76, 78-89. doi: 10.1016/j.tranpol.2019.02.004
Wang, Siqin, Liu, Yan, Sigler, Thomas and Corcoran, Jonathan (2019). 3D space–time visualization of individual settlement pathways of Mainland China-born migrants in Queensland, Australia. Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space, 51 (2), 275-278. doi: 10.1177/0308518x18805752
Liu, Yan, Wang, Siqin, Fu, Xuanming and Xie, Bin (2019). A network-constrained spatial identification of high-risk roads for hit-parked-vehicle collisions in Brisbane, Australia. Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space, 51 (2), 279-282. doi: 10.1177/0308518x18810531
Wang, Siqin, Sigler, Thomas, Corcoran, Jonathan and Liu, Yan (2019). Modelling the spatial dynamics of Mainland China-born migrants in Australia. Australian Geographer, 50 (2), 201-219. doi: 10.1080/00049182.2018.1508542
Wang, Siqin, Sigler, Thomas, Liu, Yan and Corcoran, Jonathan (2018). Shifting dynamics of Chinese settlement in Australia: an urban geographic perspective. Geographical Research, 56 (4), 447-464. doi: 10.1111/1745-5871.12293
Wang, Siqin, Corcoran, Jonathan, Liu, Yan and Sigler, Thomas (2018). Understanding ‘segmented assimilation’ in Australian cities: modelling the residential choices of mainland China-, Hong Kong- and Taiwan-born migrants. Applied Geography, 99, 140-153. doi: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2018.08.004
Wang, Siqin, Corcoran, Jonathan, Liu, Yan and Sigler, Thomas (2018). Visualising the internal migration of the mainland China-born population between Australian capital cities over time. Australian Population Studies, 2 (1), 56-58. doi: 10.37970/aps.v2i1.26
Conference Papers
Greene, Richard P. and Wang, Siqin (2010). Identifying high amenity zones in the U.S. and China with advanced GIS techniques. International Conference on Geoinformatics, Beijing, China, 18-20 June 2010. Piscataway, NJ, United States: IEEE. doi: 10.1109/geoinformatics.2010.5567587
Greene, R. and Wang, S. (2009). Amenities as Drivers of Urban Growth: High Amenity Zones in the US and China. International Seminar on Urban Form, Guangzhou, China, 1-3 Sep 2009.
Newspaper Article
Sigler, Thomas, Corcoran, Jonathan, Wang, Siqin and Liu, Yan (2018, 11 06). Where are Chinese migrants choosing to settle in Australia? Look to the suburbs The Conversation
Thesis
Wang, Siqin (2018). Spatial evolution and settlement pathways of mainland China-born migrants in Australia. PhD Thesis, School of Earth and Environmential Sciences, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2018.511