Senior Lecturer
- About
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- Email Address
- nan.liu@abdn.ac.uk
- Telephone Number
- +44 (0)1224 272211
- Office Address
S64 Edward Wright Building
Business school
Dunbar Street
Aberdeen
AB24 3YQ
- School/Department
- Business School
Biography
I joined the University of Aberdeen Business School in 2012 after the completion of my PhD and have been teaching courses at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. I now look after the Real Estate group as the Head of the group. My research interests are in the areas of residential properties, ESG in real estate, behavior in real estate investments, flexible working spaces, tokenisation in real estate, and governance of the built environment.
- Research
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Research Overview
My research interests encompass a range of topics within the real estate sector, including residential property dynamics, urban studies, and the integration of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) factors in real estate. I am also deeply engaged in exploring the implications of flexible working spaces, the tokenisation of real estate assets, investment behaviours in real estate markets, and governance issues related to the built environment.
Research Areas
Accepting PhDs
I am currently accepting PhDs in Real Estate.
Please get in touch if you would like to discuss your research ideas further.
Research Specialisms
- Housing
- Urban Studies
- UK Government/Parliamentary Studies
- Agricultural Economics
Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is HESA open data, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.
Current Research
My current research predominantly explores sustainability and energy efficiency in both residential and commercial property markets, particularly focusing on how Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) factors influence tenant preferences for green buildings, their effects on commercial asset income streams, and the variation in private tenants’ willingness to pay for energy-efficient features across market cycles. My other projects include examining the socio-economic impacts of the Energy Transition Zone (ETZ) on local businesses and communities, the role coworking spaces play in regional economic development, the impact of brokerage in commercial leases, and investment dynamics in residential markets.
Supervision
My current supervision areas are: Real Estate.
PhD project: Coworking dynamics, PhD candidate: Fernanda Antunes. Co-supervised with Professor Hutchison.
Funding and Grants
"The impact of distributed ledgers on the real estate market", funded by RICS research trust.
"Cladding issues in high rise buildings – the evolution of the performance-based regulation from an interdisciplinary perspective" funded by the Carnegie Trust for Scottish Universities.
- Teaching
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Teaching Responsibilities
Lecturer and course coordinator for the following courses:
PO2009 Land and Property Economics
PO2509 Princinples of property valuation
BU5030 Real Estate Research
- Publications
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Industry Herding in Crypto Assets
International Review of Financial Analysis, vol. 84, 102335Contributions to Journals: ArticlesFlexible workspace providers as tenants: an analysis of the rental prices in the London market
Journal of Property Investment & Finance, vol. 40, no. 5, pp. 448-464Contributions to Journals: ArticlesInformation transparency and pricing strategy in the Scottish housing market
International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 429-450Contributions to Journals: ArticlesMarket buoyancy, information transparency and pricing strategy in the Scottish housing market
Urban Studies, vol. 58, no. 16, pp. 3388-3406Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe impact of environmental regulation on total factor productivity of firms: An analysis based on technical distance
Chinese Journal of Population Resources and Environment, vol. 18, no. 3, pp. 244-250Contributions to Journals: ArticlesDo renters skimp on energy efficiency during economic recessions? Evidence from Northeast Scotland
Energy, vol. 165 , no. Part A, pp. 164-175Contributions to Journals: ArticlesFrom oil wealth to green growth - An empirical agent-based model of recession, migration and sustainable urban transition
Environmental Modelling and Software, vol. 107, pp. 119-140Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2018.05.017
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/12372/1/paper_DIReC_20180418.pdf
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Counter urbanisation, planning and house prices: An analysis of the Aberdeen Housing Market Area, 1984 – 2010
Town Planning Review, vol. 84, no. 1, pp. 81-105Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3828/tpr.2013.5
Do incomers pay more for rural housing?
Environment and Planning A, vol. 44, no. 8, pp. 1986-2005Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1068/a44495
Deliverable n.4.1 CAP-IRE project: Background analysis on chain effects
25 pages.Other Contributions: Other Contributions