Researcher - Goh Hong Ching 吴枫群
Senior Lecturer, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, FBE，UM
B. URP, UTM (1998), UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA (UTM)
M. SC. (TOURISM PLANNING) UTM (2000), UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA
DR. RER. NAT, BONN (2007), RHEINISCHE FRIEDRICH-WILHELMS-UNIVERSITAET BONN
Email: gohhc@um.edu.my
Tel No.: +603-79677606
Goh Hong Ching is a senior lecturer at the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Faculty of Built Environment, Universiti Malaya. She holds a Doctor of Natural Science degree (Geography) from Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universitaet Bonn, Germany. She received a Bachelor degree in Urban and Regional Planning then a M.Sc. degree in Tourism Planning, from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. She worked five years in real estate sector before pursuing her doctoral study when she received a 3-year scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Services (DAAD) in 2004 and was attached to the Centre for Development Research (ZEF) in Bonn as junior researcher. She is a corporate member of Malaysia Institute of Planners (MIP) and a registered member of Board of Town Planners Malaysia. She is also an active member of the Forum for Urban Future in Southeast Asia, a network of Southeast Asian and German Experts. She was the visiting scholar participated in the 2014/2015 MIT-UTM Sustainable Cities Program. She is also a member of the Global Young Academy, of which her membership serves a 5-year term 2015-2019 and a fellow of the ASEAN Science Leadership Program for 2016/2017. At present, she is a core member of the Landuse Governance Unit under the Spatial-Environmental Governance for Sustainability Research Centre (UMSERGE). She has two main research interests, i.e., in tourism and in urban studies. For the former, she focuses on tourism governance, tourism planning and impacts management especially in heritage and protected areas. For the latter, on natural resource and environmental issues and governance, sustainable development of cities, urbanization and the related risks.
吴枫群博士现任马来亚大学建筑环境学院属下的城市与区域规划系高级讲师。她在2007年考获德国波恩莱茵弗里德里希·威廉大学的自然科学博士学位。她目前是专业组织马来西亚规划师学会的成员，也是马来西亚城市规划师局的注册规划师。
吴博士的本科及硕士学业皆完成于马来西亚工艺大学。她的本科专业是城市及区域规划，而硕士则改换为旅游业规划专业。毕业后她曾在企业界工作五年。2004年她荣获德国学术交换服务奖学金，即辞去工作往德国深造。
吴枫群博士现今的研究方向为城市化研究、旅游业管理研究、自然保护区研究（包括南极及流域管理）。
