Nan Bai currently works as an Assistant Professor in the Heritage and Architecture section, Department of Architectural Engineering and Technology, Faculty of Architecture and Built Environment at Delft University of Technology. Previously, he worked as a Postdoc Research Fellow in the Public Administration and Policy Group at Wageningen University & Research. He obtained his PhD (cum laude) at the UNESCO Chair of Heritage and Values of TU Delft. He also participated in the HERILAND Project in the European Union as a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Early-Stage Researcher. With a multi-disciplinary background in architecture, psychology, heritage studies, big data analysis, and applied artificial intelligence, Nan always has a broad interest in the application of computational social science in historic urban settings with heritage values and attributes, especially the perceptions reflected from posting behavior on social media. Currently, Nan has two major research lines: data-driven understanding of UNESCO World Heritage properties, and heritage management strategies under climate change.
Delft University of Technology
Delft, The Netherlands
TU Delft
Delft, The Netherlands