*Celebrating Spatial Planning at TU Delft: 2008-2019. Edited by Stead, Bracken, Rooij & Rocco

30 Spatial Planning & Strategy
The first stop of my
academic career
WEI-JU HUANG (ASTOR), ASSISTANT PROFESSOR,
DEPARTMENT OF URBAN PLANNING, NATIONAL CHENG-KUNG UNIVERSITY.
I
was lucky to have the Chair of Spatial
Planning and Strategy as the first
stop of my academic journey. As a
PhD researcher in this Chair, I learned
not only research techniques, but also
a global perspective on planning research
and education. After five years
working at a Taiwanese university, I
find that the latter is the most treasurable
gift.
Under the leadership of Professor
Vincent Nadin, the Chair fully supports
PhD researchers together with other
Chair members to conduct research,
publish papers, and participate in
academic activities internationally.
The Chair also provides various occasions—such
as the SPS seminars,
international conferences, and summer
schools—for us to meet scholars
from different countries and freely exchange
experiences and viewpoints.
All of these, step by step, enrich us as
independent researchers.
I remember Vincent told me that for
him the most rewarding part of teaching
is to see the evidence that you’ve
made an impact on a student’s life. At
that time, I did not quite understand
the feeling. Now, I think the impact will
not just be on one single person. It will
spread like ripples around the world.
Fig 10: V. Nadin and Astor Huang with NCKU students. Photo by R. Rocco.