Prof. Cecilia Wong

Professor Cecilia Wong is Professor of Spatial Planning, Co-Director of Policy@Manchester and Director of the Spatial Policy & Analysis Lab at the University of Manchester. Her research expertise spans strategic and spatial planning, policy monitoring and analysis, urban and regional development, housing and infrastructure planning. She has authored around 200 academic and policy publications and contributed to more than 70 research projects.

Cecilia is Chair of the UK2070 Commission on regional inequalities and a Council Member of the UK Economic and Social Research Council. She is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences and the Royal Town Planning Institute and has advised government and other organisations on housing, infrastructure, regional development and spatial policy. In 2025, she was awarded the Royal Town Planning Institute Gold Medal for exceptional achievement in town and country planning.