Kai Ren | Social Sciences | Best Researcher Award Published on 29/09/202529/09/2025 by Citation Awards Kai Ren | Social Sciences | Best Researcher Award Inner Mongolia University | China Dr. Ren Kai, is a scholar specializing in rural settlements, rural environments, and rural revitalization, with a strong interdisciplinary background bridging architecture, planning, and tourism. She holds a Ph.D. in Urban and Rural Planning from Southeast University, an M.Arch. from Tsinghua University, and a B.Arch. from Xi’an Jiaotong University. Currently serving as a Lecturer at the Department of Tourism, Inner Mongolia University, she is also a master’s supervisor for the Master of Tourism Administration (MTA) program and a National Class I Registered Architect. she was a Lecturer at Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, contributing to the fields of architecture and planning education. In recognition of her academic and professional contributions, she was selected as a high-level talent under the “Elite Talents Revitalize Inner Mongolia” initiative. Dr. Ren has led numerous national, ministerial, and regional research projects, including those funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the Ministry of Education, with a focus on rural cultural landscapes, settlement evolution, and sustainable rural development. Her research has been widely published in high-impact SSCI, SCI, and CSSCI journals such as Land, Buildings, and the Journal of Natural Resources. In addition to her academic work, she has contributed to policy advisory reports adopted by governmental and regional bodies, advancing strategies for rural spatial planning, cultural tourism development, and talent cultivation in Inner Mongolia. She has also received multiple teaching awards, including prizes at the provincial and institutional levels, and serves as a reviewer for leading international journals. profile: Orcid Featured Publications Ren, K., & Xu, J. (2024). Formation process and spatial representation of tourist destination personality from the perspective of cultural heritage: Application in traditional villages in ancient Huizhou, China. Land, 13(4), 423. Ren, K., & Buyandelger, K. (2023). Construction of a type knowledge graph based on the value cognitive turn of characteristic villages: An application in Jixi, Anhui Province, China. Land, 13(1), 9. Ren, K., & Wu, T. (2023). Analyzing the evolution of a rural construction community in China from the perspective of cultural landscape. Buildings, 14(1), 97. Ren, K. (2021). Following rural functions to classify rural sites: An application in Jixi, Anhui Province, China. Land, 10(4), 418. Ren, K., & Yang, J. (2019). Social landscape optimization of towns and villages at the county level by developing a compound ecological capital system. Sustainability, 11(10), 2764. Ren, K., Wang, Y., Liu, T., & Wang, G. (2017). Dataset on outdoor behavior-system and spatial-pattern in the third place in cold area-based on the perspective of new energy structure. Data in Brief, 10, 378–384.
Dr. Ren Kai, is a scholar specializing in rural settlements, rural environments, and rural revitalization, with a strong interdisciplinary background bridging architecture, planning, and tourism. She holds a Ph.D. in Urban and Rural Planning from Southeast University, an M.Arch. from Tsinghua University, and a B.Arch. from Xi’an Jiaotong University. Currently serving as a Lecturer at the Department of Tourism, Inner Mongolia University, she is also a master’s supervisor for the Master of Tourism Administration (MTA) program and a National Class I Registered Architect. she was a Lecturer at Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, contributing to the fields of architecture and planning education. In recognition of her academic and professional contributions, she was selected as a high-level talent under the “Elite Talents Revitalize Inner Mongolia” initiative. Dr. Ren has led numerous national, ministerial, and regional research projects, including those funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the Ministry of Education, with a focus on rural cultural landscapes, settlement evolution, and sustainable rural development. Her research has been widely published in high-impact SSCI, SCI, and CSSCI journals such as Land, Buildings, and the Journal of Natural Resources. In addition to her academic work, she has contributed to policy advisory reports adopted by governmental and regional bodies, advancing strategies for rural spatial planning, cultural tourism development, and talent cultivation in Inner Mongolia. She has also received multiple teaching awards, including prizes at the provincial and institutional levels, and serves as a reviewer for leading international journals. profile: Orcid Featured Publications Ren, K., & Xu, J. (2024). Formation process and spatial representation of tourist destination personality from the perspective of cultural heritage: Application in traditional villages in ancient Huizhou, China. Land, 13(4), 423. Ren, K., & Buyandelger, K. (2023). Construction of a type knowledge graph based on the value cognitive turn of characteristic villages: An application in Jixi, Anhui Province, China. Land, 13(1), 9. Ren, K., & Wu, T. (2023). Analyzing the evolution of a rural construction community in China from the perspective of cultural landscape. Buildings, 14(1), 97. Ren, K. (2021). Following rural functions to classify rural sites: An application in Jixi, Anhui Province, China. Land, 10(4), 418. Ren, K., & Yang, J. (2019). Social landscape optimization of towns and villages at the county level by developing a compound ecological capital system. Sustainability, 11(10), 2764. Ren, K., Wang, Y., Liu, T., & Wang, G. (2017). Dataset on outdoor behavior-system and spatial-pattern in the third place in cold area-based on the perspective of new energy structure. Data in Brief, 10, 378–384.