Yaoyi ZhouAssistant Professor of Design Studies

My current research focuses on the following two topics: 1) social well-being and networks in the workplace and 2) space occupancy technologies and data analytics. Applying both quantitative and qualitative methods, my research empirically investigated emerging workplace design concepts and was published in book chapters and multiple peer-reviewed journals such as the Journal of Facilities Management, Journal of Corporate Real Estate, Facilities, and Cornell Real Estate Review. Before joining UW–Madison, I worked as an assistant professor at the School of Architecture + Design at Virginia Tech. I also serve as a board member of the Transdisciplinary Workplace Research (TWR) network.

Selected Publications

Zhou, Y. (2023). Social network analysis: Studying social interactions and relations in the workplace. In Tagliaro, C., Orel, M., and Hua, Y. (Eds.), Methodological Approaches for Workplace Research and Management (144-157). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003289845

Zhou, Y., Hua, Y., & Liu, J. (2022). Study workplace space occupancy: A review of measures and technologies. Journal of Facilities Management, 20(3), 350-368. https://doi.org/10.1108/JFM-01-2021-0013

Zhou, Y., & Hua, Y. (2021). The role of shared study space in shaping graduate students’ social networks. Journal of Facilities Management, 19(1), 92-110. https://doi.org/10.1108/JFM-08-2020-0060

Zhou, Y., Tagliaro, C., & Hua, Y. (2021). Networked “bubbles”: Study workgroups’ spatial adjacency preference using social network analysis methods. Journal of Corporate Real Estate, 23(2), 87-105. https://doi.org/10.1108/JCRE-06-2020-0024

Tagliaro, C., Zhou, Y., & Hua, Y. (2021). A change in granularity: Measure space utilization through smart technologies. Facilities, 39(1/2), 64-79. https://doi.org/10.1108/F-08-2019-0093

For a full list of publications, see Zhou’s CV.