周尚意先后获得北京师范大学地理学学士学位、北京大学经济学硕士学位、北京师范大学地理学博士学位。自1988年以来，她一直在北京师范大学任教。现任北京师范大学地理科学学部教授、区域与城市规划研究所所长。她的研究兴趣包括文化地理学、人口老龄化、社会流动，以及自然资源和环境的经济学。她致力于地理教学和研究，撰写发表了210多篇学术文章，20部学术专著和10部译作。她是12个学术期刊的编辑委员会成员。此外，她已经连续11年担任《地图》杂志的专栏作家。

截止到2020年，她先后获得了13个重要的教学和研究奖励，1993年获国家民政部科技一等奖；1995年中国地理学会第三届优秀青年地理工作者奖（独立获奖人）;1997年获北京市优秀教学成果二等奖;1999年获得宝钢优秀教师奖;2001年获中国高校科学技术奖（二等奖;2006年获北京“十五”哲学社会科学优秀成果奖二等奖;2007年获民政部全国地名理论研讨会论文一等奖;2007年“人文地理学”获“市级精品课程”;2008年获得北京市师德先进个人奖、师德标兵;2012年获北京市教学成果;2015年获得北京市名师奖;2017年 获得北京市教学成果一等奖。
她还在一些学术组织中任职，例如中国国土经济学会理事，GSC前常务理事，GSC下属文化地理学专业委员会主任，中国老年学与老年医学会常务理事，IGU下属地理学中的文化方法委员会委员，IGU下属的全球共识委员会委员，亚洲文化景观协会常务理事，中国地名学会常务理事，中国行政区划与区域发展促进会常务理事和专家小组成员。

Shangyi Zhou
Faculty of Geographical Science
Beijing Normal University
19 Xinjiekouwai St. Haidian District
Beijing, 100875
China
Email: shangyizhou@bnu.edu.cn
 

Dr. Shangyi ZHOU received Bachelor and PhD degree of Geography from Beijing Normal University, and Master of Economics from Peking University. She has worked at Beijing Normal University since 1988. Now she serves as the professor of the Faculty of Geographical Science and the director of Institute of Regional and Urban Planning at Beijing Normal University. Her research interests include cultural geography, aging population, social mobility, and economic issues of natural resources and environment.
Devoting herself to teaching and researching on geography, she has made remarkable achievements. She has authored and co-authored a substantial amount of publications, including more than 210 journal articles, 20 monographs and 10 translated works. She serves as editorial board members of 12 research journals. In addition, she has been a columnist for the magazine of Map for 11 years.
By 2020 Dr. Zhou had received 13 awards in recognition of remarkable teaching and research achievements: Award for Top 10 Excellent Young Geographers from GSC (1995), Teaching Award from the Municipality of Beijing (1997), Baogang Higher Education Teaching Award from the Ministry of Education (1999), Scientific Award from Ministry of Education (2001), Social Sciences Award of Beijing (2005), Research Paper Award (first place) from the Ministry of Civil Affairs (2007), “Best Course” (human geography) from Beijing Education Committee (2007), Wu Chuanjun’s Research Paper Award from GSC (2008), Award for Best Teacher from the Municipality of Beijing (2008), Teaching Award from the Municipality of Beijing (2012), Award of Excellent Geographer from GSC (2014), and Excellent Teacher Award from the Municipality of Beijing (2015).
She also serves in some academic organizations, such as committee member of China Society of Territorial Economists, former executive member of GSC, executive member of Gerontological Society of China, committee member of Cultural Approach in Geography of IGU, committee member of Global Understanding of IGU, executive member of Asian Cultural Landscape Association, executive member of China Toponymy Society, executive member and expert panel member of China Association for Administrative Division and Regional Development Promotion .