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Faisal Almogren |
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Research Interests: Gulf Urbanism, City-Building, Master Planning, Housing Policies, and Urban Morphologies |
David Amos |
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Urban design; street design; walkability; and transportation and land use |
Alli Appelbaum![]() |
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Urban governance; security; securitisation of space; security guarding; biopolitics; urban inequality; gender, sexuality and urban space; middle-class urbanism; spatial transformation; (the politics of) densification; housing; urban history; African urbanisms; India; South Africa; Johannesburg |
Arezoo Besharati![]() |
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I’m interested in urban data science, city planning, urban design, and application of computer science, machine learning and artificial intelligence in urban planning and public policy analysis. I’m especially interested in investigating new methods for urban data acquisition, processing, visualization, and advanced modeling in order to help planners and communities more effectively navigate the complex decision-making processes that shape contemporary cities. |
Abigail Cochran |
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Research Interests: Urban governance, data science, technology, international planning, and transportation |
Priscila Coli |
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Peripheral urbanization; public infrastructure; spatial justice; and social mobility in Latin American cities |
Savannah Cox |
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Science and Technology Studies; Resilience; Urban Climate Governance; Economic Sociology |
Nathaniel Decker |
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Real estate, affordable housing policy, disruptive technologies, and public finance |
Irene Farah Rivadeneyra |
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Dagin Faulkner |
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Jeff Garnand |
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Chester Harvey |
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Research Interests: urban design, street spaces, active transportation, spatial cognition, geodata |
Shakirah Hudani![]() |
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Urban sustainability, International development, African cities, public health and city planning. |
Tamara Kerzhner![]() |
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Informal transportation, paratransit; the role of informal and informalized labour in producing urban services and urban space; mobility and equity in divided and diverse cities. |
Yanin Kramsky![]() |
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Spatial politics; political ecology; environmental knowledge, power, and planning; critical environmental and climate justice; intersectional feminism; queer and transgender geographies. |
Meiqing Li![]() |
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Sustainable Transportation, Travel Behavior Modeling, Urban Spatial Analytics |
Beki McElvain![]() |
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Resilience; Disaster Governance & Finance; Neoliberalism; Mexico City; Science and Technology Studies; Geographic Information Systems; Critical Geography |
Giselle Mendonça Abreu |
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Urbanization in the Global South, urban policy in Brazil, urban and planning theory, urban-rural linkages, public infrastructure, economic development |
Marcel Moran![]() |
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My research interests include mobility, the interaction between cities and new technologies such as self-driving cars (automated vehicles), ride-hailing (TNCs), and bikeshare, among others. I am also deeply interested in the equity of mobility provision and access across cities and regions. I pursue these topics through a range of methods, including interviews, surveys, and GIS or digital mapping. |
Manuel Santana Palacios |
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Transportation and Land Use, Transportation and Urban Development, Travel Behavior, Informal Transportation, Transportation in the Developing World |
Madeleine Parker![]() |
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Climate change adaptation, resilience planning, affordable housing, transportation equity, urban mobility, spatial inequality, participatory mapping, data science, spatial analysis. |
Lana Salman![]() |
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Rocio Sanchez-Moyano![]() |
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Housing; housing demography; barriers to homeownership; low-income and minority housing and neighborhoods |
Clara Turner |
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Regional labor markets, cross-border economies, migration and labor policy, economic geography |
Liubing Xie |
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Megumi Yamanaka |
My research interests include urban mobility, Bus Rapid Transit, public transport, non-motorized modes, planning, design, policy, social issues, demand modelling, and environmental impacts. |
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Pavan Yedavalli |
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My research interests include smart cities, urban mobility, wireless IoT systems and drones in cities, urban data science and informatics, intelligent transportation systems, urban mapping, and travel behavior. |
Aaron Young![]() |
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My research in City & Regional Planning and Critical Geography addresses the urban land question in South Africa. By this angle of approach, I am interested in land and urban space not only as the physical terrain upon which contested claims are directed, embedded and performed, but also as an expanded field of meaning for local and transnational politics. |