This summer, Meghan Gough (VCU), Kate Howell (UMD), Andrea Roberts (UVA) and Thaisa Way (Harvard/Dumbarton Oaks) will host Towards a People’s History of Landscape (pt. 2) in Richmond, VA this summer, June 12 – July 8, 2024. This workshop will bring together scholars from across the nation to explore alternative approaches to scholarship and teaching...Read More
Teaching Assistant Professor University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Application Deadline 03/01/2024 Proposed Start Date 07/01/2024 Department Description: The Department of City and Regional Planning is an academic unit within the College of Arts and Sciences. The Department engages in teaching, primarily at the graduate level; conducts applied research on urban and regional issues;...Read More
Director for Northern Illinois Center for Community Sustainability Division of Research and Innovation Partnerships Northern Illinois University Northern Illinois University (NIU) is transforming sustainability in higher education and is moving forward in the development of the Northern Illinois Center for Community Sustainability (NICCS) to address the challenges of environmental change, shifting demographics and sociopolitical inequity...Read More
Job Description: The Department of Public Administration and Policy (DPAP) in the School of Public Affairs at American University invites applications for a full-time, postdoctoral fellow beginning August 1, 2024 and ending July 31, 2025 (renewable for one more academic year). Applicants should have a PhD or an anticipated PhD completion by August 2024 in...Read More
The Department of Political Science at The University of Memphis invites applications for a tenure track position in American Politics at the level of Assistant Professor. The position will start in the fall 2024 pending the availability of funds. Candidates must have the Ph.D. in hand by August 2024. We seek applications from candidates in...Read More
The Joseph C. Cornwall Center for Metropolitan Studies is pleased to announce two Postdoctoral Associate positions in Urban Studies. We are seeking one Associate who specializes in quantitative research methods and one Associate with qualitative expertise. The Associate position will be awarded for a one-year period beginning in September 2024; there is a possibility of...Read More
In Alan Mallach and Todd Swanstrom’s new book, The Changing American Neighborhood, they argue that the physical and social spaces created by neighborhoods matter more than ever for the health and well-being of twenty-first-century Americans and their communities. Challenging conventional interpretations of neighborhoods and neighborhood change, they adopt a broad, inter-disciplinary perspective combining theory with...Read More
Position Description The Faculty of Arts at the University of Ottawa is seeking an outstanding early-career scholar to join our community of researchers as a postdoctoral fellow in urban sustainability within the context of the Sustainable Cities Initiative. This initiative brings together a critical mass of experts, researchers, and graduate students to engage in collaborative,...Read More
DESCRIPTION More than half of the world’s population currently lives in cities and that number is expected to double by 2050. Creating sustainable cities is critical to the future of Canada and the world, and our collective response to climate change will be felt and fueled by our urban centres. We need cutting-edge research to...Read More
This book brings together the research and perspectives of twenty urbanists from Quebec and B.C. to trace the evolution of research on the city and the urban over the past decade. The interdisciplinary contributions feature questions core to urban studies in Montreal and Vancouver: housing and transportation, and more emergent questions related to urban indigeneity,...Read More
Faiza Moatasim published a new book, Master Plans and Encroachments. The Architecture of Informality in Islamabad. The book presents informality as a strategic conformity to official schemes and regulations. It highlights how the privileged and the underprivileged strategically use architectural techniques to support their informal claims to space. https://www.pennpress.org/9781512825206/master-plans-and-encroachments/Master Plans and Encroachments (30% discount code: PENN-FMOATASIM30)Read More
Special Instructions to Applicants: All interested applicants should attach a cover letter and resume in the Supporting Documents section of the application. We suggest the documents be in a PDF format to avoid formatting issues. Position Summary The Kinder Institute for Urban Research aims to improve lives through data, research, engagement, and action. The institute is currently working to build out...Read More
Position Summary The School of Architecture and Planning, University at Buffalo (UB) a flagship campus of the State University of New York, invites applications for the position of Assistant/Associate/Full Professor and Director of Research for the newly endowed ($5M) Rudy Bruner Center for Urban Excellence (RBC) . The RBC is a Schoolwide enterprise that reports to the Dean of...Read More
The University of Texas at Arlington Department of Public Affairs and Planning Program Director, Masters of City and Regional Planning/Associate or Full Professor of Public Affairs and Planning Position ID: https://uta.peopleadmin.com/postings/24941 Job Summary The Department of Public Affairs and Planning in the College of Architecture, Planning and Public Affairs, the University of Texas at Arlington, invites...Read More
PhD in Planning and Public Affairs Program Learn More at Our Open House on December 11, 2023 The PhD in Planning and Public Affairs Program at the University of Oregon’s School of Planning, Public Policy, and Management (PPPM) will hold a virtual open house on Monday, December 11, 2023, from 1:00-2:00 pm Pacific (GMT-8:00). Interested...Read More
