Explore Academic Positions at Harvard Professor of Urban Planning Bookmark this Posting Print Preview | Apply for this Job Position Details Title Professor of Urban Planning School Harvard Graduate School of Design Department/Area Urban Planning and Design Position Description The Department of Urban Planning and Design and Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design (GSD) invites applications for a faculty
position at the rank of Professor of Urban Planning with tenure. The position of senior tenured professor is intended for individuals pursuing full-time academic careers whose record in scholarship and teaching is recognized by peers as a preeminent and enduring intellectual contribution to the field. We are seeking an internationally recognized planning scholar whose work engages with the built environment through a
variety of disciplinary approaches. Experience with planning practice is a plus, as is a history of innovative teaching that addresses the designed environment. We are not specifying areas of expertise within the field, but we are especially interested in candidates who are committed to interdisciplinary engagement within the department and across the school and university. Information about the Graduate School of
Design (GSD) and Department of Urban Planning and Design: In the pursuit of more productive, equitable, sustainable, and beautiful built and natural environments, Harvard University’s GSD offers a dynamic setting for the exchange of ideas across the fields of urban planning, urban design, real estate, architecture, landscape architecture, design studies, and design engineering. Composed of internationally experienced
scholars and practitioners, the faculty of the Department of Urban Planning and Design explores the designed environment from diverse disciplinary backgrounds and points of view. The Department offers graduate degrees in urban planning, urban design, and real estate and features a pedagogically diverse array of interdisciplinary studios, lecture courses, seminars, and independent research that consider practical and
theoretical issues affecting cities and metropolitan areas globally. Roughly 200 students drawn from around the world work together and with the faculty to create an intimate, engaged educational atmosphere in which students thrive and learn. The Department is built on the firm conviction that both classroom and community experiences are enriched by creating inclusive spaces for multiple perspectives to be surfaced,
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