Urban Design & Planning Interdisciplinary Ph.D.


April 26, 2022

2022 PhD Research Symposium – Pathways toward the future: Assessing the Digital Dimensions of Urban Dynamics Friday, May 20 | 9:00 am – 4:20 pm PT | Zoom

Keynote Speaker: Sarah Williams, Ph.D. Sarah Williams is an Associate Professor of Technology and Urban Planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) where she is also Director of the Civic Data Design Lab and the Leventhal Center for Advanced Urbanism. Who is building the cities of the future? For whom are they being built?…


April 25, 2022

May 24th 12:30-1:20pm – Research Talk – Design by Algorithm: Theory and Practice of Data-driven Urban Design

May 24th, 12:30-1:20pm – Chung Ho Kim, PhD, Visiting Scholar, UW, Associate Professor, University of Seoul – Seminar via Zoom Title: Design by Algorithm: Theory and Practice of Data-driven Urban Design Abstract from Prof. Kim: “I discuss the theory and practice of data-based urban design, which is one of the latest urban design methodologies today….


May 10th 12:30-1:20pm – Research Talk – Traditional Ecological Practices Of Mount Merapi – Towards Panarchy-Based Resilience

May 10th, 12:30 – 1:20pm Research Talk via Zoom by Urban Design and Planning Fulbright Student Catharina Depari Title: Traditional Ecological Practices Of Mount Merapi – Towards Panarchy-Based Resilience Case Study: The Pelemsari Court-Village, Sleman, Yogyakarta Supervisory Committee: Professors Daniel B. Abramson, Robert Mugerauer, Michael K. Lindell, Celia Lowe Abstract Mount Merapi finally spewed lava…


April 13, 2022

April 26th, 12:30-1:20pm – Research Talk – Urban Resilience in an Eco-Evolutionary Perspective

April 26th, 12:30 – 1:20pm Research Talk via Zoom by Marina Alberti, Professor of Urban and Environmental Planning in the Department of Urban Design and Planning Urban Resilience in an Eco-Evolutionary Perspective Prof. Alberti’s abstract: Cities face a grand challenge: they must rethink themselves in the context of planetary change. Across the globe, cities are…