Together with my University of Michigan colleague Sarah Mills, a few years ago I was involved in the pilot project to launch what has become the Michigan Zoning Map, an effort to create systematic variables describing the zoning districts in communities in our state. Drawing on the methodology created by the pioneering National Zoning Atlas, […]
New Book on Urban Data Science, Analytics, and Technology
It is my pleasure to announce the publication of the new book, Digital-Era Urban Transformations: Advancements in Data Science, Analytics, and Technology. This edited volume was published in conjunction with the 2025 Computational Urban Planning and Urban Management (CUPUM) conference, held in July in London. Much more than simply a conference proceedings, a rigorous double-blind […]
Mobility & Zoning Research Reports Published
Last fall I concluded two significant collaborative research projects:
New Book on Advanced Urban Analytics
Next week I’ll be in Montreal for the 18th International Conference on Computational Urban Planning and Urban Management (CUPUM). I have been involved in this biennial global conference since attending the 2013 conference, held at Utrecht University in the Netherlands. Each event connects a unique global community of researchers who work on the intersection of […]
New Article Presents Case Study of Collaborative, Data-Driven Scenario Planning for Transit
About five years ago, I was invited to join a group of researchers who planned to undertake a smart mobility research project in partnership with community stakeholders in Benton Harbor, Michigan. Unlike in much of my prior research on scenario planning which relies on learning from professional practice, in this project I had the opportunity […]
New Paper Analyzes Eviction Cases Across Michigan
Last year I completed a research project on evictions in Michigan, conducted in collaboration with attorney Libby Benton and others at the Michigan Advocacy Project, a legal aid organization. This page summarizes the project, which resulted in a report and policy brief, released in May 2020. Today the academic paper produced by this project, “Eviction […]
New Paper: “Learning to Manage Common Resources: Stakeholders Playing a Serious Game See Increased Interdependence in Groundwater Basin Management”
This paper is the product of a three-year collaborative research project between the Environmental Defense Fund, Colleen Seifert, a UM psychology professor, myself, and several research assistants. In 2017, the Graham Sustainability Institute sponsored a matchmaking event where UM social scientists could interact with EDF staff who had ideas for research collaborations. At that event, […]