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Buildings and infrastructure that are planned and constructed to create a successful, healthy, and hospitable community environment

PROGRAMS & INITIATIVES

Columbia Population Research Center

The Columbia Population Research Center is a multidisciplinary community of scholars unified by a commitment to...

Center for Life Cycle Analysis

The mission of the center is to guide technology and energy policy decisions with data-based, well balanced and...

Center for Research on Environmental Decisions (CRED)

The Center for Research on Environmental Decisions is an interdisciplinary center that studies individual and...

Columbia Global Centers | Mumbai

Columbia Global Centers | Mumbai develops programs and activities involving both students and faculty focusing on...

Columbia Global Centers | Paris

Columbia Global Centers | Paris creates new programs that explore the consequences of globalization and...

National Center for Disaster Preparedness (NCDP)

The National Center for Disaster Preparedness carries out research that helps us prepare for, respond to, and...

RESEARCH

After Urbanization

What are the socio-technical systems that associate and differentiate people gathered together in...

Mapping Mesopotamian Monuments: Part One

Part One: Planning Grant The project will map and assess the conservation and preservation needs of...

Arts, Culture, and Quality of Life in Global Cities

Urban spaces have become a crucible for the transformations of the global era. The Committee on...

Air Quality Monitoring

Many Nairobi residents are exposed on a regular basis to elevated concentrations of fine particle...

Urbanizing Technology: The Mobility Complex

Led by Professor Saskia Sassen , this signature research project explores the challenges of...

Sustainable Investment: Sovereign Wealth Funds and Long-Term Investment

The Committee on Global Thought’s research into sustainable investment fosters collaboration...

INSTITUTES

The Earth Institute

The Earth Institute brings together people and tools needed to address global...

Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory explores the origin, evolution, and future of...

Institute for Sustainable Development Practice

The Institute for Sustainable Development Practice offers governmental and non-...

Institute of Latin American Studies (ILAS)

The Institute of Latin American Studies focuses on academic programs,...

Institute for Data Sciences & Engineering

Columbia University, in a partnership with New York City, launched the...

People

  • Jason Bordoff

    Professor of Professional Practice in the Faculty of International and Public Affairs

  • Selva Gurdogan

    Director, Studio-X Istanbul

  • Mark A. Wigley

    Professor of Architecture, Planning and Preservation; Dean Emeritus of the Faculty of Architecture, Planning and Preservation

  • Mary C. Boyce

    Dean, Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science; Morris A. and Alma Schapiro Professor, Professor of Mechanical Engineering

  • Nora Akawi

    Curator, Studio-X Amman

  • Jyoti Hosagrahar

    Adjunct Associate Professor of Architecture, Planning and Preservation

  • Klaus S. Lackner

    Adjunct Senior Research Scientist in the Earth Institute; Adjunct Professor of Earth and Environmental Engineering

  • Ibrahim S. Odeh

    Lecturer in Construction Engineering and Management in the Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics

  • Reinhold I. Martin

    Professor of Architecture, Planning and Preservation

  • Richard Garfield

    Henrik H. Bendixen Professor Emeritus of Clinical International Nursing; Professor Emeritus of Clinical Population and Family Health; Special Lecturer in the School of Nursing

  • Irwin Garfinkel

    Mitchell I. Ginsberg Professor of Contemporary Urban Problems in the Faculty of Social Work

  • Nickolas John Themelis

    Stanley Thompson Professor Emeritus of Chemical Metallurgy; Special Research Scientist in the Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering

  • Ah-Hyung Park

    Lenfest Earth Institute Associate Professor of Climate Change

  • Kadambari Baxi

    Professor of Professional Practice

  • Elliott Sclar

    Special Research Scholar in the Center for Sustainable Urban Development in the Earth Institute; Special Lecturer in Architecture, Planning and Preservation and in Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology
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