USC Price School of Public Policy

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The USC Price School invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position in the area of housing and the built environment at the Assistant or Associate Professor level.

Applicants should hold an advanced degree in urban planning or a related field. These could include public policy, sociology, urban design, geography, environmental or civil engineering, etc. Applicants encompassing a broad range of research agendas are encouraged to apply.

This position is part of a multi-year hiring strategy focused on two complementing and cross-cutting themes. 1) Data and the built environment: We seek cutting edge scholars who will lead planning’s navigation of the new data, visualization, and media landscape in service of the field’s core function at the nexus of human behavior, policy, and the built environment by critically evaluating and adapting new data streams. This innovation could entail novel ways of a) accessing, interpreting, and analyzing data as well as b) innovative ways to communicate, manage, and publicly engage with data. 2) We are equally focused on advancing social justice. We seek new generation scholars who articulate a concrete vision of a more just and inclusive society and actively explore effective strategies.