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Urban Planning and Governance

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Andy Pike
AstraZeneca (Singapore)
2
Manqi Wang
Hunan Vocational Institute of Technology
3
Gregory F. Randolph
University of Southern California
4
Goran Erfani
Northumbria University
5
Abdulaziz I. Almulhim
Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University
6
Gediminas Lesutis
University of Cambridge
7
Joshua Z. Merced
Northern Arizona University
8
Ali Asghar Pilehvar
University of Bojnord
9
Eva Purkarthofer
Aalto University
10
Shaun S.K. Teo
National University of Singapore

Rising Stars Papers

1
Climate-induced migration in the Global South: an in depth analysis
npj Climate Action|2024
103 cit.
2
Framing resilience in Saudi Arabian cities: On climate change and urban policy
Sustainable Cities and Society|2024
62 cit.
3
Building Urban Resilience Through Smart City Planning: A Systematic Literature Review
Smart Cities|2025
30 cit.
4
Infrastructured bodies: Between violence and fugitivity
Progress in Human Geography|2024
28 cit.
5
Harnessing urban analytics and machine learning for sustainable urban development: A multidimensional framework for modeling environmental impacts of urbanization in Saudi Arabia
Journal of Environmental Management|2024
28 cit.
6
Toward a Greener Future: Applying Circular Economy Principles to Saudi Arabia’s Food Sector for Environmental Sustainability
Sustainability|2024
27 cit.
7
Inversion of Water Quality Parameters from UAV Hyperspectral Data Based on Intelligent Algorithm Optimized Backpropagation Neural Networks of a Small Rural River
Remote Sensing|2025
17 cit.
8
‘Left Behind’ neighbourhoods in England: Where they are and why they matter
Geographical Journal|2024
16 cit.
9
Factors influencing digital health competence among healthcare professionals: A cross-sectional study
Applied Nursing Research|2025
13 cit.
10
Gentrification and Its Variegated Emplacements: The Politics of Microregeneration in Shenzhen, China
Annals of the American Association of Geographers|2024
12 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Jack Layton
University College London
2
Willie Jamaal Wright
University of Florida
3
Özlem Ünsal
CITIC Group (China)
4
Ileana Versace
University of Buenos Aires
5
Marjan Kloosterboer
Addis Ababa University
6
Kit Ping Wong
Future Cities Catapult (United Kingdom)
7
Biray Kolluoğlu
Boğaziçi University
8
Juan De Lara
University of Southern California
9
Maja Steen Møller
University of Copenhagen
10
Natasha Chassagne
University of Tasmania

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Social infrastructure: why it matters and how urban geographers might study it
Urban Geography|2022
129 cit.
2
Beyond Geographies of Race
Annals of the American Association of Geographers|2024
8 cit.
3
Rethinking sustainability: recalibrating the global SDGs to align with local principles for Buen Vivir
Community Development Journal|2022
6 cit.
4
Parenting and education: Navigating class, religiosity and secularity in Istanbul
The Review of Education Pedagogy & Cultural Studies|2023
6 cit.
5
Standing up for the university
Nature Human Behaviour|2023
6 cit.
6
Turkey’s higher education boom: the ‘one university in every city’ policy in small cities
Turkish Studies|2024
6 cit.
7
Peripheralization through mass housing urbanization in Hong Kong, Mexico City, and Paris
Planning Perspectives|2022
5 cit.
8
Counting in qualitative fieldwork: Notes from a large urban park
Area|2024
1 cit.
9
Practicing community and sociality in public: scenes from amateur football at the Hackney Marshes, London
Social & Cultural Geography|2024
1 cit.
10
Editors’ Letter
New Perspectives on Turkey|2022
0 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Nik Theodore
University of Illinois Chicago
2
Loretta Lees
Boston University
3
Christian Schmid
Schmid (Germany)
4
Kevin Ward
University of Manchester
5
Fulong Wu
University College London
6
Caroline Brown
Heriot-Watt University
7
Michele M. Betsill
University of Copenhagen
8
Roger Keil
York University
9
Graham Haughton
University of Manchester
10
Gerry Stoker
University of Southampton

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
Cities and the Geographies of “Actually Existing Neoliberalism”
Antipode|2002
2.8k cit.
2
Governance as theory: five propositions
International Social Science Journal|1998
2.7k cit.
3
The social dimension of sustainable development: Defining urban social sustainability
Sustainable Development|2009
1.9k cit.
4
Variegated neoliberalization: geographies, modalities, pathways
Global Networks|2009
1.8k cit.
5
Towards a new epistemology of the urban?
City|2015
1.5k cit.
6
Public Value Management
The American Review of Public Administration|2006
1.3k cit.
7
Rethinking Sustainable Cities: Multilevel Governance and the 'Urban' Politics of Climate Change
Environmental Politics|2004
1.2k cit.
8
Mobilizing policy: Models, methods, and mutations
Geoforum|2010
975 cit.
9
Gentrification and Social Mixing: Towards an Inclusive Urban Renaissance?
Urban Studies|2008
898 cit.
10
Understanding Governance
Public Policy and Administration|1997
832 cit.

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