Eugenie Birch

About Eugenie Birch

Eugénie L. Birch FAICP, FAcSS, RTPI (hon), Nussdorf Professor of Urban Research, Department of City and Regional Planning, and Graduate Dean, Weitzman School of Design, University of Pennsylvania. Founding co-director of the Penn Institute for Urban Research, Birch is co-editor, University of Pennsylvania Press’s City in the 21st Century series.

Areas of Expertise

International Development Planning, Planning History or History

Selected Publications

\How the Cidade Maravilhosa Became More Marvelous: Lessons for the G-20,\ in Vormittag, Albuquerque and Birch, Sustainable Urban Development , Governance, Finance, and Politics. Rio de Janeiro, CEBRI, 2024. (519 pp.)
The Green Cities Guarantee Fund: Unlocking Access to Urban Climate Finance. Philadelphia: Penn Institute for Urban Research for the SDSN Global Commission on Urban SDG Finance, 2024, (50 pp.) with Mauricio Rodas and Luke Campo, Harnessing Urban Innovation to Unlock the Sustainable Development Goals: (2024) (with Ali Cheshmehzhang, Nicholas You, and Jose Siri) New York; Springer, 2024 (234 pp.), \Realigning the Governance Architecture After COVID-19: City Diplomacy and Multilateral Institutions” Journal of International Affairs, pp 207-226 (2022) (with William Burke-White)

Recent Courses Taught

CPLN 5770 City Climate Resilient Infrastructure Finance, CPLN 800Doctoral Seminar