Robert Goodspeed

About Robert Goodspeed

Robert Goodspeed is Chair and Associate Professor of Urban Planning at the University of Michigan's Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning.

Areas of Expertise

Technology, Society and Analytical Methods, Land Use Planning and Governance, Housing

Selected Publications

Goodspeed, Robert. Scenario Planning for Cities and Regions: Managing and Envisioning Uncertain Futures. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 2020., Machiels, Thomas, Robert Goodspeed, Tine Compernolle, and Tom Coppens. 2023. \Creating Flexible Plans for an Uncertain Future: From Exploratory Scenarios to Adaptive Plans With Real Options.\ Planning Theory & Practice: 1-20., Goodspeed, Robert, Kidus Admassu, Vahid Bahrami, Tierra Bills, John Egelhaaf, Kim Gallagher, Jerome Lynch, Neda Masoud, Todd Shurn, Peng Sun, Yiyang Wang, and Curt Wolf. 2023. \Improving Transit in Small Cities Through Collaborative and Data-Driven Scenario Planning.\ Case Studies on Transport Policy, vol. 11, March 2023., Goodspeed, Robert. “Digital Knowledge Technologies In Planning Practice: From Black Boxes to Media for Collaborative Inquiry.” Journal of Planning Theory & Practice, vol. 17 no. 4, 2016, pp. 577-600.

Recent Courses Taught

Negotiation, Collaboration, and Equitable Engagement (URP 522), Planning Methods (URP 506), Scenario Planning (URP 526), Intro. to Urban Informatics (URP 535)