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

Selected publications:  From Grey to Green: Better Data to Finance Nature, Nairobi: United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), November, 2024 (with Amanda Lloyd and Samuel Geldin) Urban Sustainable Development, Governance, Finance, and Politics,  Rio de Janeiro: Brazilian Center for International Relations (CEBRI), 2024 (with Pedro Vormitagg and Mariana Albuquerque).“Harnessing Urban Innovation to Unlock the Sustainable Development Goals (2024 with Ali Cheshmehzhang, Nicholas You, and Jose Siri)

Leadership positions: editor, Journal of the American Planning Association; chair, Planning Accreditation Board;  president, Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP); Society for American City and Regional Planning History (SACRPH); and International Planning History Society (IPHS); member of the NYC Planning Commission; chair, UN Habitat’s World Urban Campaign (WUC) and president, General Assembly of Partners (GAP), Currently: member, Executive Committee, Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN); and Board of the Regional Plan Association (RPA).

Awards include: Above and Beyond Award (Regional Plan Association) Lawrence C. Gerkens Award in Planning History, Martin Meyerson Distinguished Educator Award, Jay Chatterjee Award for Distinguished Service, Margarita McCoy Award (Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning) and the President’s Award (American Planning Association). Birch holds a PhD and Masters degree in Urban Planning, Columbia University