Yesim Sungu-Eryilmaz, PhD

Yesim Sungu-Eryilmaz, PhD

Assistant Professor
Program Director, City Planning and Urban Affairs

Expertise:

Urban Planning; Public Policy; Sustainable Cities; Mixed Methods Research; GIS

Education:

PhD University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
MCP University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
BCP Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey

Courses:

UA 511: Introduction to Urban Informatics
UA 654: GIS and Spatial Analysis
UA 703: Urban Research Methods

Biography:

The question at the core of Dr. Sungu’s work is: what factors influence the economic, social, and environmental sustainability of cities? In searching for answers, she has worked with academics, practitioners, civic leaders, community organizers, and policy analysts.

Her publications range from innovation-oriented economic development to brownfields redevelopment and from community land trusts to inter-organizational collaboration in disaster management.

She was a visiting scholar at the Department of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning, Tufts University. She also worked as a research associate at the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy in Cambridge, MA.

Contact Information:

Phone: (617) 353-5814
Email: yesims@bu.edu