Several distinguished international faculty have been invited to present lectures in this semester-long series to discuss multiple dimensions of urban complex systems, as inter-dependent technological, socioeconomic, and ecological systems.

Feb. 3 - Yasuyuki Sawada (ADB/Univ. of Tokyo)

Feb. 10 - Marta Gonzalez (UC-Berkeley)

Feb. 17 - Rachel Davidson (Univ. of Delaware)

Feb. 19/24 - Janki Andharia (TATA Inst. of Social Science)

Mar. 3 - Carsten Butsch (Univ. of Köln)

Mar. 10 - Nikhil Anand (Univ. of Pennsylvania) & Sitaram Shelar (Founder & Convener of Pani Haq Samiti)

Mar. 31 - Andrea Rinaldo (EPFL Lausanne)

Apr. 7 - Marc Barthelemy (CNRS Paris)

Apr. 14 - Susan Cutter (Univ. of South Carolina)

Apr. 21 - Fatima Arroyo-Arroyo (World Bank Dakar)

Apr. 28 - Discussion Panel (TBD)

* Date to be confirmed

The lectures will be presented via Zoom on Wednesday afternoons, 12:00-1:30pm (EST). Register here.

The lecture series is co-organized by Professor Suresh Rao and Satish Ukkusuri, Lyles School of Civil Engineering, and sponsored by support from the National Science Foundation, Purdue University College of Engineering, and the Lee A. Reith Endowment in the Lyles School of Civil Engineering.