Peace and Planning

Category: Updates

  • On nutshells and eggshells

    Over the past few years, I’ve been fortunate to present my work at several conferences spanning various disciplines – planning (x2!), geography, political science, peace and conflict studies, international studies, and urban studies. While traveling to five in a 12-month period isn’t for the faint of heart (read: me), I…

  • Charting a path to planning as peacebuilding through an ethics of care at ACSP

    I’m excited to be presenting my paper “Moving from an Ethos of Cars to an Ethics of Care: Urban Planners as Urban Peacebuilders” at this week’s Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning – ACSP conference. I’ll be joined by my terrific fellow panelists in the session “Big Philosophical Questions in…

  • My first podcast episode 😬🎙️🤓

    Instead of a blog post this week, I’m sharing one professional milestone update: I’m really grateful to have had the opportunity to discuss my paper on the conflict system of vehicular violence with Streetsblog’s Kea Wilson on her podcast “The Brake.” It was surreal (and humbling) to talk with someone…

  • A recommitment and an update

    It has been a good long while since I’ve posted and honestly I have been deliberating about whether or not I should return to blogging. There are several reasons why I am back at it (which I will get to shortly) but in the meantime, here’s a brief recap since…

  • Conference to-do list: 1) unpack your baggage, 2) unpack the baggage that comes with car supremacy 🧳

    I recently had the privilege of attending the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning annual conference, held this year in a place where it actually felt seasonably cool for fall (and had the foliage to boot): Seattle. I was a first-time attendee and I must say, it felt pretty darn…

  • A case for rebranding: we need a transportation ecosystem

    I recently had the opportunity to present early findings from my bike bus research at the American Political Science Association (APSA) annual meeting 🤓. Over the summer, I was honored to have spoken with nearly two dozen adult bike bus participants (nearly all volunteering their time and bodies to make…