Timon McPhearson advocates for including science when planning the future of cities
Timon McPhearson, Chair of Environmental Studies, Assistant Professor of Urban Ecology, and Tishman Center Affiliated Faculty co-published a paper with a team of experts in Nature called Scientists must have a say in the future of cities. In this paper, McPhearson and his co-authors say that it is imperative to scale up urban research and foster a scientific leadership to direct and critique global urban policymaking.Timon is currently in Quito, Ecuador participating in discussions around the UN Habitat III conference on sustainable urbanization.