Michael A. Cohen (Ph.D.,

University of Chicago The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, U of C, or UChi) is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois. Its main campus is located in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood. The University of Chicago is consistently ranked among the b ...

) is an American academic who is the Director of the International Affairs Program at

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. He also works as Advisor to the Dean of the Faculty of Architecture, Design, and Urban Planning of the

University of Buenos Aires The University of Buenos Aires ( es, Universidad de Buenos Aires, UBA) is a public university, public research university in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Established in 1821, it is the premier institution of higher learning in the country and one o ...

History

Before coming to the New School in 2001, Cohen was a Visiting Fellow of the International Center for Advanced Studies at

New York University New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded by a group of New Yorkers led by then-Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin. In 1832, the ...

. From 1972 to 1999, Cohen worked at the

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. He was responsible for much of the urban policy development of the Bank over that period and, from 1994-1998, he served as the Senior Advisor to the Bank's Vice-President for Environmentally Sustainable Development. Cohen has worked in over fifty countries and was heavily involved in the Bank's work on infrastructure, environment, and sustainable development. Cohen is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences Panel on Urban Dynamics. He is the author or editor of several books, including most recently ''Preparing the Urban Future: Global Pressures and Local Forces'' (ed. with A. Garland, B. Ruble, and J. Tulchin), ''The Human Face of the Urban Environment'' (ed. with I. Serageldin), and ''Urban Policy and Economic Development: An Agenda for the 1990s''. Other recent publications include articles in ''25 Years of Urban Development'' (Amersfoort, The Netherlands, 1998), ''Cities Fit for People'' (Kirdar, ed., 1996), ''The Brookings Review'', ''Journal of the Society for the Study of Traditional Environments'', ''International Social Science Review'', ''Habitat International'', and ''Finance and Development''. Cohen is currently completing a study of urban inequality in Buenos Aires. He has taught at the

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, The Johns Hopkins University, and the School of Architecture, Design, and Urban Planning of the University of Buenos Aires.

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External links

New School profile
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