Geoff Boeing

Geoff Boeing is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Urban Planning and Spatial Analysis at USC’s Sol Price School of Public Policy and the Director of USC’s Urban Data Lab. He is a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution. Previously, he was an Assistant Professor of Urban Informatics and Planning at Northeastern University. He received his Ph.D. in City and Regional Planning from the University of California, Berkeley and completed a postdoc in Berkeley’s Urban Analytics Lab.

Professor Boeing’s research revolves around city planning, urban form, data science, and urban informatics. Recent projects have focused on 1) the nature and character of urban street networks around the world, and 2) how spatial technologies and their data shape housing markets and our understanding of affordability. His recent research has been published in journals across scientific and policy disciplines, including The Lancet Global Health, the Journal of the American Planning Association, Applied Network Science, Geographical Analysis, Environment and Planning A, Frontiers in Neurology, and Urban Design International. He developed and maintains the OSMnx street network modeling software.

Professor Boeing has recently presented his research at the Venice Biennale of Architecture and in plenary and keynote addresses at the AAG annual meeting and the Architect of the Future conference. His research has been shortlisted by the Information Is Beautiful Awards and the NetSci Visualization Awards and covered by Forbes, Slate, The Washington Post, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Boston Globe, and various other media outlets. He has served as a consultant for several planning, policymaking, and public health organizations.

EDUCATION

• Ph.D. City and Regional Planning, University of California, Berkeley, 2017
• M.S. Information Management, Arizona State University, 2006
• B.S. Computer Information Systems summa cum laude, Arizona State University, 2004