UIUC Faculty Involved in Regional Science

Luc Anselin

Professor, Departments of Geography, Economics, and Urban and Regional Planning. Spatial data analysis and geographic information science with applications to regional economies. Director, Spatial Analysis Laboratory (SAL) and Senior Research Professor, REAL.

Email:anselin@uiuc.edu

Kieran Donaghy

Associate Professor, Department of Urban and Regional Planning. Regional economic modeling, globalization, comparative U.S.-European development, development theory, economic development policy. Director, European Union Center and Research Associate Professor, REAL.

Email: donaghy@uiuc.edu

Edward Feser

Associate Professor, Department of Urban and Regional Planning. State and local economic development policy, regional growth, industry cluster analysis, innovation, technology-related economic development. Co-PI, Regional Economics and Policy Program (REAP), co-coordinator, NEURUS Exchange Program, and Research Associate Professor, REAL.

Email: feser@uiuc.edu

Geoffrey Hewings

Professor, Departments of Geography, Economics, and Urban and Regional Planning. Economic structure and structural change, regional econometric and input-output modeling, general equilibrium modeling, economic development policy. Director, Regional Economics Applications Laboratory (REAL).

Email: hewings@uiuc.edu

Andrew Isserman

Professor, Departments of Agricultural and Consumer Economics and Urban and Regional Planning. Regional economics, rural policy and development, geographic control group methods for policy analysis, forecasting, applied analytical techniques. Co-PI, Regional Economics and Policy Program (REAP) and Senior Research Professor, REAL.

Email: isserman@uiuc.edu

Tschangho John Kim

Endowed Professor of Urban and Regional Systems, Department of Urban and Regional Planning. Transportation analysis, geographic information systems, urban and regional systems analysis, expert systems in planning, economic impacts of damages in transportation under unscheduled events, development of efficient real time traffic data, episodic and seasonal controls for transportation, and GIS standards. Director, Expert Planning Information Systems Laboratory (EPIL).

Email: tjohnkim@uiuc.edu