Michael A. Cohen is an American academic who is the director of the International Affairs Program at

The New School The New School is a Private university, private research university in New York City. It was founded in 1919 as The New School for Social Research with an original mission dedicated to academic freedom and intellectual inquiry and a home for p ...

. 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 (, UBA) is a public university, public research university in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is the second-oldest university in the country, and the largest university of the country by enrollment. Established in 1821 ...

Education

Cohen received his Ph.D. in 1971 in

Political Economy Political or comparative economy is a branch of political science and economics studying economic systems (e.g. Marketplace, markets and national economies) and their governance by political systems (e.g. law, institutions, and government). Wi ...

from the

University of Chicago The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, or UChi) is a Private university, private research university in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Its main campus is in the Hyde Park, Chicago, Hyde Park neighborhood on Chicago's South Side, Chic ...

Career

From 1972 to 1999, Cohen worked at the

World Bank The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans and Grant (money), grants to the governments of Least developed countries, low- and Developing country, middle-income countries for the purposes of economic development ...

. 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. 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 university, private research university in New York City, New York, United States. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded in 1832 by Albert Gallatin as a Nondenominational ...

. Cohen is a member of the

U.S. National Academy of Sciences The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) is a United States nonprofit, non-governmental organization. NAS is part of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, along with the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) and the Natio ...

Panel on Urban Dynamics, and is currently completing a study of urban inequality in Buenos Aires. He has taught at the

University of California at Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California), is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California, United States. Founded in 1868 and named after the Anglo-Irish philosopher George Berkele ...

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

Works

Cohen 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''.

References

External links

New School profile
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