The current teaching staff (faculty) includes an array of very talented, prolific and engaged architects, urban planners, urban designers, scholars and researchers. Our Faculty is actively engaged in teaching and practice and scholarship in a myriad of fields such as: architectural design, spatial planning, urban design, politics and planning, progressive real estate and management, project and strategic management, surveying, geographic information systems, CAD, environmental justice, urban theory, theory of science and research methodology, housing and community development, information technology and urban form, transportation and localization analysis, urban governance, cultural heritage and city marketing.

We have the youngest staff of any Urban Planning & Design program in Europe!

Leadership (Royal Institute of Technology, School of Architecture and Built Environment), Prof. Stellan Lundström [Dean of the School of Architecture and Built Environment] and Prof. Katja Grillner Vice Dean, Leif Brodersen [Dean of the School of Architecture and Built Environment], Prof. Göran Cars [Chief of the Department of Urban Planning & Environment];

The Faculty who specialize in urban design and teach in UPD Program:

UPD Program Track Faculty (new faculty) in Year 2009-2010

Bosse Bergman [History of Urban Form, Theory, Transportation, City and Film]

Lars Marcus [Urban Morphology, Space Syntax, Design Theory, Landscape Planning]

Ana Betancour [Urban Morphology, Design Theory, Urban Design Studios]

Ebba Högström [Architecture and Urban Design Studios, Practice, Theory]

Karin Bradley [Planning Theory, Environmental Justice, Gender Issues]

Tigran Haas [Urban Design Theory and Studios, Architecture and Town Planning]

Daniel Koch [Urban Morphology, Space Syntax, Retail Planning]

Maria Håkansson [Planning and Development Processes, Urban Ecology, Gender Issues]

Bojan Boric [Architectural Design, Urban Design Studios, Practice, Critique]

Jerker Söderlind [Urban Management, Design Practice, Charrettes, Site Design]

John Manoochehri [Sustainability, Systems Thinking, Design, Hollism, Planning]

Reza Kazemian [Design Methodology, Research Methdology, Evaluation]

Moa Tunström [Urban Design Theory, Urban Theory, Discourse Analysis]

Associated UPD Faculty includes 2009-2010:

Göran Cars [Urban Governance, Planning Theory, Charrettes, Negotiations], Leif Broderssen [Architectural Design, Practice, Design Studios & Workshops], Björn Hårsman [Urban Economics, Regionalism, Fiscal Planning], Örjan Svane [Sustainable Development, Urban Ecology, Housing, Neighborhood Management], Krister Olsson [Cultural Heritage, Place Theory, City Marketing and Management]:, Anna Storm [History of Technology, Cultural Infrastructure, Planning Theory]; Mats Fahlander [Architectural Design, Practice, Site Design, Urban Design Studios]; Yifang Ban [Geographical Information Systems, Urban Morphology, Surveying]; Alexis Pontvik [Architecture, Town Planning, Studios, Critique]. Camilo Calderon [Architectural Design, Urban Design, Studios]. Alexis Pontvik [Architectural Design, Town Planning and Urban Design, Studios, Architectural Critique]. Anna Forsberg [Landscape Architecture and Planning, Environmental Urban Design, Practice]. Ebba Högström [Architectural Criticism, Urban Design Studios, Townplanning History]. Alexander Ståhle [Urban Morphology, Space Typologies]. Karolina Isaksson [Planning Theory, Political Science, Environmental Justice, Infrastructure]: Stellan Lundström [Real Estate Management, Real Estate Financing & Development]; Lars-Göran Mattson [Transport, Planning, Modelling, Prognosis]; Ola Andersson [Architectural Design, Urban Design Studios, Practice, Critique]; Johan Johansson [Architectural Design, Urban Design Studios, Practice, Critique]; Johanna Wiklander [Architectural Design and Research, Urban Form]; Krister Lindstedt [Architectural Design, Urban Design Studios, Practice, Critique]; Håkan Jersenius [Architectural Design, Urban Design Studios, Site Design]; John Cantwell [Philosophy, Theory of Science, Risk];

Coordination and Reference Group for the Masters Program 2009-2010

SUPD Program Chairs: Lars Marcus (Architecture) and Peter Brokking (Urban Planning):

UPD Program Chairs: Erik Stenberg (Architecture) and Göran Cars (Urban Planning):

Dean of the School of Architecture and the Built Environment: Prof. Dr. Stellan Lundström and Vice Dean of the School of Architecture and the Built Environment: Prof. Dr. Katja Grillner

Pro-Dean of the School of Architecture and the Built Environment: Leif Brodersen and Head of Undergraduate and Graduate Education Ulrika Karlsson

SUPD REFERENCE GROUP for 2009/2010:

Leif Brodersen, Göran Cars, Lars Marcus, Ulrika Karlsson and Peter Brokking