Technological Change and Urban Social Policy

: TCUSP is a Columbia university-based research and advisory program established in 2007 and directed by Prof. SMITA SRINIVAS of the Urban Planning program. It is housed at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP).

The intellectual focus of TCUSP is in understanding (a) the characteristics of technological change and industrial work in various parts of the world and (b) the conditions under which considerations of efficiency and equity in industrialising city-regions can evolve alongside.

The advisory board consists of eminent scholars and practitioners concerned with international economic development planning and labour issues. They include:

Prof. Lourdes BENERIA (Cornell)
Prof. Martha CHEN (Harvard)
Prof. Richard LESTER (MIT)
Prof. Michael PIORE (MIT)
Prof. Bishwapriya SANYAL (MIT)
Prof. Elliott SCLAR (Columbia)
Mr. R.K.A. SUBRAHMANYA (Social Security Association, India).

Please visit TCUSP at: www.columbia.edu/cu/tcusp to view specific
research areas, projects and sectors.

Enquiries should be directed to Prof. Smita SRINIVAS,
ss3079@columbia.edu or to Padmini BISWAS, pb2026@columbia.edu

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