Austin Zwick, Ph.D., joins Syracuse University’s College of Professional Studies as an assistant teaching professor and program director of the B.P.S. in Policy Studies program.
Zwick will teach and develop courses on public policy, information management, creative leadership, and other areas of professional studies.
Prior to joining the College of Professional Studies, Zwick was an assistant teaching professor at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs for five years and taught courses on policy methods, smart cities, and community benchmarking. Zwick continues to do research and teach executive education courses with Maxwell’s Autonomous Systems Policy Institute (ASPI), focusing on how technology is regulated and implemented by local governments.
Zwick earned a Ph.D. from the University of Toronto in Urban Planning in 2018, an M.P.A. in Public Finance and Fiscal Policy in 2012, and a B.S. in Industrial and Labor Relations in 2009 from Cornell University.
Zwick’s research focuses on urban planning and policy challenges arising from emerging industries, with an emphasis on transportation and economic development.
In 2021, he co-edited the book “The Platform Economy and the Smart City: Technology and the Transformation of Urban Policy,” which was published by McGill-Queen’s University Press.
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