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Summary
John Forester’s research into the micro-politics of the planning process, ethics, and political deliberation assesses the ways that planners shape participatory processes and manage public disputes in diverse settings. He had served as a mediator for the Community Dispute Resolution Center of Tompkins County, has consulted for the Consensus Building Institute, and has lectured in the past several years in Seattle, Chapel Hill, Sydney, Melbourne, Helsinki, Palermo, Johannesburg, Aix en Provence, Amsterdam, and Milan.
Forester served as department chair from 1998–01, and is currently the director of graduate studies. He was associate dean from 1997–98. He received his B.S., M.S., M.C.P., and Ph.D. from the University of California-Berkeley.
| Current Institution | Cornell University |
| Current School | College of Architecture, Art, and Planning |
| Department | City & Regional Planning |
| Disciplines | |
| Address | 111 W. Sibley Hall Ithaca New York 14853 United States Phone: (607) 255-5179 |
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Education
University of California-Berkeley
Ph.D.
(1977)
University of California-Berkeley
M.C.P.
(1974)
Work Experience
Professor City & Regional Planning
Cornell University
Director of Graduate Studies
Cornell University
Achievements
- NICIS Scholar, Den Haag, Holland (2008 - 2009)
- Urban Studies Research Grant, University of Amsterdam
General
Publication Summary
Publications
- Dealing with Differences: Dramas of Mediating Public Disputes, Oxford University Press (2009)
- “Beyond ‘Participation’: From Risk Management to Processes of Dialogue, Debate, and Negotiation,” with Reshmi Thecketil, Building Safer Communities. Risk Governance, Spatial Planning, and Responses to Natural Hazards (2009)
- “Interface: Making a Difference in Response to Hurricane Katrina,” edited with articles by Ken Reardon, Andrew Rumbach, Praj Kasbekar, and Efrem Bycer, Planning Theory and Practice (2008)
Books
The Deliberative PractitionerCitizen participation in such complex issues as the quality of the environment, neighborhood housing, urban design, and economic development often brings with it suspicion of government, anger...
Planning in the face of powerWhy do our best-laid plans often over-reach and under-achieve? Why do our attempts to solve problems in some rational way often run afoul of politics and power? Why do we so often accomplish so... |
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