Tan Yigitcanlar

Tan Yigitcanlar is an eminent Australian researcher with international recognition and impact in the field of urban studies and planning. He is a Professor of Urban Studies and Planning at the School of Architecture and Built Environment, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia. Along with this post, he carries out the following positions: Honorary Professor at the School of Technology, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, Brazil; Founding Director of the Australia-Brazil Smart City Research and Practice Network, and; Founding Co-Director of QUT City 4.0 Lab. His research is clustered around the following three interdisciplinary themes: Smart technologies, communities, cities, and urbanism; Sustainable and resilient cities, communities, and urban ecosystems; Knowledge-based development of cities and innovation districts. His research findings are disseminated in over 250 articles published in high-impact journals, and 20 key reference books published by the esteemed international publishing houses. According to the 2020 Science-wide Author Databases of Standardised Citation Indicators, amongst the urban and regional planning scholars, he is ranked as #1 highly cited researcher in Australia, and #7 highly cited researcher worldwide. For this achievement, he was recognised as an ‘Australian Research Superstar’ in the Social Sciences Category at The Australian’s 2020 Research Special Report.