Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Urban Planning and Public Service

New York University: NYU - NY:
Robert

F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service:
Academic Affairs Location

New York

Sep 21, 2026

Nov 01, 2026 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time

The NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position in urban planning, with appointment to begin September 1, 2027. The position will be at the assistant professor level. Successful applicants will have a demonstrated record of research excellence and productivity, a promising research agenda, and a Ph.D. in a relevant field. We encourage more senior candidates to apply for our separate posting for an associate professor in urban planning .

NYU Wagner is a multidisciplinary school that prepares public service leaders to translate ideas into actions that have an effective and lasting impact on the public good. Wagner’s 35 full-time faculty members are trained in a wide variety of disciplines and share a commitment to addressing issues of public importance in their teaching, research and service. Wagner faculty members collaborate with other schools and departments across the university, including the Departments of Politics, Economics, and Sociology;
School of Law;
Stern School of Business;
Tandon School of Engineering; and the College of Global Public Health. Wagner faculty members also have opportunities to collaborate with and hold leadership positions at various research centers like the NYU Furman Center, the Rudin Center, and the Marron Institute of Urban Management.

Successful candidates will teach in our urban planning program and demonstrate a research interest in cities, both globally and domestically. We welcome applications from scholars with interests in a wide range of urban topics, including infrastructure, housing, climate change, and technology, and who study these issues in different contexts. We are particularly interested in candidates who focus on the physical/spatial dimensions of cities, defined broadly, and those whose work focuses on pressing urban planning challenges more generally.

We seek faculty candidates who are excited to teach a diverse population of students motivated to understand and improve urban communities.

In compliance with NYC's Pay Transparency Act, the annual base salary range for the assistant professor position is $125,000-$145,000.

PhD in a relevant field

This institution is using Interfolio's Faculty Search to conduct this search. Applicants to this position receive a free Dossier account and can send all application materials, including confidential letters of recommendation, free of charge.

NYU is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to a policy of equal treatment and opportunity in every aspect of its recruitment and hiring process without regard to age, alienage, caregiver status, childbirth, citizenship status, color, creed, disability, domestic violence victim status, ethnicity, familial status, gender and/or gender identity or expression, marital status, military status, national origin, parental status, partnership status, predisposing genetic characteristics, pregnancy, race, religion, reproductive health decision making, sex, sexual orientation, unemployment status, veteran status or any other legally protected basis.

All interested persons are encouraged to apply for vacant positions at all levels.

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