Joan Fitzgerald
Professor of Public Policy and Urban Affairs
Joan Fitzgerald is a Professor of Urban and Public Policy. She focuses on urban climate action and strategies for linking it to equity, economic development, and innovation. In her fourth book, Greenovation: Urban Leadership on Climate Change (Oxford Univ. Press, 2020), she argues that the climate strategies of most cities represent random acts of greenness rather than integrated and aggressive action. She points to leading cities in North America and Europe and offers strategies for cities to accelerate their action. She is leading a team at the Dukakis Center that is conducting an assessment for the Boston Foundation’s Boston Climate Progress Report. The report will assess Boston’s progress on its climate action and resiliency plans with particular focus on equity. She is co-authoring a new book, Cities and the Struggle for Climate Justice. Fitzgerald blogs on urban climate action on Planetizen. She teaches The 21st Century City, Cities, Sustainability & Climate Change, and Intro Environmental Science & Policy.
- Fellow, German Marshall Fund of the United States
- COVID-19 Special Investigation Report: An Equitable, Clean Energy Recovery for New England
- Working Paper: An Equitable, Clean Energy Recovery for New England
- Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning
- Association of American Geographers
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Education
PhD, Pennsylvania State University
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Contact
617.373.3644 jo.fitzgerald@northeastern.edu joanfitzgerald.com -
Address
310 Renaissance Park
360 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115 -
Office Hours
Monday and Wednesday 1:00-2:30
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