Assistant/Associate/Full Professor in Housing Planning and Policy

Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management fall conference.; Berkeley (CA); On-site; USD 84,000 - 245,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of California, Berkeley's Department of City and Regional Planning invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant, Associate or Full Professor position in housing planning and policy. This role expects a strong research agenda, high productivity, and teaching across undergraduate and graduate housing courses.

We seek scholars with interests in housing policy across national and global contexts and a commitment to community-engaged, multidisciplinary work.

Qualifications

• Strong research productivity relative to career stage.
• Experience delivering housing courses at undergraduate and graduate levels.
• Ability to attract and mentor high-caliber graduate applicants.
• Commitment to multidisciplinary collaborations and community-engaged research.

Responsibilities

• Teach housing planning and policy courses at undergraduate and graduate levels.
• Develop funded research projects with broad reach and impact.
• Engage with interdisciplinary and community partners to advance housing scholarship.

Skills

Research productivity

Teaching experience

Graduate mentorship

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Job description

Assistant/Associate/Full Professor in Housing Planning and Policy

Salary: $84,100.00 - $244,500.00 Annually

Application Deadline: Oct 15, 2026

The Department of City and Regional Planning (DCRP) at the University of California, Berkeley invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant, Associate or Full Professor position in urban planning with a focus on Housing Planning and Policy.

We seek candidates whose research agenda has defined, or promises to define, important directions in housing scholarship, and whose work has received national and international recognition relative to their career stage. We welcome applications from scholars with interests and expertise in housing planning and policy across national and global contexts and using any of a number of research methods, in areas including but not limited to: zoning, land use, and housing supply; alternative tenure and ownership models; local, regional, state, and federal-level housing policy; governance of housing markets and planning; financialization of housing; housing instability, human health, and homelessness; the reshaping of housing needs by displacement, migration, and demographic shifts; the influence of emerging technologies on housing typologies and markets; and regulatory frameworks and policies influencing housing decarbonization. We are particularly interested in scholars using novel methods of data analysis and new data sources.

This position will contribute to the department’s excellence in teaching, research, and service. The position requires high research productivity alongside the ability and commitment to developing funded research projects that expand the reach and impact of the work. We welcome interdisciplinary, collaborative, and community-engaged approaches as well.

Successful applicants will have:

• A research agenda that promises to define important directions in housing scholarship, and whose work has received national and/or international recognition relative to their career stage.
• Demonstrated strong research productivity relative to their career stage.
• Experience and high capacity to deliver housing courses at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, such as existing departmental courses in US Housing Planning and Policy, and ability to help attract and mentor high-caliber graduate applicants.
• A commitment to develop and/or participate in initiatives and multidisciplinary collaborations that expand the reach and impact of their research.

Applications are due by October 16, 2026.