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Ian Trivers



Ian Trivers, PhD, is a visiting assistant professor of urban design and coordinator of the Doctor of Sustainable Urbanism program at the Sam Fox School at Washington University in St. Louis. His academic work focuses on redevelopment, idea and policy transfer, and urban design with a particular interest in shrinking cities. Ian has worked professionally in planning, entitlements, housing, and real estate finance. He earned his Master of Planning from the University of Southern California and his PhD in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Michigan, and was a Rockefeller Redevelopment Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania’s Center for Urban Redevelopment Excellence.