David Hsu - Fulbright NEXUS Scholar

Home Country: United States

Grant Dates: 2012/2013

David Hsu is an Assistant Professor in the Department of City and Regional Planning at the University of Pennsylvania. He studies how environmental policy is implemented in cities through systems of infrastructure, buildings, institutions, behavior, and finance. Topics of particular interest include energy and water, green buildings and building codes, consumer behavior, and how these are all affected by increasing amounts of data. Prior to academia, Professor Hsu worked in city government in Seattle and New York; as a financial analyst; and as a structural engineer and environmental designer. He received his doctorate from the University of Washington in Seattle, and was previously educated at Yale and Cornell Universities, and the London School of Economics and Political Science.