Susan S. Fainstein
Susan S. Fainstein (born 1938) is a political theorist and urban planning scholar whose work examines distributive effects of urban development strategies, megaprojects, democracy's role in local institutions, and moral theory of "the just city." Throughout her distinguished career, she served on urban planning faculties at Columbia University and Rutgers University, establishing herself as a prominent voice in urban studies.
She is currently a research scholar at Harvard Graduate School of Design, where she continues contributing to urban planning theory and practice, focusing on justice and equity in urban development.
