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Robert Young
Assistant Professor
Department of Planning, Public Policy & Management
University of Oregon
Dr. Robert F. Young works in the fields of urban and regional planning, sustainable economic development, and urban ecology. His research and teaching interests focus on economic and environmental policy and planning, specifically the role that governance networks can have in advancing the contemporary development of more sustainable urban regions. He is an Assistant Professor at the University of Oregon where his current research is focused on information and policy networks in the transition to sustainable urban regions.
As a practitioner in the public sector, Robert served as the Director of Planning for the Philadelphia Recycling Office and was later appointed by Governor Christine Whitman as the Director of the Office of Sustainable Business in the New Jersey Commerce Department. He also served as the Commerce Department's representative on the Board of the New Jersey State Planning Commission. In the private sector Robert founded two successful, large-scale composting firms in New Jersey and California and co-founded the Sustainable Business Alliance, a coalition of firms interested in expanding the market for environmental technologies and design. Robert's most recent publications have been articles in the Journal of Urban Ecosystems and a chapter in the book Garden Cities to Green Cities published by Johns Hopkins University Press.
Robert was recently appointed by Governor Kulongoski to the Oregon Way Advisory Group. This group will advise and assist state agencies seeking competitive federal stimulus grants by developing grant proposals that include innovative elements that promote sustainability, renewable energy, carbon reduction, energy efficiency and green development.
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