BIO

Emre Tepe, Ph.D. joined the University of Florida School of Landscape Architecture and Planning in the Fall 2019 semester as an Assistant Professor of Urban and Regional Planning. Since 2021, he has also been acting as program coordinator of the recently launched graduate-
level Urban Analytics Certificate Program. Dr. Tepe’s research focuses on two key areas: (1) understanding the nexus between local/regional economic development and land use changes and (2) developing planning and policy support systems. His primary academic interests include spatial econometrics, urban analytics, land-use change, spatio-temporal modeling, machine learning, artificial intelligence, and big data.

After graduating from Istanbul Technical University with a bachelor’s degree in Urban and Regional Planning and a master’s degree in Urban Planning, he was awarded a Fulbright Doctoral Scholarship to study at Ohio State University, where he earned his PhD in City and Regional Planning. Upon completing his doctoral studies, he also received the Patricia Burgess
Award for Best Dissertation.

Before working at the University of Florida, he worked as an Assistant Professor at Gebze Technical University for almost two years, and as an Adjunct Faculty member at Kadir Has and Cankaya Universities for about a year in Turkey. He has taught courses on statistics, quantitative methods, urban economy, housing, and planning practices. Currently, he teaches Quantitative Data Analysis for Planners, Urban Spatial Analysis, Urban Economy, and Urban Planning Project courses in the Urban and Regional Planning graduate programs, as well as GeoDesign Practicum I in the Sustainability and the Built Environment at UF.

Throughout his years at UF, he has contributed to the field by publishing peer-reviewed journal articles in prominent journals, books, and book chapters, securing intramural and extramural research grants, presenting his research at various academic venues, and serving as a guest editor for a special issue in the Land Journal, a member of the editorial board of Growth and Change Journal, and co-chair of ACSP Conference Track 13: Technology, Society, and Analytical Methods.