Julian Hartman

Julian B. Hartman is an Active Learning Initiative Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of City and Regional Planning. His research examines urban development in the Boston region, tracing how university and medical institutions, entrepreneurial urbanism, and persistent racial inequality have interacted to shape Boston's emergence as a global city in the past 75 years. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Arizona's School of Geography, Development, and Environment in 2023. 

Academic Research/Specialty Areas

  • Cities
  • Community-based planning and development
  • Economic development 
  • Housing
  • Planning history
  • Social policy
  • Urbanism

Awards, Grants, and Fellowships (Selected)

  • History & Political Economy Summer Research Grant (2023)
  • New England Regional Fellowship Consortium Research Fellowship (2023)
  • Leventhal Map & Education Center Small Grant for Early Career Digital Publications (2022)

Exhibitions and Presentations (Selected)

  • Leventhal Map & Education Center Small Grant for Early Career Digital Publications (2022)

Publications (Selected)

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