Clinton J. Andrews

Clinton J. Andrews is a Distinguished Professor, Director of the Center for Urban Policy Research, and the Associate Dean for Research at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, Rutgers University. He was educated at Brown and MIT in engineering and planning, and he worked previously in the private sector and at Princeton University. He teaches urban planning and public informatics courses, and he performs research on how people use the built environment. Much of his work employs sensors that throw off time series data about environmental conditions and human behavior. His work addresses climate change mitigation and adaptation, and how technological changes affect urban life. He has current projects on technological transitions in the built environment, occupant behavior in buildings, effects of heat stress and poor indoor air quality on urban residents, and how coastal hazards affect local public finances. He publishes both scholarly and popular articles and his books include Humble Analysis: The Practice of Joint Fact-finding, Regulating Regional Power Systems, and Industrial Ecology and Global Change. He is a past president of the IEEE Society on Social Implications of Technology, past editor of the Journal of Planning Education and Research, and he remains a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Industrial Ecology. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners and a licensed Professional Engineer. Andrews is a Fellow of AAAS, and a winner of IEEE’s 3rd Millenium Medal.