Urban Policy in Latin America

María Carrizosa is Coordinator of the Observatory of Latin America and PhD candidate in Public and Urban Policy at The New School. She teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in public and private universities in New York. She is an architect and philosopher, MS in International Affairs and has postgraduate studies in Geography. Her doctoral research analyzes labor informality from a spatial lens.Michael Cohen is a Professor of International Affairs and was Founding Director of the Graduate Program in International Affairs from The New School University in New York. He is also Co-director of the Observatory on Latin America (OLA). He has written extensively on development policy, urban development, Africa and Argentina. He has participated actively in international urban policy debates since the Habitat I Conference in 1976.Margarita Gutman has a Ph.D. in Architecture from University of Buenos Aires (UBA). She is a Professor of Urban Studies and International Affairs and co-director of the Observatory on Latin American (OLA) at The New School in New York. She is Profesora Consulta and member of the Doctoral Commission at the School of Architecture, Design and Urbanism, UBA.