The University of Texas at Austin

Robert H. Wilson is Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Research and Mike Hogg Professor of Urban Policy at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, the University of Texas at Austin. He is Director of the School’s Policy Research Institute, the former Director of the University of Texas Brazil Center and the Urban Issues Program. Member of Policy Council, Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (1991–1995). His areas of interest include urban and regional policy, public policy in Brazil, and local governance in developing countries. Among his publications are "Metropolitan Governance in the Federalist Americas: Case Studies and Strategies for Equitable and Integrated Development," co-ed.( University of Notre Dame Press, forthcoming). "Urban Segregation and Governance in the Americas," co-ed. (Palgrave Macmillan, 2009). "Governance in the Americas: Decentralization, Democracy and Subnational Government in Brazil, Mexico and the United States," co-authored (University of Notre Dame Press), "Public Policy and Community: Activism and Governance in Texas" (University of Texas Press), "States and the Economy: Policymaking and Decentralization" (Praeger), "The Political Economy of Brazil: Public Policies in an Era of Transition," coauthored (University of Texas Press), and over sixty journal articles, book chapters, and policy reports. He served as a Visiting Professor at the Federal University of Pernambuco (Recife, Brazil); held the Visiting International Philips Professorship at the Getulio Vargas Foundation, São Paulo; held the Fulbright/FLAD (Luso American Development Foundation) Chair in Knowledge Management Policies at the Advanced Technical Institute, Lisbon; and was inducted into the Brazilian National Order of the Southern Cross, rank of Commander. He has collaborated on projects with the United Nations Development Program, Organization of American States, the Urban Institute, Texas Legislative Education Board, Texas Historical Commission, National Academy of Science, the U.S. Department of Education, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Congressional Research Service, The Fulbright Commission, and the Texas Industrial Areas Foundation. He holds a PhD in urban and regional planning from the University of Pennsylvania.

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Education

Ph.D. in urban and regional planning, University of Pennsylvania

Current Positions

Honorary Commander Official, Brazilian National Order of the Southern Cross

Previous Positions

Director, UT Brazil Center; director, Urban Issues Program; director, Center for Latin American Social Policy; visiting professor, Federal University of Pernambuco; Visiting International Philips Professor, Getulio Vargas Foundation; Fulbright/FLAD Chair in Knowledge Management Policies, Advanced Technical Institute

Editor, Public Policy and Community: Activism and Governance in Texas (The University of Texas Press, 1997); author, States and the Economy: Policymaking and Decentralization (Praeger, 1993); co-editor, The Political Economy of Brazil: Public Policies in an Era of Transition (The University of Texas Press, 1990)Metropolitan Governance in the Federalist Americas: Case Studies and Strategies for Equitable and Integrated Development, co-ed.( University of Notre Dame Press, forthcoming). Urban Segregation and Governance in the Americas, co-ed. (Palgrave Macmillan, 2009). Governance in the Americas: Decentralization, Democracy and Subnational Government in Brazil, Mexico and the United States, co-authored (University of Notre Dame Press), Public Policy and Community: Activism and Governance in Texas (University of Texas Press), States and the Economy: Policymaking and Decentralization (Praeger), The Political Economy of Brazil: Public Policies in an Era of Transition, coauthored (University of Texas Press)

Community Development
Local Governance in Developing Countries
Public Policy in Brazil
Urban and Regional Policy