Kian Goh is Assistant Professor of Urban Planning at the University of California, Los Angeles, Luskin School of Public Affairs. She researches the relationships between urban ecological design, spatial politics, and social mobilization in the context of climate change and global urbanization. More broadly, her research interests include urban theory, urban design, environmental planning, and urban political ecology. As a professional architect, she cofounded design firm SUPER-INTERESTING! and has practiced with Weiss/Manfredi and MVRDV. She previously taught at Northeastern University, MIT, the University of Pennsylvania, the New School, and Washington University in St. Louis. She received a PhD in Urban and Environmental Planning from MIT, and a Master of Architecture from Yale University. Recent publications include articles on urban planning and the Green New Deal in the Journal of the American Planning Association, the politics of urban flooding in the International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, the global and urban networks of climate change adaptation in Urban Studies, and queer space and activism in the Annals of the American Association of Geographers. Her upcoming book investigates the urban spatial politics of climate change adaptation, tracing flows of ideas and influence between sites in Southeast Asia, North America, and Europe, is under contract with the MIT Press.