Academic publisher SAGE has announced the appointment of Jered Carr of University of Missouri, Kansas City, Peter Burns of Loyola University of New Orleans, Annette Steinacker of Loyola University of Chicago, and Antonio Tavares of University of Minho, Portugal as the new Editors-in-Chief of Urban Affairs Review (UAR). Originally Urban Affairs Quarterly, UAR is SAGE's first publication and will publish its 50th volume in January of 2014.
UAR is a leading publication for urban researchers, policymakers, planners, and administrators. It publishes international research and empirical analysis on the programs and policies that shape city development. UAR will celebrate 50 years of publishing high-quality urban research in 2015.
Jered B. Carr is the Victor and Caroline Schutte/Missouri Professor of Urban Affairs and Director of the L.P. Cookingham Institute of Urban Affairs at the Henry W. Bloch School of Management at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. His research has been published in a broad range of journals in public administration, political science, and urban affairs. Carr is active in professional organizations in several fields, including the American Political Science Association, the American Society for Public Administration, the International Political Science Association, the Public Management Research Association, and the Urban Affairs Association.
Peter Burns is professor of political science at Loyola University New Orleans. He served as the program chair for the 2013 Annual Meeting of the Urban Affairs Association and the program co-chair for the urban politics section panels for the 2009 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association. He is a past member of the editorial board for the Urban Affairs Review and a former member of the executive council for urban politics section of the American Political Science Association.
Annette Steinacker is the Director of the Urban Affairs and Public Policy Program at Loyola University Chicago. Her research primarily focuses on issues of urban economic development and metropolitan governance.
António Tavares is currently Associate Professor of Political Science at the School of Economics and Management of the University of Minho in Braga, Portugal. Until May 2013, he was also the director of the Center for Research on Public Policy and Administration. His current research interests include local public service arrangements, land use management, and civic engagement and political participation.
