Weiping Wu

Weiping Wu has been Columbia’s Vice Provost for Academic Programs since September 2023, responsible for overseeing the University’s academic programs and educational partnerships, and for leading the University’s accreditation process. Trained in architecture and urban planning, Weiping Wu has been Professor and Director of the M.S. in Urban Planning program at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP) since 2016. Professor Wu is an internationally acclaimed urban and planning scholar working on urbanization in the global context with a specific expertise in issues of migration, housing, and infrastructure of Chinese cities. She has had a number of academic leadership roles beyond the university setting. Currently, she is a member and former chair of the Planning Accreditation Board, chairs the Social and Behavioral Sciences sub-panel of the Hong Kong Research Grants Council, and serves on the nomination committee for the Lee Kuan Yew World City Prize. Previous roles include the President of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) in 2017-2019 and an editor of the Journal of Planning Education and Research, ACSP’s flagship journal, in 2008-2012. In addition, she is the editor-in-chief of the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Urban Studies and an editor of the SAGE Handbooks of Modern China series, and has provided consultation to the Ford Foundation, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, and World Bank.