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Dr. Lobben has a broad background in behavioral geography, disabilities geography, psychological measurement, and geographic information science. Her specific areas of expertise focus on pedestrian travel behavior and choice, map use, geospatial cognition, and development and assessment (i.e. reliability and validity) of behavioral measure tests. She works in an interdisciplinary field and has collaborated with researchers from other disciplines.

Nico Larco

Professor

Department of Architecture

University of Oregon

Nico Larco, AIA is a Professor of Architecture and Urban Design at the University of Oregon where he is the Director of the Urbanism Next Center and Co-Director of the Sustainable Cities Institute. Urbanism Next is focused on how technological advances such as new mobility, autonomous vehicles, e-commerce and the sharing economy are changing city form and development. Prof. Larco assists cities and projects with future-proofing, has run workshops and charrettes nationally and internationally on this topic, and is currently coordinating work in this area with various municipal and state agencies across North America and in Europe. Prof. Larco also researches sustainable urban design, has developed the Sustainable Urban Design Framework and assists projects in how best to apply these principles and approaches. His work has been covered by Wired, the New York Times, Forbes, the Financial Times of London, and Newsweek. Prof. Larco is a Principal at Larco/Knudson, an urban design consulting firm, and a Strategic Advisor at TNO, a Dutch thinktank.