Be featured in Planetizen’s 8th Edition Guide to Graduate Urban Planning Programs!

Hi readers! In 2027, Planetizen will release an update to our very popular Guide to Graduate Urban Planning Programs. As always, we hope to pack it with as much value as possible for prospective planning students. 

We are currently looking for submissions for two sections of the guide:

1. Planning professionals willing to be profiled in the “Professional Profiles” section that helps give prospective students a sense of the many different kinds of careers planners can have. We want to feature a large variety of types of jobs, geographic location, demographics and stages of career.
   
   If you are interested in being profiled, or if you have any great suggestions for planners we should approach to profile, please email [email protected] with the subject line “Professional Profile for the Guide” and the following information: 

   • Name 
   • Title 
   • Current employer and location 
   • Which planning school you attended and year of graduation 
   • One thing about your job that would be particularly valuable or interesting for students to learn about

   We will NOT publish this information — this will just help us get a sense of who you are and how you might be a good fit for the section. From there, we will conduct an interview.

2. Pitches for essays or other pieces that would be highly relevant to future planning students. For example, the last edition contained an extensive piece written by a team of researchers who analyzed data on the urban planning job market. 
   
   Some examples of great potential fits might be: 

   • An analysis on how AI will impact urban planning jobs in the future (and what students can do now to futureproof their job prospects.)
   • Advice on how to best use your time in planning school to prepare to be a good contender in the job market upon graduation. 
   • 5 new trends in planning school education
   • A look at the arguments for and against getting AICP certified after graduation
   • Etc. 

   Please email [email protected] with “Pitch for the Guide” in the subject line, and include a 1-2 paragraph pitch outlining your idea, 1-3 writing samples and some information about yourself that helps us understand why you’re a good fit to write the piece. 

And to those who write in, thank you for your interest in helping us prepare the future generation of planners to come! Planetizen is and always will be a place for every planner, current and future. Thank you for helping us continue to make that a reality.