Austin Zwick

• 2024 Spring
  • CRL 342 Customer Relations Leadership
  • PST 470 Experience Credit
  • PST 499 Honors Capstone Project
  • BPS 211 Introduction to Professional Studies
  • PST 315 Methods of Public Policy Analysis and Presentation
  • PST 367 Smart Cities and Urban Policy
• 2023 Fall
  • PST 101 An Introduction to the Analysis of Public Policy
  • PST 470 Experience Credit
  • PST 499 Honors Capstone Project
  • PST 315 Methods of Public Policy Analysis and Presentation
  • CRL 311 Professional Issues in Creative Leadership
• 2023 Spring
  • PST 470 Experience Credit
  • PST 499 Honors Capstone Project
  • PST 315 Methods of Public Policy Analysis and Presentation
  • PST 410 Practicum in Public Policy - Advanced Policy Research
  • PST 367 Smart Cities and Urban Policy
• 2022 Fall
  • PST 101 An Introduction to the Analysis of Public Policy
  • PST 470 Experience Credit
  • PST 315 Methods of Public Policy Analysis and Presentation
  • PST 410 Practicum in Public Policy - Advanced Policy Research
  • PST 367 Smart Cities and Urban Policy
• 2022 Summer
  • PST 270 Experience Credit
• 2022 Spring
  • PST 470 Experience Credit
  • PST 499 Honors Capstone Project
  • PST 315 Methods of Public Policy Analysis and Presentation
  • PST 410 Practicum in Public Policy - Advanced Policy Research
  • PST 300 Selected Topics - Smart Cities and AI Policy

Smart cities, platform economy, autonomous systems, urban and regional planning, policy analysis, and quantitative methods

Zwick’s research focuses on policy learning and innovation at the municipal government level with respect to emerging industries, particular emphasis on technology regulation, transportation systems and economic development. His current research intersects with Smart Cities, autonomous systems and the platform economy. His work has been published in over 20 professional reports, academic articles and book chapters.

"Closing the Racial Wealth Gap Thought Leadership Partnership with Syracuse University's Lender Center", Sponsored by MetLife Foundation.

• Book
  • Zwick, A. L., Spicer, Z., The Platform Economy and the Smart City: Technology and the Transformation of Urban Policy. McGill-Queens University Press, 2021.
• Journal Articles
  • Zwick, A. L., "Examining the Smart City Generational Model: Conceptualizations, Implementations, and Infrastructure Canada's Smart City Challenge." Urban Affairs Review, 2023.
  • Zwick, A. L., "Universities and urban social structure: gentrification, studentification, and youthification in five United States legacy cities." Hartt, M., Revington, N. (eds.) Urban Geography.
  • Goodman, N., Zwick, A. L. and Spicer, Z., "Public Engagement in Smart City Development: Lessons from Communities in Canada’s Smart City Challenge." The Canadian Geographer, 2020.
  • Zwick, A. L., "Fallow Appalachia." New Geographies 10, 2019.
  • Spicer, Z., Eidelman, G. and Zwick, A. L., "Patterns of Local Policy Disruption: Municipal and State Regulatory Responses to Uber." Review of Policy Research, 2019.
  • Zwick, A. L., Spicer, Z., "Remedy or Blight: Ridehailing’s Role in the Precarious Economy." Journal of Planning Theory and Practice, 2019.
  • Zwick, A. L., "Comparison of the Coal and Fracking Industries in Northern Appalachia." Journal of Appalachian Studies, 2018.
• Book Chapters
  • Zwick, A. L., "Entrepreneurial finance capital and the gig economy." In The Routledge Handbook of the Gig Economy. , 2022.
  • Zwick, A. L., Spicer, Z., "A Smart City for Toronto: What Does Quayside Tell Us About the State of Smart City Building?." In The Rise of the Platform Economy and the Future of the Smart City. McGill-Queens University Press, 2021.
  • Zwick, A. L., Spicer, Z., "Conclusion." In The Rise of the Platform Economy and the Future of the Smart City. McGill-Queens University Press, 2021.
  • Zwick, A. L., Stewart, N., "From Processors to Platforms: Innovation and the Changing Nature of Space." In The Rise of the Platform Economy and the Future of the Smart City. McGill-Queens University Press, 2021.
  • Zwick, A. L., Spicer, Z., "Introduction." In The Rise of the Platform Economy and the Future of the Smart City. McGill-Queens University Press, 2021.
  • Dundon, E., Zwick, A. L., "Regulatory Paradigms for the Coming Age of Autonomous Vehicles." In The Rise of the Platform Economy and the Future of the Smart City. McGill-Queens University Press, 2021.
  • Zwick, A. L., Hartt, M. and Webb, J., "The Promise and the Peril of the Smart City." In The Rise of the Platform Economy and the Future of the Smart City. McGill-Queens University Press, 2021.
  • Hartt, M., Zwick, A. L. and Revington, N., "Resilient Shrinking Cities: Framing Our Understanding." In A Handbook on Regional Resilience. , 2020.
• Essays
  • Zwick, A. L., Revington, N. and Hartt, M., "Anchors & Diversity: Understanding Decline and Resilience in Canadian Midsize Cities." Evergreen CityWorks: Midsize Cities Collaborative, 2018.
  • Zwick, A. L., "Public Finance and City Typology: A Case-Study of Ontario’s Midsize Cities." Evergreen CityWorks: Midsize Cities Collaborative, 2017.
  • Sotomayor, L., Zwick, A. L., "Overcoming the Middle-Child Syndrome: Immigrant Attraction and Retention in three Mid-Sized Municipalities." Evergreen CityWorks: Midsize Cities Collaborative, 2016.
• Technical Reports
  • Zwick, A. L., "Fracking and The Public Finance Challenges for Municipal Governments in the United States." Institute on Municipal Finance and Governance, 2018.
  • Zwick, A. L., "Economic Specialization in Ontario’s Midsize Cities: Clusters and Anchor Institutions." Evergreen CityWorks: Midsize Cities Collaborative, 2017.

Urban Affairs Association, "Universities, Innovation, and Urban Social Structure: Gentrification, Studentification, and Youthification in Comeback Cities" (April, 2020)

Syracuse University, "Policy and Governance of Autonomous Systems" (May 6, 2019)

American Association of Geographers, "The Smart, Just City" (April, 2019)

York University, "Differing Municipal Approaches to Canada’s Smart City Challenge." (November 7, 2018)

Urban Affairs Association, "Ridesharing’s Impact on Canadian Cities" (April, 2018)

Baldanza Faculty Advisor of the Year, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs (2022 - 2023)