Jacqueline Klopp is the Director of the Center for Sustainable Urban Development (CSUD), and a social scientist whose research focuses on sustainable transport, land use, technology and climate issues in cities. Her work explores key urban policy and governance questions at the intersection of transport, land-use, air pollution and climate, with an emphasis on accountability and justice. She is the author of numerous articles on the politics of land-use and transportation in an age of rapid climate, urbanization and technological change.
A leading voice in open transport data initiatives, Jacqueline is a founding member of the award-winning DigitalMatatus consortium, which created the first open transit data and public map for Nairobi's minibus system. She also helped found Digital Cairo and DigitalTransport4Africa, a collaborative platform to foster better research and planning across the African continent.
Jacqueline also leads the Partnership for Research on Informal and Shared Mobility and is a core member of the Clean Air Toolbox for Cities, an interdisciplinary network supporting cities in Africa and Asia with data to address air pollution and climate change. In 2021, she was honored as one of the "Remarkable Women in Transport" by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development.
Prior to joining CSUD, she was an Assistant Professor and Director of the Economic and Political Development Concentration at Columbia's School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA). She holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from McGill University and a B.A. from Harvard University. Jacqueline currently teaches in Columbia University's Sustainable Development undergraduate program.
