**Tan Yigitcanlar**

Tan Yigitcanlar is an eminent Australian researcher with international recognition and influence in the field of urban studies and planning. He is a Professor of Urban Studies and Planning at the School of Architecture and Built Environment, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia. Along with this post, he holds an Honorary Professor role at the School of Technology, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, Brazil, and the Founding Director position of the Australia–Brazil Smart City Research and Practice Network. His research is clustered around the following three interdisciplinary themes: smart technologies, communities, cities, and urbanism; sustainable and resilient cities, communities, and urban ecosystems; and knowledge-based development of cities and innovation districts. His research findings are disseminated in over 250 articles published in high-impact journals, and 19 key reference books published by esteemed international publishing houses. Amongst the urban and regional planning scholars, 2020 Science-wide Author Databases of Standardised Citation Indicators ranked him as #1 most highly cited researcher in Australia, and #7 worldwide. For this achievement, he was recognised as an "Australian Research Superstar" in the Social Sciences Category at The Australian's 2020 Research Special Report.
