**Tan Yigitcanlar**

Tan Yigitcanlar is an internationally recognized Australian researcher who has had a profound impact on 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 the following positions: Honorary Professor at the School of Technology, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, Brazil; Director of the Australia–Brazil Smart City Research and Practice Network; Lead of the QUT Smart City Research Group; and Co-Director of the QUT City 4.0 Lab. 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 the knowledge-based development of cities and innovation districts. His research findings have been disseminated in over 275 articles published in high-impact journals and 22 key reference books published by esteemed international publishing houses. His research outputs have been widely cited and have influenced urban policy, practice, and research internationally. As of December 2022, his research was cited over 17,000 times, resulting in an h-index of 76 (via Google Scholar). He was recognized as an 'Australian Research Superstar' in the Social Sciences Category in The Australian's 2020 Research Special Report. According to the 2022 Science-Wide Author Databases of Standardized Citation Indicators, amongs<sup>t</sup> the urban- and regional-planning scholars, he is ranked #1 in Australia and #8 worldwide.
