Starr Forum: Housing the World: Inequality, Informality, and the Future of Cities

Speaker: Anacláudia Rossbach, Executive Director, United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat). Anacláudia Rossbach is the Executive Director of UN-Habitat and an economist with over 20 years of experience in housing, informal settlements, and urban policies. She was appointed Executive Director of UN-Habitat at the Under-Secretary-General level by the General Assembly, following nomination by the UN Secretary-General on June 7, 2024. Prior to this role, she was the Director for Latin America and the Caribbean at the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and served as Regional Manager for Cities Alliance, where she founded the Urban Housing Practitioners Hub. Prior to that, with the World Bank, she oversaw the development and implementation of Brazilian housing and slum-upgrading policies. Ms. Rossbach has actively contributed to global urban policy discussions and has a strong academic presence in the field. She took office on August 12, 2024. Moderator: Bish Sanyal, Ford International Professor of Urban Development and Planning Co-sponsors: Center for International Studies and the Department of Urban Studies & Planning RSVP at https://forms.gle/EowisaUJcpcyAvm17