Yuri Mansury

Yuri Mansury is an Associate Professor of Social Science and Associate Chair of Social Sciences at the Lewis College of Science and Letters, Illinois Institute of Technology. His research focuses on urban and regional studies, economic development, technology and society, and computational modeling of spatial systems. He holds a Ph.D. in Regional Science from Cornell University and completed postdoctoral fellowships at MIT and Harvard. Mansury’s work bridges theoretical models with empirical analysis, addressing topics like disaster impact assessment, wealth inequality, and the economic effects of infrastructure projects.

His publications include contributions to journals such as International Regional Science Review, Applied Geography, and Regional Science Policy and Practice. Key areas of investigation include the ripple effects of high-speed rail on Chinese cities, privacy implications of network telemetry, and structural path analysis of extreme weather events. Mansury co-edited special issues on computational modeling and data-driven sustainable development in Asia.

He has received prestigious fellowships, including the Ruth L. Kirschstein Postdoctoral Fellowship at MIT and the Harvard-MIT Data Center Postdoctoral Fellowship. His interdisciplinary approach integrates geospatial frameworks, agent-based models, and policy analysis to address complex socio-economic challenges.