Rate My Professor Pamela Robinson

Robinson's academic interests encompass smart cities, platform urbanism, artificial intelligence in planning, urban sustainability, cities and climate change, open data, civic technology, open government, public engagement, and the scholarship of teaching and learning. Notable publications include co-editing the book The Future of Open Data (2022); chapters such as 'Local Government Response to Climate Change: Our Last, Best Hope' in Changing Climates in North American Politics (2009, with Christopher Gore) and 'Beyond A Technical Response' in Planning for Climate Change; articles including 'Civic Hackathons: Innovation, Procurement, or Civic Engagement?' (Review of Policy Research, 2014), 'Pandemic-Driven Technology Adoption: Public Decision Makers Need to Tread Cautiously' (2021), 'Who Is Planning the Smart City?' (2023), and 'Strava Metro Data as an Urban Planning Input' (2025). She received the 2020 Inaugural Canadian Institute of Planners President’s Award: Academic and was inducted into the CIP College of Fellows. Robinson advises the Toronto Public Library’s Innovation Council, serves on the Metcalf Foundation Board of Directors, and contributes articles to Spacing Magazine. In teaching, she emphasizes land use planning, environmental design, planners' relationships with the public, and community-based learning to bridge theory and practice.