Institutional Affiliation
Airport City Academy
Education
PhD, Urban Planning, Harvard University, 2012
MA, Architecture, Harvard University, 2008
Magister, Urban History, Technical University of Berlin, 2006
BA, German Studies, Harvard University, 2001
Research Interests
Max Hirsh is Managing Director of the Airport City Academy and a leading global expert on airports and urban development. His current research focuses on sustainable building technologies, urban air mobility, and air-rail integration. He is the author of Airport Urbanism (University of Minnesota Press, 2016) and Infrastructure and the Remaking of Asia (University of Hawaii Press, 2023). Max has published in China Quarterly, East Asian Science, Technology, and Society, History and Technology, and South East Asia Research. His research has been supported by the Henry Luce Foundation, Social Science Research Council, National Research Foundation of Singapore, and the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong.
Faculty Sponsor
Tim Oakes, Geography
Term at CU
Max is currently a visiting scholar from November 2022 to October 2024.