Welcome to my website!
My name is Todd BenDor and I am the Director of the Odum Institute for Research in Social Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where I am the Distinguished Professor of Sustainable Community Design in the Department of City and Regional Planning and the Institute for the Environment.
My research and teaching focus on environmental and ecological planning, an area of urban planning that studies the environmental implications of urban development. In my research, I use an array of quantitative and qualitative techniques to better understand the impacts that human activities and development can have on sensitive ecological and environmental systems. My work often draws on computer modeling, including system dynamics modeling, systems thinking, and spatial analysis.
I live in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, a small town where I have found that many residents genuinely care about their community and are particularly interested in shaping its future. I am interested in technology, both in how it can help us connect to one another, and how it can isolate us into the corners of our own, distant worlds. I can walk to work from where I live. I am an avid traveler and old map collector. I also live with my beautiful wife, son, and two of the goofiest and best dogs in the world.
On this site, you’ll find lots of information on my work and interests. Thanks for visiting!
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-Todd BenDor bendor [at] unc [dot.] edu |