Dr. Gerardo del Cerro Santamaría
Visiting Scholar, University College London
London, United Kingdom

Gerardo del Cerro Santamaría is a philosopher of science, a political economist, and a megaprojects scholar in New York City. He serves in the European Union Expert Committee on Urban and Regional Planning and is a United States Fulbright Award Recipient. Dr. del Cerro is currently a Visiting Scholar at both University College London and the London School of Economics. He has also been a Visiting Scholar at Columbia University (GSAPP) and a Visiting Professor at MIT (DUSP). Dr. del Cerro has served for 23 years at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in Manhattan as a Research Professor of Planning and Megaprojects and Senior Executive Director of Strategic Planning and Innovation. He was also Director of Evaluation at the NSF Gateway Engineering Program. Dr. del Cerro has published extensively (over 90 publications, including books, articles, encyclopedia entries, and review essays) on transdisciplinarity, sustainability, urban megaprojects, innovation, music & mathematics, and robotics. His new book, Megaprojects in the World Economy. Complexity, Disruption, and Sustainable Development will be published by Columbia University Press in 2023. Dr. del Cerro holds Ph.D.’s from the New School for Social Research in New York and the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain).