Transdisciplinary Award for Research in Philosophy of the City
- potcrg
- Nov 14
- 1 min read
The POTC RG is pleased to announce that Dr. Michael Menser has won the Transdisciplinary Award for Research in Philosophy of the City. Dr. Menser brought participatory budgeting from Porto Alegre, Brazil, to New York City. He served as the first Board President of the Participatory Budgeting Project (PBP), which has since become the largest participatory budgeting organization in the United States, reaching far beyond New York City to cities such as Seattle, Oakland, Minneapolis, Vancouver, and many more. To date, PBP has allocated over $400 million, involving 379,000 participants.
At Brooklyn College, Dr. Menser teaches philosophy, urban sustainability, and Caribbean studies. He also serves as Associate Director for Public Engagement at the Science and Resilience Institute at Jamaica Bay and is a member of the Advisory Board of the Center for the Study of Brooklyn.
Dr. Menser is the author of numerous articles and book chapters.
His monograph, We Decide! Theories and Cases in Participatory, Democracy illustrates how his work transcends the academy.
In recognition of his many significant accomplishments, the POTC RG is renaming the Transdisciplinary Award for Research in Philosophy to The Michael Menser Award in Transdisciplinary Research in his honor.
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