Jonathan Denis-Jacob is currently the research manager of the Future Cities Laboratory in Singapore. He assists the programme director in ensuring the vibrancy and relevance of the research programme and FCL as a whole. He also leads projects and provides in-house urban planning and economics expertise.
 
Jonathan is an urban planner, real estate analyst and urban economist with professional experience in academia, the public sector and the consulting industry. Over the years, he worked on and/or managed nearly 100 urban planning, real estate and tourism studies, strategies and projects across Canada, Mexico and the United Kingdom.
 
Before joining FCL, Jonathan was an urban planner at the City of Vancouver, Canada where he managed the rezoning process for several major real estate development projects in its downtown core. Prior to that, he worked at the Canadian Tourism Commission, the City of Montreal and in the private sector.
 
He is fluent in French, English and Spanish and is currently working on his conversational Mandarin.

Research

• Urban Economics
• Economic Development and Urban Regeneration
• Real Estate Economics and Finance
• Tourism
• GIS and Spatial Analysis
• Large-Scale Real Estate Development Projects

Awards 

• Governor General of Canada Academic Gold Medal
• Canada Graduate Scholarship (SSHRC)
• American Institute of Certified Planners Outstanding Student Award

Education

• B.Sc. Urban Planning – Université de Montréal, Canada
• M.Sc. Urban Economics – Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Urbanisation Culture et Société (INRS-UCS), Montreal, Canada

Professional Development:

• Visiting Researcher – King’s College London, UK
• Graduate Studies in Management – McGill University, Montreal, Canada
• Hotel Real Estate Finance and Investment, Cornell University, USA

Affiliation

• Registered Professional Planner (RPP), Planning Institute of British Columbia
• Registered Professional Planner (MCIP), Canadian Institute of Planners