Nicholas J. Marantz, a Faculty Research Affiliate with the Terner Center, is an Associate Professor and Vice Chair of the Department of Urban Planning and Public Policy at the University of California, Irvine. He is also affiliated faculty with the University of California, Irvine School of Law. He holds a JD from Harvard Law School and a PhD in Urban & Regional Planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Nicholas’s research and teaching focus on the impacts of law, politics, and planning on housing affordability and access to various kinds of resources and opportunities. Much of his research empirically analyzes the connection between land use regulation and socioeconomic disparities, connecting legal theory with spatial and quantitative analysis. His research also addresses the impact of changes in land-use and environmental laws on local governance, planning practice, and metropolitan development patterns.