Biography

Jordan Kemp is a postdoctoral research fellow at the School of Geography and the Environment and INET. He is primarily focussed on delivering research for the ‘US Energy Policy in a World of Rapid Technological Advance’ project, funded by the Bezos Earth Fund. He also studies urban complexity and collective behaviour across scales. Jordan holds a BS in Physics from Tufts University and a PhD in Physics from the University of Chicago. Previously he was a researcher at the Urban Science Lab and the Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation at UChicago. Before studying complex social systems, he conducted research in nanophysics and quantum computing.

Recent Publications

Sept 2025
Working Paper
Decoding the city: multiscale spatial information of urban income
Luís M. A. Bettencourt ,  Ivanna Rodriguez ,  Jordan Kemp ,  José Lobo
Apr 2025
Working Paper
Redefining Fitness: Evolution as a Dynamic Learning Process
Luís M. A. Bettencourt ,  Brandon J Grandison ,  Jordan Kemp
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