Nelischer, C. (2026). Private partners in public spaces: Discourses of philanthropic participation in urban park making. Cities, 179, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2026.107566

Nelischer, C. (in revision). Youth-centered urban mobility research, decision making, and design: A review of the literature. Journal of Planning Literature.

Orendorff, A., Ramirez, A., Wendel, G., and Nelischer, C. (in revision). Love letters for a better life: Public space in a time of fascism. Critical Productive.

Wendel, G. & Nelischer, C. (2026). Learning with Westlake: Thick mapping as a transformative method for urban design pedagogy and research. Urban Design International, 0(0), 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41289-026-00334-6

Nelischer, C. (2025). Moving, mapping, imagining: Youth-centered methods for understanding and envisioning mobility. Journal of Planning Education and Research, 46(3), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1177/0739456X25133941

Nelischer, C., Cuff, D., & Loukaitou-Sideris, A. (2025). The social life of the sidewalk: Tracing the mobility experiences of youth in Westlake, Los Angeles. Mobilities, 21(6), 1342-1364. https://doi.org/10.1080/17450101.2025.2512377

Nelischer, C., Ramirez, A., & Wendel, G. (in press). Turn of events: Conceptualizing community events as tools for inquiry in public space research. Planning Theory and Practice, 26(4), 483-502. https://doi.org/10.1080/14649357.2025.2539879

Nelischer, C., Loukaitou-Sideris, A., & Wendel, G. (2024). Caring public space: Advancing justice through intergenerational public space design and planning. Journal of Urban Affairs, 47(8), 2789-2808. 
https://doi.org/10.1080/07352166.2023.2291074

Wasserman, J. L., Loukaitou-Sideris, A., Ding, H., & Nelischer, C. (2023). The road, home: Challenges of and responses to homelessness in state transportation environments. Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 21, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trip.2023.100890

Nelischer, C., & Loukaitou-Sideris, A. (2023). Intergenerational public space design and policy: A review of the literature. Journal of Planning Literature, 38(3), 19–32. https://doi.org/10.1177/08854122221092175

Giamarino, C., Nelischer, C., & Ramirez, A. F. (2023). Urban humanities as a framework for the study of public space during the pandemic. Journal of Urban Design, 28(6), 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1080/13574809.2023.2180353

Wendel, G., Loukaitou-Sideris, A., Nelischer, C., & Bastar, G. (2022). “We should all feel welcome to the park”: Intergenerational public space and universal design in disinvested communities. Journal of Public Space, 7(2), 135–154. https://doi.org/10.32891/jps.v7i2.1481

Nelischer, C., Cuff, D. & Wu, J. (2024). Sidewalking: A toolkit for engaging youth in planning and designing urban mobility futures. UC Office of the President: University of California Institute of Transportation Studies. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6j24896n

Nelischer, C., Cuff, D. & Loukaitou-Sideris, A. (2023). Pathways to autonomy: Supporting youth independent mobility in Westlake, Los Angeles. UC Office of the President: University of California Institute of Transportation Studies. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8mq3r3sd

Loukaitou-Sideris, A., Wasserman, J., Ding, H., & Nelischer, C. (2023). Homelessness on the road: Reviewing challenges of and responses to homelessness in state transportation environments. UCLA: Institute of Transportation Studies. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/36f1x9v3

UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies & cityLAB UCLA. (2022). Green open space and physical activity for seniors: A post-occupancy evaluation of Golden Age Park. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5k35x8rr

UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies & cityLAB UCLA. (2021). Creating common ground: Opportunities for intergenerational use of public spaces in disinvested communities.  https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4674f4bz

Nelischer, C., & Burda, C. (2018). Toronto's Great Streets: Redesigning streets for a growing city and better neighbourhoods. Toronto Metropolitan University City Building Institute and Metcalf Foundation.

Carter-Shamai, S., & Nelischer, C. (2016) A new life for Old City Hall. Toronto Metropolitan University City Building Institute.

Ramirez, A., Wendel, G., Nelischer, C. (in press). Inhabiting the Night, Conflict and Negotiation in Public Spaces After Dark. In C. Mady, S. Ragozino, & K. Landman (Eds.), Public Space, Peace, and Everyday Life. Routledge.

Wendel, G., Nelischer, C., & Ramirez, A. (in press). Event as Inquiry in the Urban Humanities: A Manifesto. In J. Banfill, J. Barrios, M. Bernstein, J. Chrisman, A. Shkuda, J. Stitelman, G. Wendel, & K. Wong (Eds.), Urban Humanities 2: An (Un)Volume on Place, Pedagogy, and Practice. Routledge.

Yang, Y., Wendel, G., & Nelischer, C. (2025). Framing the commons: Starting small. In A. Staub (Ed.), Architecture and Social Sustainability: Understanding the New Paradigm. Routledge.

Nelischer, C. (2023). Book review: American urbanist: How William H. Whyte’s unconventional wisdom reshaped public life by Richard K. Rein. Journal of Planning Literature, 38(1), 88-89. https://doi.org/10.1177/08854122221101861

Nelischer, C. (2022). Book Review: Rethinking and reshaping public space: The fascinating story of a moment and movement in urban design in New York City. Journal of Planning History, 21(2), 186–190. https://doi.org/10.1177/15385132211046222

Nelischer, C., & Loukaitou-Sideris, A. (2022, May 5). Golden Age Park: Activating urban public space for intergenerational engagement. Together Old and Young online.

Nelischer, C., & Burda, C. (2020). Density done right. Y Magazine: Ontario Professional Planners Institute, 4, 34–35.

Lorinc, J., & Nelischer, C. (2018, April 5). The next steps for the Toronto Museum. Spacing Toronto.

Nelischer, C., & Burda, C. (2018, February 20). Sales data for King Street a positive signal of what’s to come. Toronto Star.

Nelischer, C., & Burda, C. (2018, January 28). Here’s how to make sure Toronto’s King Street is king again. Globe and Mail.