There are currently eight professors working on the project.

The incumbents of the chairs and their fields are shown below:

Peter Ache

• European metropolitan planning, especially interdisciplinary studies on planning of metropolitan regions (Helsinki University of Technology, A-department and CURS), e-mail: peter.ache@tkk.fi

Peter Clark

• Urban history, European urban history (University of Helsinki, Faculty of Arts, Department of History)
  E-mail: peter.clark@helsinki.fi

Anne Haila

• Social policy, especially urban studies (University of Helsinki, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Social Studies)
  E-mail: anne.haila@helsinki.fi

Matti Kortteinen

• Urban sociology (University of Helsinki, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Social Studies, e-mail: matti.kortteinen@helsinki.fi

Heikki Loikkanen

• Economic geography, especially urban economics (University of Helsinki, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Political and Economic Studies)
  E-mail: heikki.loikkanen@helsinki.fi

Jari Niemelä

• Urban ecology (University of Helsinki, Faculty of Biosciences, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences)
  E-mail: jari.niemelä@helsinki.fi

Heikki Setälä

• Urban ecosystems research (University of Helsinki, Faculty of Biosciences, Department of Ecological and Environmental Sciences
  E-mail: heikki.setala@helsinki.fi

Mari Vaattovaara

• Urban geography (University of Helsinki, Faculty of Science, Department of Geography)
  E-mail: mari.vaattovaara@helsinki.fi