Josephine Yang is Deputy Director (Planning Analytics) at the Design & Planning Lab (DPL) in the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA). Her team works with planners, architects and partner agencies to apply data analytics, modelling & simulation tools and AI to strengthen land use planning, in support of URA’s role as the Urban Planning & Design Technology Centre of Excellence (URBEX) in Government.

Prior to DPL, Josephine was involved in strategic and master planning work, as well as R&D efforts for the Built Environment sector in URA. This included overseeing the island-wide planning of social and community facilities and foreign worker housing, as well as land use plans for the North and Central East regions of Singapore.