Peter Bosselmann works nationally and internationally on urban design and planning projects. He established urban simulation laboratories in Milan, New York City and in Tokyo, modeled after the Berkeley laboratory that has been under his direction since 1983. His publications appeared in a wide range of academic and professional journals. His new book, Urban Morphology – Understanding City Design by Island Press will come out in November of 2008. His former book, Representation of Places: Reality and Realism in City Design, UC Press, found much acclaim among scholars in fields as diverse as history, psychology, journalism, geography, film, architecture and planning. Bosselmann has produced numerous educational films about urban design issues in San Francisco and New York City, memorable ones include Times Square, narrated by Jason Robards, and New York's Upper East Side, narrated by Paul Newman.

He lectures frequently to audiences in Europe, Japan, China, Australia and North America on his research in urban form and climate, traffic in neighborhoods and on urban design representation. In 2006-7 he was awarded a one-year residency at the Politecnico Di Milano, in 2000 a six-month residency at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Art, Copenhagen, and in 1992 he held an endowed chair at the Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Tokyo.

He is the recipient of numerous design awards, including, AIA, ASLA and ACIP awards for his work in San Francisco, an Urban Design Institute Award for his work in Oakland, California, recognition for the Seaton Airport Lands design competition in Ontario, Canada, two Progressive Architecture Awards for urban design research for work in San Francisco and on the Toronto Downtown Plans, an award from the American Planning Association, and an invited exhibition of his work at the Triennale in Milan, Italy.