He is the author of the forthcoming book Lineages of the Global City, research for which was funded by a Mellon Junior Fellowship in the Humanities, Urbanism, and Design from the University of Pennsylvania, a grant from the Earl and Brenda Shapiro Center for Research and Collaboration, as well as a William Bronson Mitchell and Grayce Slovet Mitchell Award. Shiben received a PhD in the History and Theory of Architecture and a Master in City Planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and earned his BA from Columbia University.