Loretta Lees information

Loretta Lees
MAE, FAcSS, FHEA
Loretta Lees MAE, FAcSS, FHEA
Born	Manchester, UK
Nationality	British; Irish
Academic background
Education	University of Edinburgh (PhD); Queen's University of Belfast (BA Hons)
Academic work
Discipline	Geography
Institutions	Boston University; Initiative on Cities; London Housing Panel; University of Leicester; King's College London
Main interests	Urban Geography; Gentrification; Urban Sociology; Urban Studies; Human Geography

Loretta Lees is a university professor, urbanist, author, and scholar-activist. She is the Director of the Initiative on Cities and professor of sociology at Boston University.^[1] Prior to moving to Boston, she was Professor of Human Geography at the University of Leicester in the UK and served as Chair of the London Housing Panel working with the Mayor of London and Trust for London.^[2] Since 2009, she has co-organized The Urban Salon, a London forum and seminar series for architecture, cities, and international urbanism, which examines urban experiences using an international and comparative frame.^[3] Lees’ scholarship focuses on gentrification, urban regeneration, global urbanism, urban policy, urban public space, architecture, and urban social theory.^[4] She was identified as the only woman in the top 20 most referenced authors in urban geography worldwide and the top author on gentrification globally.^[5] She was awarded the 2022 Marilyn J. Gittell Activist Scholar Award from the Urban Affairs Association.^[6] Other accolades of Lees include her election as a fellow of Academia Europaea (MAE) in 2022, and Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS) in 2013.^[7]^[8] She has published 16 books and over 100 journal articles and book chapters.^[9] Her research has been featured extensively in documentaries, newspapers, and in podcasts.

She received a PhD from the University of Edinburgh and a BA (Hons) in Geography from Queen's University of Belfast. Lees was born in Manchester, England, to a Northern Irish mother and Mancunian father. The Lees side of her family originated in Salford; her first cousin Mike Holden held the British heavyweight boxing title in 2000.^[10] She currently resides in both Boston and London.

^ "Loretta Lees | Initiative on Cities". www.bu.edu. Retrieved 2022-12-06.
^ "Loretta Lees | Sociology". Boston University Department of Sociology. Retrieved 2022-11-29.
^ "About – The Urban Salon". Retrieved 2022-11-29.
^ "London Housing Panel announces new Chair". Trust for London. Retrieved 2022-11-29.
^ Kong, Lily; Qian, Junxi (July 24, 2017). "Knowledge circulation in urban geography/urban studies, 1990–2010: Testing the discourse of Anglo-American hegemony through publication and citation patterns". Urban Studies. 56 (1): 44–80. doi:10.1177/0042098017717205. S2CID 149122135 – via JSTOR.
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^ "Meet Professor Loretta Lees, Faculty Director of the Initiative on Cities | Center for Innovation in Social Science". www.bu.edu. Retrieved 2022-11-29.
^ Lees, L. (2017) Salford, (re)tracing my roots, and the ‘new’ urban renewal, in Brake,J. and van Aitken, J. (eds) All materials of value, IUD, p.25-29.

[:4-1] "Loretta Lees | Initiative on Cities". www.bu.edu. Retrieved 2022-12-06.

[:3-2] "Loretta Lees | Sociology". Boston University Department of Sociology. Retrieved 2022-11-29.

[3] "About – The Urban Salon". Retrieved 2022-11-29.

[4] "London Housing Panel announces new Chair". Trust for London. Retrieved 2022-11-29.

[5] Kong, Lily; Qian, Junxi (July 24, 2017). "Knowledge circulation in urban geography/urban studies, 1990–2010: Testing the discourse of Anglo-American hegemony through publication and citation patterns". Urban Studies. 56 (1): 44–80. doi:10.1177/0042098017717205. S2CID 149122135 – via JSTOR.

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[9] "Meet Professor Loretta Lees, Faculty Director of the Initiative on Cities | Center for Innovation in Social Science". www.bu.edu. Retrieved 2022-11-29.

[10] Lees, L. (2017) Salford, (re)tracing my roots, and the ‘new’ urban renewal, in Brake,J. and van Aitken, J. (eds) All materials of value, IUD, p.25-29.

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