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Loretta Lees

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Loretta Lees is a university professor, urbanist, author, and scholar-activist. She is the Director of the Initiative on Cities and… more

H-index: 46
Economics 34%
Political science 19%
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I won this last year, nominations open for 2026:

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A pleasure to be on @madalinamez.bsky.social supervisory team, an excellent PhD 🤩🥳
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LISER's Department of Urban Development and Mobility @liser-udm.bsky.social · 4d
👏 Congrats to Dr. Madalina MEZAROS who successfully defended her PhD thesis "Property, Policy, & Place: #Housing #Inequality & #Gentrification Dynamics in #Luxembourg"

👩‍🎓 @madalinamez.bsky.social was awarded a #PhD degree in #Geography from @uni.lu

🙏 Kudos to supervisor @douccap.bsky.social & jury!
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80 degrees Boston today 😎
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👏 Congrats to Dr. Madalina MEZAROS who successfully defended her PhD thesis "Property, Policy, & Place: #Housing #Inequality & #Gentrification Dynamics in #Luxembourg"

👩‍🎓 @madalinamez.bsky.social was awarded a #PhD degree in #Geography from @uni.lu

🙏 Kudos to supervisor @douccap.bsky.social & jury!
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Jim O’Connell talking to my class tonight 😊

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Great news!!

Louisville Metro is finally implementing its Anti-Displacement Commission & Assessment Tool!

Well done PUSH Louisville & Jecorey Arthur for keeping pressure on the city, and Louisville Tenants Union for launching the campaign!!

www.lpm.org/news/2025-10...
Louisville's Anti-Displacement Commission finally gets off the ground
The Anti-Displacement Commission will track housing developments that receive city resources to protect residents from gentrification.
www.lpm.org
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Contested meaning of symbolic space in East Asian cities sponsored by @buoncities.bsky.social tonight
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www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Thumping ambition – and demolition: 10 high-rises that changed modern Britain
Eyesores and scandalously unsafe? Or utopian housing for the working classes? Here are the stories and scandals behind some of the UK’s most revolutionary homes
www.theguardian.com

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Me too xx

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Awarded 🤩🤩🤩🤩
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About do @madalinamez.bsky.social phd viva 🤩
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Slept inside mosquito net to protect ourselves last night 🤣
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Could done without two of these in house last night - like a horror movie as one jumped off door and another crept over grate in fire as pushed screen against it … traumatized
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BU Urbanist POV: Meet Shannon Whittaker, a postdoctoral scholar @buciss.bsky.social and @buoncities.bsky.social affiliate whose research intersects gentrification (and urban renewal), race, and health.

📹 youtube.com/shorts/ND2Px...
BU Urbanist POV: Shannon Whittaker #bostonuniversity #urban #gentrification
YouTube video by Boston University Initiative on Cities
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So good to have you Hyun, great discussion
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Hyun Bang Shin @hyunshin.bsky.social · 19d
Live now in Boston hosted by @buoncities.bsky.social. It was a pleasure to discuss this talk by Dr Youjeong Oh on "Development, Dispossession, and Desires in Jeju" today, 18 Sep. 2025. Link to the event here: www.bu.edu/ioc/events/e...
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by Hyun S. Shin — Reposted by: Loretta Lees

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Live now in Boston hosted by @buoncities.bsky.social. It was a pleasure to discuss this talk by Dr Youjeong Oh on "Development, Dispossession, and Desires in Jeju" today, 18 Sep. 2025. Link to the event here: www.bu.edu/ioc/events/e...
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Fitting
Are y'all the NIMBYs meme
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In Athens 26th Sept? Join us for a workshop on Best Practices for Addressing Homelessness Outreach Across Athens, Greece, Manchester U.K., & Santiago, Chile. English translation provided. The event is part of our UKRI Urban Crisis Project and co-sponsored with the Municipality of Athens.
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