Professor & Faculty Director of the Initiative On Cities
Loretta Lees is an urban geographer and urbanist who is internationally known for her research on gentrification, urban regeneration, global urbanism, urban policy, urban public space, architecture, and urban social theory. Before moving to Boston University to serve as Faculty Director of the Initiative on Cities, she was professor of Human Geography at Leicester University and before that King’s College London in the UK. Loretta was elected as a fellow of Academia Europaea (MAE) in 2022; the UK Higher Education Academy (FHEA) 2018, Academy of Social Science (FAcSS) 2013, and Royal Society for the Arts (FRSA) 2012.
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Professor Lees has long been committed to work beyond the academy. She was Chair of the London Housing Panel 2020-22 working with the Mayor of London and Trust for London. She is a committed scholar-activist who has worked alongside local residents, elected officials, planners, and activists to build knowledge networks to advance more just housing and urban regeneration policies. She was awarded the 2022 Marilyn J. Gittell Activist Scholar Award by the Urban Affairs Association.