Loretta Lees is a university professor, urbanist, author, and scholar-activist.
14 Facts About Loretta Lees
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Loretta Lees is the Director of the Initiative on Cities and professor of sociology at Boston University.
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Loretta Lees was identified as the only woman in the top 20 most referenced authors in urban geography worldwide and the top author on gentrification globally.
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Loretta Lees was awarded the 2022 Marilyn J Gittell Activist Scholar Award from the Urban Affairs Association.
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Loretta Lees has published 16 books and over 100 journal articles and book chapters.
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Loretta Lees's research has been featured extensively in documentaries, newspapers, and in podcasts.
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Loretta Lees received a PhD from the University of Edinburgh and a BA in Geography from Queen's University of Belfast.
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Loretta Lees was born in Manchester, England, to a Northern Irish mother and Mancunian father.
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Loretta Lees was Professor of Human Geography and Chair of the Cities Research Group at King's College London from 1997 to 2013.
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Professor Loretta Lees became Director of the Initiative on Cities at Boston University in September 2022, where she is a tenured professor of sociology.
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Loretta Lees has been at the forefront of authorship on gentrification globally, coining the term "super-gentrification" in relation to the resurgence of a new form of gentrification in Brooklyn Heights, New York City at the beginning of the 21st century and used it in reference to Barnsbury in London.
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Loretta Lees has been at the forefront of researching state-led gentrification in London: she undertook Antipode Foundation and ESRC funded research on the demolition and redevelopment of council estates in London and presented evidence in three public inquiries.
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Loretta Lees's work has been cited over 19,900 times and she has a h-index of 53.
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Loretta Lees has published 16 books in geography and urban studies.