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Kitchen, R. and Thrift, N. (eds in chief) with Anderson, K., Castree, N., Cloke, P., Crampton, J., Crang, M., Domosh, M., Graham, B., Hadjimichalis, C., Hubbard, P., Kearns, R., Kwan, M-P., Lees, L., McLafferty, S., Paasi, A., Philo, C., Sidaway, J., Willis, K., Yeung, H. (eds) (2009) The
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took the lens global and informed by comparative urbanism looked at ideologies and practices of gentrification in different parts of the world. Lees has also been at the forefront of researching state-led gentrification in London: she undertook Antipode Foundation and
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focused on the development of theories and concepts in gentrification studies, and looked at how gentrification as a process had mutated over time, particularly in
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Imrie, R., Lees, L. and Raco, M. (eds) (2009) Regenerating London: Governance, Sustainability and Community in a Global City, Routledge: London.
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The London Tenants Federation, Lees, L., Just Space and SNAG (2014) Staying Put: An Anti-Gentrification Handbook for Council Estates in London.
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Lees, L.,  Shin, H. and Lopez-Morales, E. (eds) (2015) Global Gentrifications: uneven development and displacement, Policy Press: Bristol.
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Lees, L. and Warwick, E. (2022) Defensible Space on the Move: Mobilisation in English Housing Policy and Practice, RGS-IBG Book Series, Wiley.
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in London and presented evidence in three public inquiries. Working with Just Space and the London Tenants Federation, she co-produced
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and Director of Research, where she worked until 2022. She was Professor of Human Geography and Chair of the Cities Research Group at
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Bridge, G., Butler, T., and Lees, L. (eds) (2011) Mixed Communities: Gentrification by Stealth?, Policy Press: Bristol.
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Activist Scholar Award from the Urban Affairs Association. Other accolades of Lees include her election as a fellow of
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globally, coining the term "super-gentrification" in relation to the resurgence of a new form of gentrification in
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Lees, L. (2017) Salford, (re)tracing my roots, and the ‘new’ urban renewal, in Brake,J. and van Aitken, J. (eds)
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Hoggart, K., Lees, L. and Davies, A. (2002) Researching Human Geography, Arnold, Oxford University Press, USA.
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Annunziata, S. and Lees, L. (2020) Staying Put: An Anti-gentrification Handbook for Southern European cities
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Imrie, R. and Lees, L. (eds) (2014) Sustainable London? The Future of a Global City, Policy Press: Bristol.
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Lees, L., Slater, T. and Wyly, E. (2023) The Planetary Gentrification Reader, Routledge: New York.  
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Lees, L.,  Shin, H. and Lopez-Morales, E. (2016) Planetary Gentrification Polity Press: Cambridge.
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Lees, L. (ed) (2004) The Emancipatory City: Paradoxes and Possibilities?, Sage: London.  
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from 1997 to 2013. From 1995 to 1997, she was a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in geography at the
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Lees, L. and Demeritt, D. (eds) (2023) Concise Encyclopedia of Human Geography, Edward Elgar.
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Lees, L. with Phillips, M. (eds) (2018) Handbook of Gentrification Studies, Edward Elgar.
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Lees, L., Slater, T. and Wyly, E. (2010) The Gentrification Reader, Routledge: London.
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Planetary Gentrification by Loretta Lees, Hyun Bang Shin & Ernesto López-Morales
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Lees, L., Slater, T. and Wyly, E. (2008) Gentrification, Routledge: New York.
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in the UK and served as Chair of the London Housing Panel working with the
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Staying Put: An Anti-gentrification Handbook for Council Estates in London
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in September 2022, where she is also a tenured professor of sociology.
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Impact Prize - Outstanding impact on society - Shortlisted (2019)
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at the beginning of the 21st century and used it in reference to
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In 2013 she joined the University of Leicester as Professor of
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Professor Lees became Director of the Initiative on Cities at
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Discovering Excellence Award - Shortlisted for impact (2018)
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Citizen's Award - Shortlisted for Best PhD Supervisor (2022)
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Lees has served on numerous editorial boards, including the
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Lees has published 16 books in geography and urban studies.
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International Encyclopedia of Human Geography, Elsevier.
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funded research on the demolition and redevelopment of
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in Canada and a visiting lecturer in geography at the
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Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers
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Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers
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MAE
FAcSS
FHEA
Manchester, UK
University of Edinburgh
Queen's University of Belfast
BA Hons
Geography
Boston University
Initiative on Cities
University of Leicester
King's College London
Urban Geography
Gentrification
Urban Sociology
Urban Studies
Human Geography
urbanist
Initiative on Cities
Boston University
Boston
University of Leicester
Mayor of London
Trust for London
gentrification
urban regeneration
urban policy
Marilyn J. Gittell
Academia Europaea
MAE

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