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Loretta Lees

Professor & Faculty Director of the Initiative On Cities

Boston University

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College of Arts & Sciences

Sociology

Loretta Lees is currently serving as a College Of Arts & Sciences Professor & Faculty Director of the Initiative On Cities at Boston University.

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Boston University

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urban sociology social sciences urban studies urbanization urban geography gentrification sociology urban theory public policy urban policy urban development urban regeneration economics housing urban society urban research research framework anti-racism community development social change economic sociology social inequality sustainable development housing studies tourism geography urban history urban politics population displacement everyday urbanism urban life social geography lived experience cultural geography urban health urban environments urban science comparative urban research slow violence working-class displacements council estates administrative records state-led gentrification psychological impacts global lockdown urban public space fiscal roots buy-to-let gentrification highway reclamation impacts urban redevelopment social lives public spaces urbanism architecture urban planning

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A ‘Gentrification Regime’ Change: The Fiscal Roots of Buy-To-Let Gentrification in Dudelange, Luxembourg. Urban Studies (2025)

Mădălina MezaroşAntoine PaccoudLoretta Lees

urban developmenturban historyurban sociologyurban policyurbanizationurban economicsurban geographyurban planningeconomicspublic policyurban regenerationfiscal rootsbuy-to-let gentrificationurban theoryurban studiesgentrificationurbanism

A Research Framework for Evaluating Highway Reclamation Impacts on Gentrification and Population Health. ISEE Conference Abstracts (2024)

Mary D. WillisFintan MooneyJennifer WeuvePerry HystadStacy FoxLoretta Lees

public healthgentrificationresearch frameworkhighway reclamation impacts

The Promises and Potential Pitfalls of Highway Reclamation for Population Health: A Research Framework. Journal of Urban Health (2024)

Mary D. WillisFintan MooneyJennifer WeuvePerry HystadHeyden WalkerAddie WalkerAmy StellyStacy FoxLoretta Lees

public healthhighway reclamationpopulation healthresearch frameworkurban health

The Urgency of Properly Engaged Dialogue in Urban Research in the Context of the New Landscape of ‘Shitification’. Dialogues in Urban Research (2024)

Loretta Lees

urban sociologyurbanizationurban geographyurban researchurban planningenvironmental scienceurban sciencecomparative urban researchurban environmentsurban theoryurban studiesurban ecology

Contesting Public Spaces: Social Lives of Urban Redevelopment in London Contesting Public Spaces: Social Lives of Urban Redevelopment in London. by Ed Wall. Pp. XIII + 159 + 20 Illustrations. New York: Routledge, 2022. £35.99. Isbn 978-1032-16356-7. Paperback.. The London Journal (2023)

Loretta Lees

urban developmentpublic spacesurban sociologysociologyurbanizationurban regenerationurban planningurban redevelopmenturban studiessocial livesurban societyurbanism

What Constitutes Engaged Dialogue in Urban Research? Thoughts From a Long Time “Outside-Insider”. Dialogues in Urban Research (2023)

Loretta Lees

urban sociologyurban researchsocial sciencesurban theoryurban studies

Gentrification, Urban Policy and Urban Geography. Space and Polity (2022)

Loretta Lees

urban geographypolitical sciencegentrificationurban policy

Quantifying State-Led Gentrification in London: Using Linked Consumer and Administrative Records to Trace Displacement From Council Estates. Environment and Planning A Economy and Space (2022)

Jonathan ReadesLoretta LeesPhil HubbardGuy Lansley

administrative recordspublic policysocial sciencesstate-led gentrificationdemographycouncil estatesgentrification

Revisiting Urban Public Space Through the Lens of the 2020 Global Lockdown. Urban Geography (2022)

Jason LugerLoretta Lees

urban public spaceurban geographyurbanizationglobal lockdownsocial sciences

“so, Don’t You Want Us Here No More?” Slow Violence, Frustrated Hope, and Racialized Struggle on London’s Council Estates. Housing Theory and Society (2021)

Loretta LeesPhil Hubbard

urban developmentslow violencecommunity developmenturban sociologyanti-racismsociologyurban policysocial changepublic policysocial scienceshousinghousing studiesurban politicsurban theoryurban studiessustainable developmenturban society

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Loretta Lees

Professor & Faculty Director of the Initiative On Cities

Boston University

Affiliations

College of Arts & Sciences

Sociology

Loretta Lees is currently serving as a College Of Arts & Sciences Professor & Faculty Director of the Initiative On Cities at Boston University.

Honors

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Loretta Lees

Boston University

Professor & Faculty Director of the Initiative On Cities

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Video Presentations

Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

A ‘Gentrification Regime’ Change: The Fiscal Roots of Buy-To-Let Gentrification in Dudelange, Luxembourg. Urban Studies (2025)

Mădălina MezaroşAntoine PaccoudLoretta Lees

A Research Framework for Evaluating Highway Reclamation Impacts on Gentrification and Population Health. ISEE Conference Abstracts (2024)

Mary D. WillisFintan MooneyJennifer WeuvePerry HystadStacy FoxLoretta Lees

public healthgentrificationresearch frameworkhighway reclamation impacts

The Promises and Potential Pitfalls of Highway Reclamation for Population Health: A Research Framework. Journal of Urban Health (2024)

Mary D. WillisFintan MooneyJennifer WeuvePerry HystadHeyden WalkerAddie WalkerAmy StellyStacy FoxLoretta Lees

public healthhighway reclamationpopulation healthresearch frameworkurban health

The Urgency of Properly Engaged Dialogue in Urban Research in the Context of the New Landscape of ‘Shitification’. Dialogues in Urban Research (2024)

Loretta Lees

urban sociologyurbanizationurban geographyurban researchurban planningenvironmental scienceurban sciencecomparative urban researchurban environmentsurban theoryurban studiesurban ecology

Loretta Lees

urban developmentpublic spacesurban sociologysociologyurbanizationurban regenerationurban planningurban redevelopmenturban studiessocial livesurban societyurbanism

What Constitutes Engaged Dialogue in Urban Research? Thoughts From a Long Time “Outside-Insider”. Dialogues in Urban Research (2023)

Loretta Lees

urban sociologyurban researchsocial sciencesurban theoryurban studies

Gentrification, Urban Policy and Urban Geography. Space and Polity (2022)

Loretta Lees

urban geographypolitical sciencegentrificationurban policy

Quantifying State-Led Gentrification in London: Using Linked Consumer and Administrative Records to Trace Displacement From Council Estates. Environment and Planning A Economy and Space (2022)

Jonathan ReadesLoretta LeesPhil HubbardGuy Lansley

administrative recordspublic policysocial sciencesstate-led gentrificationdemographycouncil estatesgentrification

Revisiting Urban Public Space Through the Lens of the 2020 Global Lockdown. Urban Geography (2022)

Jason LugerLoretta Lees

urban public spaceurban geographyurbanizationglobal lockdownsocial sciences

“so, Don’t You Want Us Here No More?” Slow Violence, Frustrated Hope, and Racialized Struggle on London’s Council Estates. Housing Theory and Society (2021)

Loretta LeesPhil Hubbard

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