The Cañada Blanch Centre at LSE will host next February 13th a talk by Dr. Lewis Dijkstra to share his insights on population growth and stresses the role of natural change as the dominant source of urban growth when using a harmonised definition of urban dwellings (which accounts for reclassification). Using a harmonised definition challenges many of the long held assumptions and predictions about urbanisation and encourage us to reconsider many policy recommendations.
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Meet our speaker
Dr. Lewis Dijkstra is the Head of the Economic Analysis Sector of the Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy in the European Commission. He is the editor the Cohesion Report, which analyses economic, social and environmental issues in EU regions and cities. He is also a visiting professor at the London School of Economics.
He works closely with the OECD, the UN, the World Bank, the European Environmental Agency, the Joint Research Centre and Eurostat. His recent work covers topics such as a global definition of cities and rural areas, measuring transport performance, the geography of EU discontent, quality of government and gender equality.
He holds a PhD in Urban and Regional Planning from Rutgers University, New Jersey, an MSc in Urban and Regional Planning from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a BA in Political Science from the University of Ghent, Belgium.
Meet our chair
Andrés Rodríguez-Pose is the Princesa de Asturias Chair and a Professor of Economic Geography at the London School of Economics. He is the Director of the Cañada Blanch Centre LSE. He is a former Head of the Department of Geography and Environment between 2006 and 2009. He is a past-President of the Regional Science Association International (RSAI) (2015-2017) and served as Vice-President of the RSAI in 2014. He was also Vice-President (2012-2013) and Secretary (2001-2005) of the European Regional Science Association.
This public event is free and open to all and registration is not required. This event will be a hybrid event, with an in-person audience and an online audience.
Sir Arthur Lewis Building (LSE)
32 Lincoln's Inn Fields
London WC2A 3PH
United Kingdom
For the online event: this event will be streamed live on Youtube:
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More about this event
The Cañada Blanch Centre at LSE is the vehicle to achieve the objective of the Fundación Cañada Blanch: developing and reinforcing the links between the United Kingdom and Spain. This is done by means of fostering cutting-edge knowledge generation and joint research projects between researchers in the United Kingdom, and at LSE in particular, on the one hand, and Spain, on the other.