Conrad Kickert

Conrad Kickert studies the evolving relationship between urban form, urban life and the urban economy. He has a background in urbanism and architecture from the TU Delft (Netherlands) and holds a PhD in architecture from the University of Michigan. He has worked as an urban researcher and designer for various design offices, property developers and non-profit organizations in The Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Dr. Kickert has authored award-winning articles and books on the interrelation between cities, their evolution, and their economy, including articles for the Journal of Urban Studies and the London School of Economics, an Oxford University bibliography, the recent monograph "Dream City - Creation, Destruction and Reinvention in downtown Detroit" with MIT Press and upcoming books on urban retail and street-level architecture. Among others, his work has been supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Ax:son Johnson Foundation, UBER, the Haile/US Bank Foundation and the Mellon Foundation.