Neil Brenner
Neil Brenner (born 1969) is an American urban theorist and academic holding the title of Lucy Flower Professor of Urban Sociology at the University of Chicago.[1] He previously served as Professor of Urban Theory and Director of Urban Theory Lab at Harvard Graduate School of Design, and as Professor of Sociology at New York University. He has also held previous visiting appointments at National University of Singapore, University of Amsterdam, Bard College, Maynooth University, University of Bristol, and University of Urbino.[2] He is a member of the American Sociological Association[3] and the Association of American Geographers.
Neil Brenner | |
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Born | 1969 (age 53–54) |
Occupation(s) | Sociologist, Urban theorist, Geographer, Critical theorist |
Known for | State/space theory |
Title | Lucy Flower Professor of Urban Sociology at the University of Chicago |
Academic background | |
Education | |
Thesis | Global Cities, Glocal States: State Re-scaling and the Remaking of Urban Governance in the European Union (1999) |
Doctoral advisor | William H. Sewell Jr. |
Influences | Henri Lefebvre, David Harvey, Edward Soja |
Academic work | |
School or tradition | Marxist geography; Critical geography |
Institutions | New York University (1999–2011) Harvard Graduate School of Design (2011–2020) University of Chicago (2020–present) |
Doctoral students | Dorit Geva |
He serves on the advisory and editorial board of 14 academic journals and has edited or authored more than 10 award-winning books. Brenner's works have been translated into Chinese, Croatian, Finnish, French, Hungarian, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, and Turkish.[4]
Affiliated institutions
- B.A., Philosophy, (Summa Cum Laude) Yale College, 1991 [5]
- M.A., Political Science, University of Chicago, 1994
- M.A., Geography, UCLA, 1996 [6]
- Lecturer, Depts. of Sociology and Political Science, University of Chicago, 1997
- Ph.D., Political Science, University of Chicago, 1999
- Postdoctoral Fellow in German and European Studies, Center for European Studies, Harvard University (2001–2002)
- Adjunct Assistant Professor of Urban Planning, Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (2003)
- Assistant Professor, Dept. of Sociology and Metropolitan Studies, New York University (1999–2006)
- Professor, Dept. of Sociology and Metropolitan Studies, New York University (2006–2011)
- Professor of Urban Theory, Harvard Graduate School of Design (2011–2020)
- Lucy Flower Professor of Urban Sociology, Dept. of Sociology and the College, University of Chicago (2020-present)
Awards
- Riggs Memorial Prize in the Humanities, Yale College (1988).
- Phi Beta Kappa (1991)
- Senior Thesis Prize in Political Theory, Department of Political Science, Yale College (1991)
- Fulbright Scholarship, Division of Philosophy and Social Sciences, Freie Universität, Berlin (1991–1992)
- Bundeskanzler Fellowship/Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung (1997–1998)[7]
- Donald Robertson Memorial Prize, Editorial Board of Urban Studies (1999)[8]
- Young Researcher’s Award, Royal Geographical Society (2000)
- Honorable Mention, Distinguished Publication Award, Political Sociology Section, American Sociological Association (2005).
- Honorable Mention, Outstanding Publication Award, Political Sociology Section, American Sociological Association (2005)
- Honorary Master of Arts, Harvard University Graduate School of Design (2012)
- Academic Committee Award, Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture, Shenzhen, China (2016)
- Weatherhead Center Distinguished Research Faculty Associate, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University (2020)
- Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Researcher (2014)
Selected Journal Articles
- Brenner, N. "Globalisation as reterritorialisation: the re-scaling of urban governance in the European Union." Urban Studies 36 (3), pp. 431–451 (1999)
- Brenner, N. "The limits to scale? Methodological reflections on scalar structuration." Progress in Human Geography 25 (4), pp. 591–614 (2001)
- Brenner, N. and Theodore, N. "Cities and the geographies of 'actually existing neoliberalism.'" Antipode 34 (3), pp. 349–379 (2002)
- Brenner, N., Peck, J., and Theodore, N. "Variegated neoliberalization: geographies, modalities, pathways." Global Networks 10 (2), pp. 182–222 (2010)
- Brenner, N. and Schmid, C. "Towards a new epistemology of the urban?" City 19 (2–3), pp. 151–182 (2015)
Bibliography
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Authored books in English
Authored books in other languages
Edited and co-edited books
- Implosions/Explosions: Towards a Study of Planetary Urbanization (2014)
- Cities for People, not for Profit: Critical Urban Theory and the Right to the City (2011)
- Henri Lefebvre, State, Space, World (2009)
- The Global Cities Reader (2006)
- State/Space: A Reader (2003)
- Spaces of Neoliberalism: Urban Restructuring in Western Europe and North America (2002)
Pamphlets
- "The Afterlives of Neoliberalism" (2012)[17]
References
- "Directory". The University of Chicago Division of the Social Sciences. Neil Brenner. Retrieved 2023-04-22.
- "Neil Brenner".
- "Newsletter of the Community and Urban Sociology Section" (PDF). CUSS News. American Sociological Association. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
- "Neil Brenner CV" (PDF).
- "Neil Brenner, "The Urbanization Question, or, the Field Formerly Known as Urban Studies"". Harvard GSD. Harvard GSD. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
- "Neil Brenner". Holcim Foundation. Holcim Foundation. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
- Pfänder, Christina. "Initiative for liveable cities". Alumniportal Deutschland. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
- Brenner, Neil (1999). "Globalisation as Reterritorialisation: The Re-scaling of Urban Governance in the European Union". Urban Studies. 36 (3): 431–451. doi:10.1080/0042098993466. S2CID 59520104. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
- Brenner, Neil (September 9, 2004). New State Spaces: Urban Governance and the Rescaling of Statehood. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780191699450. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
- Brenner, Neil (2016). Critique of Urbanization: Selected Essays. Birkhäuser Verlag. ISBN 9783035607956. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
- Brenner, Neil (2019). New Urban Spaces: Urban Theory and the Scale Question. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780190627188. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
- (2017)Brenner, Neil (2016). "La explosion de lo urbano". Investigaciones Geográficas. Santiago de Chile: ARQ ediciones (98). doi:10.14350/rig.59873. S2CID 146363836. Retrieved 27 February 2023. (2016)
- Brenner, Neil (2017). Stato, spazio, urbanizzazione. Milan: Guerini Scientifica. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
- Brenner, Neil (2017). Teoría urbana crítica y políticas de escala. Barcelona: Icaria. ISBN 978-84-9888-735-8. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
- Brenner, Neil (2018). Espaços da Urbanização: o urbano a partir da teoria crítica (PDF). Letra Capital. ISBN 978-85-7785-627-5. Retrieved 27 February 2023. (2018)
- Brenner, Neil (2020). 城市,地域,星球:批判城市理论 / City, Territory, Planet: Studies in Critical Urban Theory. Beijing: Commercial Publishers. ISBN 978-7-100-16551-8. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
- Brenner, Neil (2012). "The Afterlives of Neoliberalism". London: Bedford Press / Architectural Association. Retrieved 27 February 2023.