I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning at Utrecht University. Previously, I held a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Institute on Municipal Finance and Governance, Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Toronto. I have a PhD in Planning from the Department of Geography and Planning at the University of Toronto. 

My research focuses on intersections between urban planning, international development planning, governance and urban policies, and how planning tools and participation address spatial inequality in cities.

My past and current research provides a critical approach to understand social justice outcomes in planning focusing on two key areas. First, I explore the role of urban policy in producing spatial justice and injustice, in particular on the right to the city and urban social movements, participatory planning, and metropolitan governance. Second, I explore the idea of precarious housing in a range of contexts. This includes exploring urban occupations and the complexity of incremental housing in the Global South, as well as the issue of urban vacancy in large metropolises. 

Please see my CV for more details. To get in touch with me, please send me an email. ​​​

Recent news
​New article: Life after renewal: a systematic review of the social impacts of public housing redevelopment.
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New article: The informal governance of LEGO urbanism: Temporary housing in the Netherlands.
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New book: Claiming the right to the city: Rethinking urban transformations in Brazil.

New article: Challenging gentrification: Community struggle in CLT H-Buurt, Amsterdam.

New special issue introduction: Reimagining incremental housing: City-making within and beyond the state. 
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​"Right to the City", in Oxford Bibliographies.