JAN NIJMAN
CURRICULUM VITAE
July 2016
Contact:
Urban Studies Institute, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University, 14
Marietta St. NW, Suite 658, Atlanta, GA 30303; [email protected]
CURRENT POSITIONS AND AFFILIATIONS
Director, Urban Studies Institute; Distinguished University Professor (Geosciences), Georgia
State University, since 2016
Professor of Urban Studies, University of Amsterdam, since 2011
Chair, Global Exploration Fund - Europe, National Geographic Society, since 2011
PREVIOUS POSITIONS AND AFFILIATIONS
2011-2015
1998-2011
2004-2011
2009-2011
2002-2011
1993-2001
1998-2000
1994-1998
1992-1995
1990-1994
1988-1990
1987-1988
Founding Director and Professor, Centre for Urban Studies, U of Amsterdam
Professor, Dept. of Geography & Regional Studies, University of Miami FL
Director, Urban Studies Program, College of Arts & Sciences, U of Miami
Faculty Master, Pearson Undergraduate Residential College, U of Miami
Member, Committee for Research & Exploration, National Geographic Society
Director, International Studies Program, College of Arts & Sciences, U of Miami
Member, NSF Senior Panel in Geography and Regional Sciences
Associate Professor, Department of Geography & Regional Studies, U of Miami
Associate Faculty Master, Hecht Undergraduate Residential College, U of Miami
Assistant Professor, Department of Geography & Regional Studies, U of Miami
Part-time instructor, Department of Geography, U of Colorado, Boulder
Teaching-assistant, Department of Geography, U of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Geography, University of Colorado at Boulder, 1990
M.A. in Geography, University of Amsterdam, 1985
B.A. in Geography, University of Amsterdam, 1980
Post-graduate Training
The Netherlands Institute for International Affairs “Clingendael”, in association with the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Dutch Foreign Service, The Hague, fall 1986. “Leergang
Buitenlandse Betrekkingen”: a full-time 3-month preparatory program for Dutch diplomats on
foreign policy making, cross-cultural training, diplomacy, and conflict resolution.
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Languages
Fluent English and Dutch; working knowledge French and German; basic knowledge Spanish
RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS
Urban theory, comparative urban and regional studies, geographies of urbanization and
development, history of cities; globalization. Regional expertise: North America, India, West
Europe.
PROFESSIONAL HONORS
Mellon Visiting Professor, University of Pretoria, 2015-2016
J.B. Jackson Book Prize, Association of American Geographers, 2012 (Miami: Mistress of the
Americas, University of Pennsylvania Press)
Guggenheim Fellowship, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 2003
Excellence in Teaching Award, University of Miami, 1998.
Wibaut Chair (Distinguished Visiting Professor), University of Amsterdam, 1996
Knight Fellowship, University of Miami, for outstanding new research faculty, 1990-1992
Warren Nystrom Award, Association of American Geographers, for best doctoral dissertation in
Geography in the United States, 1991
University Fellowship, for doctoral studies at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign,
1987-1988
SELECTED KEYNOTES AND INVITED LECTURES
(see appendix for full list and details):
Georgia Institute for Technology, School for City and Regional Planning, 2016
Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2016
European University at St. Petersburg, Russia, 2015
Georgia State University, Atlanta, 2015
University of Pretoria, 2015
Urban Affairs Association, Miami, 2015
Regional Studies Association, Tampa FL, 2014
Leiden University, Netherlands, 2014
Spaces and Flows Conference, Amsterdam 2013
Universitas21 Conference, Amsterdam, 2013
Santa Fe Institute, 2013
Cities-2030 Conference, University of Miami, 2013
University of Manchester, United Kingdom, 2012
Center for Humanities, University of Miami, 2012
Indian Anthropological Association/Indian Institute for Technology Bombay, India, 2012
L’Institut d’Études Politiques (Sciences Po), Paris, 2011
Kampong, National Botanical Tropical Garden, Coconut Grove FL, 2011
The Asia Center, University of Utah, 2011
School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University, 2011
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Global Metropolitan Studies, University of California at Berkeley, 2010
Royal Dutch Geographical Society, Utrecht, Netherlands, 2009
Journal for Economic and Social Geography (TESG), Centennial Lecture, Las Vegas, 2009
City Institute at York University, Toronto, 2008
Kutztown University, Pennsylvania, 2008
Florida Society of Geographers, Annual Meeting Keynote Speech, Miami, 2008
Trinity College, Hartford, 2007
Kiran C. Patel Center for Global Solutions, University of South Florida, Tampa, 2006
University of Wisconsin, Dhaliwal Lecture, 2006
Harvard Museum of Natural History / NGS: series of lectures on tour in India, 2005
Rachna Sansad School of Architecture, Mumbai / Mumbai Study Group, 2005
School of Geography, Clark University, 2003
Davis Center for Historical Studies, Princeton University, 2003 (declined)
Department of Geography, UCLA, 2003
Committee for Research and Exploration, National Geographic Society, 2001
James Baker III Institute, Rice University, 2001
Department of Geography, University of Georgia, Athens, 2000
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT, Mumbai, 2000
Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, 1999
Huntington Library, San Marino, California, 1998
Wolfsonian Museum, Miami Beach, 1997
Department of Geography, University of Bombay, 1996
School of Environmental Sciences, University of Amsterdam, 1996
Amsterdam Study Centre for the Metropolitan Environment, 1996
Department of Geography, Syracuse University, 1995
Faculdad Latinoamericana Ciencias Sociales, Universidad Catolica de Ecuador, Quito, 1994
EXTERNAL RESEARCH GRANTS (PI or co-PI unless noted otherwise)
Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO), 2016-2020: Talent Grant
(Talentbeurs) for PhD student R.J. van Duijne, “A New Urban Epoch? Alternative ways to
measure urbanization using VHR remote sensing data.” (€220,000).
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Major Collective Research
Initiative (MCRI), 2010-2016: “Global Suburbanism.” The project is coordinated at the City
Institute of York University, Toronto, with Roger Keil as project manager. Nijman is coinvestigator and “Team Lead” for the North American Research Cluster, involving 21
researchers in the United States and Canada ($ 2,500,000).
National Science Foundation, 2008-2009: REU Supplement to BCS-0721025 for undergraduate
student Zachary Woordward ($15,200)
National Science Foundation, 2007-2009: BCS-0721025: “Neglected Spatiality: Slums as Sites
of Economic Production. A Comparative Study of Mumbai and Johannesburg.” ($ 137,400).
National Science Foundation, 2002-2005: BCS-0213648: “Globalization, Liberalization, and
Urban Restructuring in the Less-Developed World: A Comparative Study of Socioeconomic and Spatial Polarization in Accra and Mumbai.” ($ 153,438)
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 2003-2004: Guggenheim Fellowship: “Miami
as a Laboratory of Urban Living.” ($35,000)
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National Science Foundation, 2003-2005: BCS-0306230: REU Supplement for undergraduate
students Ms. Daniela Belloli and Ms. Lynsey Irwin ($12,015)
National Science Foundation: 1999: BCS-9941446: REU Supplement for undergraduate
student Ms. Shani Ospina ($4,750)
National Science Foundation, 1998-2001: BCS 9730920/0096078: “Globalization and Urban
Restructuring in the Periphery of the World-Economy: A Comparative Geographic Analysis
of Accra and Mumbai.” ($ 234,360).
Committee for Research & Exploration, National Geographic Society, 1998-2000: #6023-97.
“Globalization, land values, and socio-economic polarization in Mumbai, India.” ($13,928)
Association of American Geographers: 1997: “Mumbai's globalization in the Context of Indian
National Planning and Liberalization Policies.” ($760).
PUBLICATIONS
Books and monographs
1. Geography: Realms, Regions and Concepts. 17th Edition. Wiley, in press (with H.J. de Blij
and P.O. Muller).
2. The World Today: Concepts and Regions in Geography. 7th Edition. Wiley, 2016 (with P.O.
Muller and H.J. de Blij).
3. Miami: Mistress of the Americas. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2011. Winner of the
J.B. Jackson Book Prize of the Association of American Geographers, 2012.
4. The Global Moment in Urban Evolution. Amsterdam: Amsterdam Study Centre for the
Metropolitan Environment, 1996.
5. The Geopolitics of Power and Conflict: Superpowers in the International System. New
York: Wiley, 1993.
Edited collections
6. The Life of North American Suburbs. University of Toronto Press (contracted, in progress).
7. Amsterdam’s Canal District: Historic Origins and Future Prospects. University of Toronto
Press (contracted, in progress).
8. “Mythical North American Suburbs.” Special guest-edited issue of Environment & Planning
A vol. 47 (2015).
9. “Comparative Urbanism.” Special guest-edited issue of Urban Geography vol. 28 (2007).
10. The Global Crisis in Foreign Aid. Syracuse University Press, 2nd edition 2000, 1st edition
1998 (with R. Grant).
11. “Foreign Aid in the New World Order.” Special guest-edited issue of Tijdschrift voor
Economische en Sociale Geografie, vol. 86 (1995) (with R. Grant).
12. “The Political Geography of the Post-Cold War World.” Special guest-edited issue of The
Professional Geographer, vol. 44 (1992) (with J. O’Loughlin).
Journal articles and book chapters
13. “Naissance d’une ville mondiale.” Problèmes d’Amérique Latine 96 (2016): 19-37.
14. “De sociale duurzaamheid van Europese steden. Het belang van lokale overheden.” [The
social sustainability of European cities and the role of local governments]. In: V. Mamadouh
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& A. van Wageningen (eds.) EU @ Amsterdam: Een Stedelijke Raad. Amsterdam
University Press, 2016 (with S. Musterd).
15. “The theoretical imperative of comparative urbanism.” Regional Studies 49/1 (2015): 183186.
16. “India’s urban future: Views from the slum.” American Behavioral Scientist 59/3 (2015):
406-423.
17. “North American suburbia in flux.” Environment & Planning A vol. 47 (2015): 3-9.
18. “Rethinking suburbia: A case study of metropolitan Miami.” Environment & Planning A
vol. 47 (2015): 69-88 (with T. Clery).
19. “Economische vitaliteit en sociale duurzaamheid: Bestuurlijke uitdagingen van de stad.”
[Economic vitality and social sustainability: Urban management challenges]. Invited essay
for the Ministry of the Interior of the Dutch Government, The Hague, 2015 (with S.
Musterd).
20. “The United States: Suburban imaginaries and metropolitan realities.” In: P. Hamel & R.
Keil (eds.), Suburban Governance: A Global View. University of Toronto Press, pp. 57-79,
2015 (with T. Clery).
21. “Megacities” In: Paul Knox (ed.) Atlas of Cities. Mapping the Origins, Development, and
Impacts of Urbanization. Princeton University Press, 2014, pp. 140-157 (with M. Shin).
22. “Transnational Cities.” In: Paul Knox (ed.), Atlas of Cities. Mapping the Origins,
Development, and Impacts of Urbanization. Princeton University Press (2014, with M.
Shin).
23. “Cities – Mumbai.” In: China, India, and East and Southeast Asia: Assessing Sustainability.
Berkshire Encyclopedia of Sustainability, 2013, 255-258.
24. “The American suburb as utopian constellation.” In: Roger Keil (ed.), Suburban
Constellations. Jovis Publishers, Berlin, 2013, pp. 159-167.
25. “India’s urban challenge.” Eurasian Geography and Economics 53/1 (2012): 7-20.
26. “Mumbai as a global city. A theoretical essay.” In: B. Derudder, M. Hoyler, P.J. Taylor &
F. Witlox (eds.), International Handbook of Globalization and World Cities. Edward Elgar,
2012.
27. “India in the urban revolution.” The Indian Anthropologist 42/2 (2012): 1-17.
28. “A study of space in Mumbai’s slums.” Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie
101 (2010): 4-17.
29. “Mumbai: Een post-koloniale wereldstad.” Geografie November 2009: 19-22.
30. “Against the odds: Slum rehabilitation in neoliberal Mumbai.” Cities 25 (2008): 75-87.
31. “Aufstieg auf Pump: Auf der Suche nach Indiens Neue Mittelschicht.” Der Überblick:
Zeitschrift für Ökumenische Begegnung und Internationale Zusammenarbeit (Germany)
vol.43/3 (2007): 70-75.
32. “Mumbai since liberalization: The space-economy of India’s gateway city.” In: A. Shaw
(ed.), Indian Cities in Transition. New Delhi: Orient Longman, 2007. Pp. 238-259.
33. “Comparative Urbanism.” Urban Geography vol. 28 (2007): 1-6.
34. “Place-particularity and deep analogies: A comparative historical essay about Miami’s
emergence as a world city.” Urban Geography vol. 28 (2007): 92-107.
35. “Locals, exiles, and cosmopolitans. A theoretical argument about identity and place in
Miami.” Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie vol. 98 (2007): 167-178.
36. “Mumbai’s mysterious middle class.” International Journal for Urban and Regional
Research vol. 30 (2006): 758-775.
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37. “The rescaling of uneven development in Ghana and India.” In: W. Moseley, D. Lanegran &
K. Pandit (eds.), The Introductory Reader in Human Geography. London: Blackwell, 2006.
Pp. 297-308 (with R. Grant). [Reprinted from TESG 2004].
38. “Globalization and the corporate geography of cities in the less-developed world.” In: N.
Brenner & R. Keil (eds.), The Global Cities Reader. New York: Routledge, 2006. Pp. 224237 (with R. Grant). [Reprinted from The Annals of the AAG 2002].
39. “Cultural globalization and the identity of place: The reconstruction of Amsterdam.” In: N.
Fyfe & J.T. Kenny (eds.), The Urban Geography Reader. New York: Routledge, 2005. Pp.
93-102. [Reprinted from Ecumene 1999].
40. “Miami: Één grote migrantenwijk.” Stedenbouw en Ruimtelijke Ordening (Netherlands)
(2005): 53-58.
41. “Globalization and the hyper-differentiation of space in the less developed world.” In: J.
O’Loughlin, L. Staeheli and E. Greenberg (eds.), Globalization and its Outcomes. Guilford
Press, 2004. Pp. 45-66 (with R. Grant).
42. “Observaties vanuit Miami: Schaalkwesties bij de analyse van mondiale stedelijke
netwerken.” (Matters of scale in the analysis of global urban networks), Agora (Belgium)
vol. 20 (2004): 18-22.
43. “The rescaling of uneven development in Ghana and India.” Tijdschrift voor Economische
en Sociale Geografie vol. 95 (2004): 461-481 (with R. Grant).
44. “Post-colonial cities in the global era: A comparative study of Mumbai and Accra.” In: A.
Dutt & A. Noble (eds.), Challenges of Asian Urbanization. Dordrecht, The Netherlands:
Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2003. Pp. 31-52 (with R. Grant).
45. “The effects of economic globalization on land use and land values in Mumbai.” In: R.
Grant and J.R. Short (eds.), Globalization at the Margins. Basingstoke (UK): Palgrave
Publishers, 2002. Pp. 150-169.
46. “Metropolitane politiek in Miami.” Rooilijn: Tijdschrift voor Wetenschap en Beleid in de
Ruimtelijke Ordening (Netherlands) vol. 8 (October 2002): 379-386.
47. “Globalization and the corporate geography of cities in the less-developed world.” Annals of
the Association of American Geographers vol. 92 (2002): 320-340 (with R. Grant).
48. “The global moment in urban evolution.” In: L. Deben et al (eds.), Understanding
Amsterdam: Essays in Economic Vitality, City Life and Urban Form. Amsterdam: Het
Spinhuis, 2001 (2nd rev. and exp. ed.), 2001. Pp. 19-57.
49. “The political geography of world cities.” In: G. Dijkink and H. Knippenberg (eds.), The
Territorial Factor. Political Geography in a Globalizing World. Amsterdam: Amsterdam
University Press, 2001. Pp. 97-112.
50. “Foreign Aid.” In: J. Krieger (ed.), The Oxford Companion to Politics of the World. 2nd
Edition. New York: Oxford University Press, 2001. Pp. 288-290.
51. “Madeleine Albright and the denial of geopolitics.” In: M. Antonsich, V. Kolossov and
M.P. Pagnini (eds.), Europe Between Political Geography and Geopolitics. Roma: Societa
Geografica Italiana, 2001. Pp. 461-472.
52. “New York City and the geopolitical transition.” The Arab World Geographer vol. 4 (2001):
96-99.
53. “The paradigmatic city.” Annals of the Association of American Geographers vol. 89
(2000): 135-145.
54. “World cities and grand theory.” Review essay. Economic and Political Weekly (India) vol.
35, no. 15 (April 8-14, 2000): 1255-1258.
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55. “Mumbai’s real estate market in the 1990s: Deregulation, global money, and casino
capitalism.” Economic and Political Weekly (India) vol. 35, no. 7 (2000): 575-582.
56. “Madeleine Albright and the geopolitics of Europe.” GeoJournal, vol. 46 (1999): 267-278.
57. “Cultural globalization and the identity of place: The reconstruction of Amsterdam.”
Cultural Geographies vol. 6 (1999): 146-164.
58. “The foreign aid regime in flux: crisis or transition?” In: R. Grant & J. Nijman (eds.), The
Global Crisis in Foreign Aid. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1998, pp. 3-10.
(with R. Grant).
59. “Foreign aid at the end of the century: The emerging transnational liberal order and the
crisis of modernity.” In: R. Grant & J. Nijman (eds.), The Global Crisis in Foreign Aid.
Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1998, pp. 183-198. (with R. Grant).
60. “United States foreign aid: Crisis, what crisis?” In: R. Grant & J. Nijman (eds.), The Global
Crisis in Foreign Aid. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1998, pp. 29-43.
61. “Urban change and institutional adaptation: The geographic identity of the University of
Miami.” In: H. van der Wusten (ed.), The Urban University and its Identity: Roots,
Locations, Roles. Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1998, pp. 187-206.
62. “Historical changes in US and Japanese foreign aid to the Asia-Pacific region.” Annals of
the Association of American Geographers vol. 87 (1997): 32-51 (with R. Grant).
63. “Globalization to a Latin beat: the Miami growth machine.” Annals of the American
Academy of Political and Social Sciences issue 551 (May 1997): 163-176. (Also translated
in Chinese by the United States Information Agency, in the journal Exchange, 1998).
64. “Entre le nord et le sud: l'internationalisation de Miami.” In: P. Claval & A. Sanguin (eds.),
Métropolisation et Politique. Série “Culture et Politique, Collection “Géographie et Culture.
Paris: L’Harmattan Inc. 1997. Pp. 83-94
65. “Ethnicity, class, and the economic internationalization of Miami.” In: J. O'Loughlin & J.
Friedrichs (eds.), Social Polarization in Post-Industrial Metropolises. Berlin and Chicago:
Gruyter-Aldine 1996: 283-300.
66. “Breaking the rules: Miami in the urban hierarchy.” Urban Geography vol. 17 (1996): 5-22.
67. “Foreign aid: crisis or transition?” Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie vol.
86 (1995): 215-218 (with R. Grant).
68. “Wereldsteden in het proces van mondialisering.” In: J. Heilbron & N. Wilterdink (eds.),
Mondialisering: de wording van de wereldsamenleving. Groningen: Wolters-Noordhoff,
1995: 206-224. [Reprinted from Amsterdams Sociologisch Tijdschrift 1995].
69. “Reshaping US foreign aid: continuity and change.” Tijdschrift voor Economische en
Sociale Geografie vol. 86 (1995): 219-234.
70. “Integratie en desintegratie in het geopolitieke wereldbestel.” In: B. De Pater (ed.),
Eenwording en Verbrokkeling: Paradox van de Regionale Dynamiek [The Paradox of
Regional Integration and Fragmentation]. Van Gorcum 1995: 111-146 (with T. Nierop).
71. “Wereldsteden in het proces van mondialisering.” Amsterdams Sociologisch Tijdschrift
(The Netherlands) vol. 22 (1995): 206-224.
72. “The Dutch East India Company (VOC) and the expansion of the world-system, 16021799.” Political Geography, vol. 13 (1994): 211-227.
73. The Geopolitics Dictionary (nineteen entries), ed. J. O'Loughlin. Westport CT: Greenwood
Press 1994 (also translated in Italian and Japanese).
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74. “Breaking the cold war mould in Europe: a geopolitical tale of gradual change and sharp
snaps.” In: J. O'Loughlin & H. van der Wusten (eds.), The New Political Geography of
Eastern Europe. London: Belhaven Press, 1993: 15-30. (with H. van der Wusten).
75. “Contra Wishful Thinking.” Invited commentary on P.J. Taylor's ‘Contra Political
Geography’. Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie vol. 84 (1993): 91-93.
76. “The Political Geography of the Post Cold War World.” “Introduction.” and “Closing
Remarks.” The Professional Geographer, vol. 44 (1992): 1-3, 28-29.
77. “The Limits of Superpower: the United States and the Soviet Union since World War II.”
Annals of the Association of American Geographers, vol. 82/4 (1992): 681-695.
78. “The dynamics of superpower spheres of influence. US and Soviet military activities, 19481978.” In: M. D. Ward (ed.), The New Geopolitics. New York: Gordon & Breach, 1992: 91120. [Reprinted from International Interactions 1991].
79. “The dynamics of superpower spheres of influence: US and Soviet military activities, 19481978.” International Interactions vol. 17 (1991): 63-91.
80. “Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon: a classroom-project.” Journal of Geography, vol.
90, (May/June 1991): 102-105 (with A.D. Hill).
81. “Determinanten van het tijdstip van politieke dekolonisatie, 1945-1983.” Geografisch
Tijdschrift (The Netherlands) vol. 21 (1987): 240-252.
82. “Security policies of European countries outside the Soviet sphere.” Journal of Peace
Research, vol. 22 (1985): 303-319 (with H. van der Wusten and R. Thijsse).
83. Finlandisering, de voorloper van ‘Hollanditis’ (contributions to various chapters) Edited by
M. de Kwaasteniet & H. van der Wusten. Amsterdam: Subfaculteit der Sociale Geografie,
Universiteit van Amsterdam, 1982. 163 pp.
Book reviews
84. Annals of the Association of American Geographers vol. 90 (2001): R.S. Khare, “Cultural
Diversity and Social Discontent. Anthropological Studies on Contemporary India.”
85. Annals of the Association of American Geographers vol. 90 (2001): P. Trubowitz, “Defining
the National Interest. Conflict and Change in American Foreign Policy.”
86. Geographical Review vol. 89 (1999): D.T. Murphy, “The Heroic Earth: Geopolitical
Thought in Weimar Germany, 1918-1933.”
87. Geojournal, vol. 43 (1998): G. Dijkink, “National Identity and Geopolitical Vision. Maps of
Pride and Pain.”
88. The Professional Geographer 50 (1998): J. Agnew (ed.), “Political Geography: A Reader.”
89. Urban Geography 18 (1997): P.L. Knox and P.J. Taylor (eds.), “World Cities in a World
System.”
90. GeoJournal 42 (1997): P.J. Taylor, “How the Modern World Works. World Hegemony to
World Impasse.”
91. Journal for Economic and Social Geography (TESG) 88 (1997): J. Agnew and S. Corbridge,
“Mastering Space: Hegemony, Territory, and International Political Economy.”
92. Environment and Planning A 26/12 (1994): Z. Mlinar (ed.), “Globalization and Territorial
Identities.”
93. Annals of the Association of American Geographer 84/3 (1994): A. Portes and A. Stepick,
“City on the Edge: The Transformation of Miami.”
94. Geographical Review 82 (1992): R.M. Siverson & H. Starr, “The Diffusion of War: A Study
of Opportunity and Willingness.”
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95. The Professional Geographer 44 (1992): I. Wallerstein, “Geopolitics and Geoculture:
Essays on the Changing World-System.”
96. Geographical Review 81 (1991): H. Faringdon, “Strategic Geography: NATO, the Warsaw
Pact, and the Superpowers.”
97. Urban Geography 12 (1991): G.W. Shannon, G.F. Pyle and R.L. Bashshur, “The
Geography of AIDS: Origins and Course of an Epidemic.”
98. Journal for Economic and Social Geography (TESG) 82 (1991): P.J. Taylor, “Britain and
the Cold War. 1945 as Geopolitical Transition.”
99. Political Geography Quarterly 9 (1990): G.R. Sloan, “Geopolitics in United States
Strategic Policy, 1890-1987.”
Popular press publications:
100. “In 12 Years, China built more houses than there are in all of the U.K. The New Republic,
August 27, 2014 (with M. Shin)
101. “Miami Is the #1 Airport in America for Shipping Dead Foreigners. Here's What It Costs
to Fly a Corpse Home.” The New Republic, August 31, 2014. (with M. Shin)
102. “Pecking order: World city in the middle.” World City Business May 2007: 18-19.
103. “War will hurt US economy.” Op-ed article, The Miami Herald 11-13-2002.
104. “Drugs, corruption in a world city...sounds like Shanghai in 1900s.” World City Business
9-11-2001.
105. “Hong Kong, Miami separated by more than just distance.” World City Business 8-142001.
106. “Washington-Miami contrast brings 'home-bias' to light.” World City Business 7-17-2001.
107. “FedEx study finds Miami ranks 10th, listens to N.Y.” World City Business 7-3-2001.
108. “Today's Miami strikingly like 17th century Amsterdam.” World City Business 6-19-2001.
109. “New poll ranks Miami low but should we care?” World City Business 6-5-2001.
110. “A great plan is needed to harvest great potential.” World City Business 5-22-2001.
111. “Latin American gains could be Miami’s loss.” Op-ed article, The Miami Herald 5-9-2001.
112. “Miami's tomorrow, N.Y.'s yesterday.” World City Business 5-8-2001.
113. “There is more riding on taxi cabs than you think.” World City Business 4-24-2001.
114. “Is stability in region really good for Miami?” World City Business 4-10-2001.
115. “Miami, of all places, ignored by 'Magical Urbanism'.” World City Business 3-27-2001.
116. “Houston is old economy city in new economy world.” World City Business 3-13-2001.
117. “NAP center could change face of downtown.” World City Business 2-27-2001.
118. “Miami’s origins as a ‘world city’ differ from L.A.’s.” World City Business 2-13-2001.
119. “Dublin is a world city by design - unlike Miami.” World City Business 1-30-2001.
120. “Miami a north-south hub, but that's half the story.” World City Business 1-16-2001.
121. “Rest of the U.S. does not see Miami as a world city.” World City Business 1-2-2001.
122. “Singapore is prosperous, but give me Miami's grit, freedom.” World City Business 12-192000.
123. “Miami an 'e-gateway to the America's? - not yet.” World City Business 12-5-2000.
124. “Ships, trains and cars did little for Miami.” World City Business 11-21-2000.
125. “Jacksonville, Miami: Same state, but worlds apart.” World City Business 11-7-2000.
126. “Miami's 'centrality' key to ranking as world city.” World City Business 10-24-2000.
127. “Global economy feels more impact from vital cities.” World City Business 10-10-2000.
128. “De kruis-raketten fixatie.” [The cruise missiles fixation]. Intermediair 23 (1987): 44.
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129. “Angola, de schijn van tien jaar onafhankelijkheid.” [Angola: the deceptive appearance of
ten years of independence]. Intermediair 21 (1985): 73-77 (with T. Nierop).
130. “Finlandisering, een misbruikte metafoor.” [Finlandization: an abused metaphor].
Intermediair 20/34 (1984): 45-49, 53 (with R. Thijsse).
131. “Al 36 jaar lijdend aan Finlandisering maar nog steeds kerngezond.” [36 years of suffering
from Finlandization but still perfectly healthy]. De Volkskrant 10-31-1981 (with R.
Thijsse).
Consulting reports
Lagere overheden, openbare diensten, en sociaal-ruimtelijke omgeving. [Local governments,
public services, and the urban environment]. Instituut voor Sociale Geografie, Universiteit
van Amsterdam, 1986. 89 pp.
De sociaal-economische en ecologische functies van het Markermeer. [The social, economic,
and ecological functions of the Marker-Lake]. Research and Consultancy Firm "Regioplan",
commissioned by the Foundation for the Conservation of the IJssel-lake (VBIJ) and
presented to members of the Dutch Parliament. Edam, the Netherlands, 1985. 60 pp.
Referee, since 1990:
Journal manuscripts:
American Political Science Review
Annals of the Association of American Geographers
Antipode
Cultural Geographies
Current Anthropology
Economic Geography
Ecumene
Environment and Planning A
Ethnic and Racial Studies
Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
Geographical Review
Geography Research Forum
GeoJournal
Geopolitics and International Boundaries
International Journal for Urban and Regional Research
Journal of Geography
Journal of Housing and the Built Environment
Journal of Urban Affairs
Journal of Urbanism
Political Geography
Professional Geographer
Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography
Southeastern Geographer
Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie
Urban Affairs Review
Urban Geography
Urban Studies
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Organization of conferences
• Urban Sustainable Development: Integrating Social Sciences and Technology. Collaborative
symposium of the Centre for Urban Studies (U of Amsterdam) and the Centre for Science
and Engineering (IIT Mumbai). Mumbai, March 26-27, 2015.
• The 400th Anniversary of Amsterdam’s Canal District: Historical Perspectives and Future
Challenges. Centre for Urban Studies of the University of Amsterdam, October 18, 2013.
Special conference sessions organized
• “North American Suburbanisms.” Annual Meeting of the AAG, New York, February 2012
• “Affordable Housing in North American Cities, I, II.” Annual Meeting of the AAG, San
Francisco, April 2007
• “Comparative Urbanism I, II.” Annual Meeting of the AAG, Denver, April 2005
• “India in the World-Economy.” Annual Meeting of the AAG, Fort Worth, TX, April 1997
• “The Political Geography of the Post-Cold War Order.” Annual Meeting of the AAG,
Miami, March 1990 (with J. O'Loughlin)
TEACHING
Teaching Appointments
Teaching experience at the U of Illinois, U of Colorado, U of Miami, and U of Amsterdam, in
programs of Geography, Planning, International Development Studies, Urban Studies, and
International Studies.
Resident Faculty Master Appointments
Two stints as resident faculty in the U of Miami’s undergraduate Residential College system:
Associate Faculty Master in Hecht College from 1992-1995 and Faculty Master in Pearson
College from 2009-2011. Responsibilities included general student advising; facilitating student
programming teams for social and educational events; working with students in volunteering
programs; community building; increasing multicultural awareness and diversity; leadership
development; supervision student teams and Pearson Residential College staff; budget authority
(as Master in Pearson College); liaising with the higher administration, advising offices, and
counseling services.
Courses designed/taught:
Undergraduate: World Cities; India Lecture Series; Geographies of Europe; Geopolitics;
Introduction to Human Geography; World Regional Geography; Metropolitan Miami; Cities in
Time & Space; Globalization and Urbanization
Graduate: Place, Region, Nature (Theory in Geography); South Asian Geographies; Geopolitics
& Geoculture; Social Challenges and the City; Advanced Urban Studies, Advanced Urban
Geography
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