Neil Brenner


Neil Brenner is an American urban theorist currently serving as Lucy Flower Professor of Urban Sociology at the University of Chicago. He previously was professor of urban theory at the Harvard Graduate School of Design and professor of sociology at New York University. He has also held visiting appointments at the National University of Singapore, University of Amsterdam, Bard College, Maynooth University, University of Bristol, and University of Urbino. He is a member of the American Sociological Association and the Association of American Geographers.
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.

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