I am an Associate Professor of Urban Regeneration at Delft University of Technology. Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, Department of Urbanism. I have also been appointed as Delft Education Fellow 2020-2021.

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My research interests and expertise include urban regeneration, self-organisation, community entrepreneurship, online/offline citizen engagement, tactical urbanism, placemaking, democratic innovation and the use of digital participatory platforms for co-production between citizens and governments. I am currently involved as co-investigator in an NWA project on 'Dilemmas of Doing Diversity' (lead: Prof. Marlou Schrover, Leiden University), particularly in housing and community-based initiatives. Other research includes urban regeneration and residential relocation in China, and spatial justice in local redevelopment approaches.

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At the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, Prof. Machiel van Dorst, Prof. Maarten van Ham, and I manage the Urban Studies research group in the Department of Urbanism.

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My educational background is in urban planning, housing and urban geography. I obtained a MSc degree in urban planning from Groningen University. In 2005, I received my PhD degree in urban geography at Delft University of Technology, for my thesis "Social Implications of Urban Restructuring and Residential Relocation".