Lewis Dijkstra

Lewis Dijkstra leads the Urban and Territorial Analysis Team in the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission. This team produces and analysis territorial data, builds spatial scenarios, supports impact assessment and makes policy recommendations for cities, towns and rural areas in Europe as well as Africa. Prior to that, he led the Economic Analysis sector in the Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy. He is a visiting professor in practice at the London School of Economics and Political Science, a Penn Institute for Urban Research Scholar and a Fellow of the Regional Studies Association. He holds a PhD in Urban and Regional Planning from Rutgers University, New Jersey, an MSc in Urban and Regional Planning from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a BA in Political Science from the University of Ghent, Belgium.