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Authors

Directory of people who have contributed their thoughts on public space

  • Ash Amin

    Ash Amin

    • Kampala (Uganda)

    Geographer

  • Louise Amoore

    Louise Amoore

    Working on issues of risk, economy and security at the Institute for Hazard and Risk Research

  • Isabelle Anguelovski

    Isabelle Anguelovski

    • Barcelona (Spain)

    Social Scientist trained in Urban and Environmental Planning

  • Xavier Antich

    Xavier Antich

    • La Seu d'Urgell (Spain)

    Philosopher

  • Anne Applebaum

    Anne Applebaum

    • Washington (United States of America)

    Writer, journalist and editorial counselor.

  • Maria Auböck

    Maria Auböck

    • Munich (Germany)

    Architect, landscaper, and lecturer. Member of the Prize’s Board of Experts.

  • Paul Auster

    Paul Auster

    • New York (United States of America)

    Writer, film director and scriptwriter.

  • Pedro Azara

    Pedro Azara

    • Barcelona (Spain)

    Architect

  • Anna Bach

    Anna Bach

    • Barcelona (Spain)

    Architect

  • Gjergj Bakallbashi

    Gjergj Bakallbashi

    • Tirana (Albania)

    Architect. Member of the Prize’s Board of Experts (2016-2022).

  • Ethel Baraona

    Ethel Baraona

    • Barcelona (Spain)

    Critic, writer, and curator

  • Enric Batlle

    Enric Batlle

    • Barcelona (Spain)

    Architect, lecturer at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia and President of the prize jury in 2016.

  • Julie-Anne Boudreau

    Julie-Anne Boudreau

    Doctorada en estudis urbans per l’Escola de Política Pública i Recerca social de la Universitat de Califòrnia

  • Ole Bouman

    Ole Bouman

    • Rotterdam (Netherlands)

    Architect. Member of the prize jury.

  • Joanna Bourke

    Joanna Bourke

    • Blenheim (New Zealand)

    Historian

  • Rosi Braidotti

    Rosi Braidotti

    • Utrecht (Netherlands)

    Philosopher

  • Luisa Bravo

    Luisa Bravo

    • Bologna (Italy)

    Urban designer, public space activist, social entrepreneur. Member of the Prize’s Board of Experts 2022 and 2024

  • David Bravo i Bordas

    David Bravo i Bordas

    • Barcelona (Spain)

    Architect. Former secretary of the Prize Jury (2010-2018)

  • Lindsay Bremner

    Lindsay Bremner

    Professor of Architecture

  • Maria Buhigas

    Maria Buhigas

    • Barcelona (Spain)

    Urban planner

  • Judith Butler

    Judith Butler

    • Berkeley (United States of America)

    Philosopher

  • Bruce Bégout

    Bruce Bégout

    • Bordeaux (France)

    Philosopher and writer

  • Lydia Cacho

    Lydia Cacho

    • Mexico City (Mexico)

    Journalist, writer and activist for women and children's rights

  • Peter Cachola Schmal

    Peter Cachola Schmal

    • Frankfurt am Main (Germany)

    Architect and architecture critic. Director of the German Architecture Museum (DAM) and member of the jury.

  • Teresa Caldeira

    Teresa Caldeira

    • Berkeley (United States of America)

    Anthropologist and Professor of City and Regional Planning at the University of California, Berkeley.

  • Nerea Calvillo

    Nerea Calvillo

    • Madrid (Spain)

    Architect and researcher

  • Salvador Cardús

    Salvador Cardús

    • Barcelona (Spain)

    Sociologist

  • Judit Carrera

    Judit Carrera

    • Barcelona (Spain)

    Political Scientist, director of the European Prize for Urban Public Space

  • Rafael Chirbes

    Rafael Chirbes

    • Tavernes de Valldigna, València

    Writer

  • Angharad Closs

    Angharad Closs

    With a doctorate from the Institute for Political and International Studies at Keele University

  • Patrick Cockburn

    Patrick Cockburn

    • County Cork (Ireland)

    Journalist, The Independent's Middle East correspondent

  • Rodrigo Coelho

    Rodrigo Coelho

    • Porto (Portugal)

    Architect. Member of the Prize’s Board of Experts (2016-2024)

  • Deborah Cowen

    Deborah Cowen

    Associate Professor of Geography at the University of Toronto

  • Jordan Crandall

    Jordan Crandall

    An artist and media theorist

  • Manuel Cruz

    Manuel Cruz

    Professor of Contemporary Philosophy at the University of Barcelona

  • Teddy Cruz

    Teddy Cruz

    Architect and lecturer in urbanism at the University of California, San Diego

  • Alejandro Echeverri

    Alejandro Echeverri

    • Medellín (Colòmbia) | @CachoEcheverri

    Architect and urban planner, director of the Centre for Urban and Environmental Studies (Urbam) at EAFIT University.

  • Carolin Emcke

    Carolin Emcke

    • Berlin (Germany)

    Journalist and philosopher

  • Ulrike Engel

    Ulrike Engel

    With a degree in Art History and Architecture from the Martin-Luther-University (Saale) and the Technical University (Berlin)

  • José Maria Ezquiaga

    José Maria Ezquiaga

    • Madrid (Spain)

    Architect and Sociologist

  • Albert García Espuche

    Albert García Espuche

    • Barcelona (Spain)

     Architect and historian. Member of the prize jury.

  • Jan Gehl

    Jan Gehl

    • Copenhagen (Denmark)

    Architect and urbanist. Member of the prize jury.

  • Bronislaw Geremek

    Bronislaw Geremek

    (1932-2008). Catedràtic de civilització europea del College of Europe a Natolin (Varsòvia).

  • Masha Gessen

    Masha Gessen

    • Moscow (Russia)

    Journalist and writer 

  • Suzanne Hall

    Suzanne Hall

    • London (United Kingdom)

    Professor in Sociology at the LSE and co-director of the  Cities programme

  • David Harvey

    David Harvey

    • Gillingham (United Kingdom)

    Geographer

  • Philip Hoare

    Philip Hoare

    • Southampton (United Kingdom)

    Writer 

  • Eric Hobsbawm

    Eric Hobsbawm

    (Alexandria, 1917). Professor emèrit d’Història social i econòmica del Birkbeck College, Universitat de Londres.

  • James Holston

    James Holston

    Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of San Diego, California

  • Axel Honneth

    Axel Honneth

    • Essen (Germany)

    Philosopher and sociologist

  • Srećko Horvat

    Srećko Horvat

    • Osijek (Croatia)

    Philosopher, author and political activist

  • Gus Hosein

    Gus Hosein

    • London (United Kingdom)

    Lawyer and director of Privacy International.

  • Hans Ibelings

    Hans Ibelings

    • Montreal (Canada)

    Architecture critic and historian. Member of the Jury (2016-2022) and, previously, of the Board of Experts of the Prize (2010-2012).

  • Sarah Mineko Ichioka

    Sarah Mineko Ichioka

    • Singapore (Singapore)

    Urbanist. Member of the prize jury (2010-2014)

  • Francesco Indovina

    Francesco Indovina

    • Termini Imerese (Italy)

    Urban planner, writer and politician.

  • Richard Ingersoll

    Richard Ingersoll

    An architect with a doctorate from the University of Berkeley (California)

  • Ira Katznelson 

    Ira Katznelson 

    • New York (United States of America)

    Political scientist and historian

  • Juulia Kauste

    Juulia Kauste

    • Helsinki (Finland)

    Sociologist and art historian. Former member of Prize Jury (2012-2016). Member of the Prize’s Board of Experts 2022 and 2024

  • Thomas Keenan

    Thomas Keenan

    Professor d’Història dels mitjans de comunicació i de Literatura comparada

  • Samir Khalaf

    Samir Khalaf

    Professor of Sociology at the American University

  • Francesc Muñoz

    Francesc Muñoz

    • Barcelona (Spain)

    Professor of Urban Geography at Universitat Autònoma of Barcelona. Member of the Prize's Board of Experts 2024

  • Eleni Myrivili

    Eleni Myrivili

    • Athens (Greece)

    Anthropologist and expert in Heat Resilience. Member of the Prize Jury 2022.

  • Deborah Natsios

    Deborah Natsios

    Director of Natsios Young Architects in New York

  • Shimon Naveh

    Shimon Naveh

    Director of the Operational Theory Research Institute of the National Defence College of Israel

  • Shane O'Toole

    Shane O'Toole

    • Kilkenny (Ireland)

    Architect. Member of the Prize’s Board of Experts (2012-2024)

  • Lluís Ortega

    Lluís Ortega

    • Barcelona (Spain)

    Architect and professor. Secretary of the 2022 and 2024 Jury

  • Lugh O’Neill

    Lugh O’Neill

    Composer and sound designer

  • Ewa P. Porębska

    Ewa P. Porębska

    • Warsaw (Poland)

    Architect and architecture expert, critic, curator, mentor. Former member of the Prize Jury (2016-2018). Member of the Prize’s Board of Experts (2010-2014, 2022 and 2024)

  • Rasheed Rahman

    Rasheed Rahman

    (Lahore, 1948). One of Pakistan’s most outstanding journalists

  • Francis Rambert

    Francis Rambert

    • Paris (France)

    Architect. Head of the Architectural Creation Department at the Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine. Member of the prize jury.

  • Josep Ramoneda

    Josep Ramoneda

    • Barcelona (Spain)

    Journalist, philosopher and writer

  • Vyjayanthi Rao

    Vyjayanthi Rao

    She received her PhD in Anthropology from the University of Chicago

  • Carlo Ratti

    Carlo Ratti

  • Carme Ribas

    Carme Ribas

    • Barcelona (Spain)

    Architect, Manager of the Besòs Consortium, President and Secretary of the prize jury in 2014 and 2006, respectively.

  • Greg Richards

    Greg Richards

    • Netherlands

    Geographer

  • Katharina Ritter

    Katharina Ritter

    • Vienna (Austria)

    Programme coordinator at the Architekturzentrum Wien. Member of the prize jury.

  • Mar Santamaria

    Mar Santamaria

    • Barcelona (Spain)

    Urban planner

  • Saskia Sassen

    Saskia Sassen

    • New York (United States of America)

    Sociologist, Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology at Columbia University, New York.

  • Donald Sassoon

    Donald Sassoon

    (Cairo). Professor of Comparative European History at Queen Mary, University of London.

  • Alessandro Scarnato

    Alessandro Scarnato

    • Barcelona (Spain)

    Architect

  • Marta Segarra

    Marta Segarra

    • Barcelona (Spain)

    Philologyst and researcher

  • Jorge Semprún

    Jorge Semprún

    (Madrid, 1923) Writer and philosopher

  • Richard Sennett

    Richard Sennett

    • New York (United States of America)

    Sociologist and writer, professor at the London School of Economics (LSE)

  • Carlo Sessa

    Carlo Sessa

    • Roma (Italy)

    Expert in Statistics and Demography

  • Bashkim Shehu

    Bashkim Shehu

    • Barcelona (Spain)

    Writer and translator. Member of the Prize’s Board of Experts.

  • Mimi Sheller

    Mimi Sheller

    • Philadelphia (United States of America)

    Sociologist

  • David Simon

    David Simon

    • Cape Town (South Africa)

    Director of Mistra Urban Futures and Professor of Development Geography

  • AbdouMaliq Simone

    AbdouMaliq Simone

    Professor of Sociology at Goldsmith College of the University of London

  • Shirley Steinberg

    Shirley Steinberg

    • Calgary (Canada)

    Educator

  • Dietmar Steiner

    Dietmar Steiner

    • Vienna (Austria)

    Architect and former director of the Architekturzentrum Wien. Member of the prize jury.

  • Paloma Strelitz

    Paloma Strelitz

    • London (United Kingdom)

    Strategist and creative director with a focus on cities, culture, and technology. Member of the Prize Jury 2022.  

  • Bo Stråth

    Bo Stråth

    • Helsinki (Finland)

    Historian

  • Nadia Urbinati

    Nadia Urbinati

    • New York (United States of America)

    Political Theorist

  • John Urry

    John Urry

    • Lancaster (United Kingdom)

    Sociologist

  • Gijs Van Oenen

    Gijs Van Oenen

    A political scientist and lecturer in Philosophy of Law at the Erasmus University of Rotterdam

  • Jean-Paul Vanderlinden

    Jean-Paul Vanderlinden

    • Versailles (France)

    Professor in Ecological Economics and Environmental Studies

  • Peter Wagner

    Peter Wagner

    • Barcelona (Spain)

    Social and political theorist

  • Judy Wajcman

    Judy Wajcman

    • London (United Kingdom)

    Sociologist, Anthony Giddens professor of Sociology at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and Visiting Professor at the Oxford Internet Institute.

  • Eyal Weizman

    Eyal Weizman

    Architect and director of the research agency Forensic Architecture

  • Michel Wieviorka

    Michel Wieviorka

    • Paris (França)

    Sociologist and director of studies at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales.

  • Adam Zagajewski

    Adam Zagajewski

    • Krakow (Poland)

    Poet, novelist and essayist

  • Viktor Zotov

    Viktor Zotov

    • Kyiv (Ukraine)

    Architect. Member of the Prize’s Board of Experts (2016-2022).

  • Sharon Zukin

    Sharon Zukin

    Professor of Sociology at the Columbia University of New York

  • Matevž Čelik

    Matevž Čelik

    • Ljubljana (Slovenia)

    Architect. Former Member of the Prize Jury (2014-2018). Member of the Prize’s Board of Experts (2012 and 2022).