Neil Lee

Neil Lee is Professor of Economic Geography at the London School of Economics, where he leads the Cities group at the International Inequalities Institute. His work explores why the world’s economic activity concentrates in a handful of places, and what this means for the rest of the world. A Fellow of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research and Associate Member of Nuffield College, Oxford, he has held visiting positions at Columbia University, Sciences Po Toulouse and the University of Oxford. Neil’s work has featured widely in the media, including The New York Times, Economist, Financial Times, BBC Radio 4’s Today programme and Channel 4 News, among others. His first book for a general readership, Boomtowns: The Rise and Fall of Cities – and the Future of Nations, will be published by Allen Lane.