URBANIST // EDITOR // RESEARCHER // PHOTOGRAPHER
I am an urban researcher and content generator based in Amsterdam. I am passionate about high-rise architecture, hyperdense urban settings, and recent urban developments in cities such as Vancouver, Shenzhen, Hong Kong, and Amsterdam.
Amsterdam Social Science, Amsterdam, NL, Review Co-Ordinator
Managing double-blind manuscript review process
The Proto City, Amsterdam, NL, Managing Editor
Reviewing and editing content
Content creation
Social media management
Contributing photographer
Pop-Up City, Amsterdam, NL, Book Editor
Helped transform a rough manuscript into a popular published book on pop-up city-making
Publication Details_
Pop-Up City: City-Making in a Fluid World
Authors: Jeroen Beekmans and Joop de Boer
Editor: Adam Nowek
Publisher: BIS Publishers
Release Date: May 2014
University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Masters, Research Master's in Urban Studies
A two-year interdisciplinary master's programme that touches on the major social sciences subjects related to analysing cities: economics, human geography, political science, and urban planning.
Thesis Title_
High-Rise Residential: How Architectural Design Affects Place-Making Processes in Two Pacific Rim Urban Regions
Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, CA, Bachelors, Political Science
Acquired a Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) in Political Science
with an Extended Minor in English Literature
Thesis Title_
The Surveillant Society: Assessing State and Citizen Surveillance Strategies in Canada
Amsterdam Merit Scholarship, Scholarship
€12.000,- scholarship for non-EEA students undertaking a master's programme at the University of Amsterdam.
