Scott A. Bollens (Bollens)

Scott A. Bollens, PhD, AICP, is professor of urban planning and Warmington Endowed Chair in Peace and International Cooperation, University of California, Irvine. Professor Bollens studies ethnicity and urban policy, growth strategies, metropolitanism, and intergovernmental policymaking. Over the past 15 years, he has interviewed over 220 urban professionals and community advocates in Jerusalem, Belfast, Johannesburg, Nicosia (Cyprus), Sarajevo and Mostar (Bosnia), and Barcelona and Basque cities (Spain) about the role of urban policy and city building amidst nationalistic ethnic conflict and political transitions. Recent books include Cities, Nationalism, and Democratization (2007, Routledge), On Narrow Ground (2000, State University of New York Press) and Urban Peace-Building in Divided Societies (1999, Westview Press). Prof. Bollens has written more than 35 journal articles and book chapters in leading venues over the past 20 years and has presented at numerous public forums in the U.S. and throughout the world.