About Nichola Lowe
I am a professor at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota. I also direct our Master of Urban and Regional Planning program. My research and teaching focuses on the institutional arrangements that lead to more inclusive forms of economic development.Selected Publications
Nichola Lowe. Putting Skill to Work: How to Create Good Jobs in Uncertain Times. MIT Press.2021
Cathy Yang Lui, Marc Doussard and Nichola Lowe. 2023. Fixing Work, and Moving
Beyond It. Economic Development Quarterly. 37(1), 64-72.
Natasha Iskander and Nichola Lowe (alphabetical). 2023. Biophilic Institutions: Building New Solidarities between the Economy and Nature. Daedalus (MIT). 152 (1): 81–93., Nichola Lowe and Tara Vinodrai. 2020. The Maker-Manufacturing Nexus as a Place-Connecting Strategy: Implications for Regions ‘Left-Behind.’ Economic Geography.
Recent Courses Taught
PA 5512 - Planning for Jobs, PA 5511 - Planning for Equitable Economies, PA 8081 - Capstone Workshop: Urban and Regional Planning
Nichola Lowe
Program Director & Professor