Nichola Lowe

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