About Timi Koyejo

Timi Koyejo is a graduate student in urban studies at the University of Vienna. Previously, he received a BA in economics from the University of Chicago. He has worked professionally as a researcher at the University of Chicago and as an urban policy advisor for the City of Chicago.

Timi Koyejo is a graduate student in urban studies at the University of Vienna. He has worked professionally as a researcher at the University of Chicago and as an urban policy advisor for the City of Chicago.

NBN Episodes hosted by Timi:

Benjamin Schneider, "The Unfinished Metropolis: Igniting the City-Building Revolution" (Island Press, 2025)

December 9, 2025

The Unfinished Metropolis

Benjamin Schneider
Hosted by Timi Koyejo

In The Unfinished Metropolis: Igniting the City-Building Revolution (Island Press, 2025), Benjamin Schneider argues that American city-building is a l…

Jonathan Tarleton, "Homes for Living: The Fight for Social Housing and a New American Commons" (Beacon Press, 2025)

June 9, 2025

Homes for Living

Jonathan Tarleton
Hosted by Timi Koyejo

In Homes for Living: The Fight for Social Housing and a New American Commons (Beacon Press, 2025), urban planner and oral historian Jonathan Tarleton …

Jason Schupbach and Rana Amirtahmasebi, "The Routledge Handbook of Urban Cultural Planning" (Routledge, 2024)

March 19, 2025

The Routledge Handbook of Urban Cultural Planning

Jason Schupbach and Rana Amirtahmasebi
Hosted by Timi Koyejo

The Routledge Handbook of Urban Cultural Planning (Routledge, 2024) provides a manual for planning for arts and culture in cities, featuring chapters …

Miles Glendinning, "Mass Housing: Modern Architecture and State Power – a Global History" (Bloomsbury, 2021)

February 15, 2025

Mass Housing

Miles Glendinning
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Mass Housing: Modern Architecture and State Power – a Global History (Bloomsbury, 2021) is a major work that provides the first comprehensive history …

James T. White and John Punter, "Condoland: The Planning, Design, and Development of Toronto's CityPlace" (UBC Press, 2023)

December 1, 2024

Condoland

James T. White and John Punter
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Casting an eye toward the frantic vertical urbanization of Toronto, Condoland: The Planning, Design, and Development of Toronto’s CityPlace (UBC, 2023…

René Boer, "Smooth City: Against Urban Perfection, Towards Collective Alternatives" (Valiz, 2023)

October 22, 2024

Smooth City

René Boer
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In cities across the world, a new urban condition is spreading rapidly: an ever-increasing push toward efficiency, sanitization, surveillance and the …

Andy Clarno et al., "Imperial Policing: Weaponized Data in Carceral Chicago" (U Minnesota Press, 2024)

September 3, 2024

Imperial Policing

Andy Clarno, Janaé Bonsu-Love, Enrique Alvear Moreno, Lydia Dana, Michael de Anda Muñiz, Ila Ravichandran, Haley Volpintesta
Hosted by Timi Koyejo

Chicago is a city with extreme concentrations of racialized poverty and inequity, one that relies on an extensive network of repressive agencies to po…