Ali Glisson
MPhil/PhD Candidate
and Consultant
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About Me
Before pursuing research, I worked in political, local government, and real estate development sectors across the United States. I am currently pursuing a PhD in Economic Geography from the London School of Economics and Political Science. I have nearly 15 years of experience counselling C-suite executives, elected officials, and civil servants operating in demanding media, political, and regulatory environments. Most recently, I worked with Strategic Property Partners, LLC working on its $4.5 billion USD Water Street Tampa regeneration project in my hometown of Tampa, Florida.
My academic research focuses on growth, decline, and change across the American urban system of cities. There is significant literature that investigates Superstar Cities, exploring the high-income levels, high-skill labour, and large population associated with such places, as well as, on the opposite end of the spectrum, those which experienced rapid deindustrialisation to the extent that these once high economic performers but have suffered a combination of slow population growth or population decline, and relative income decline. Between these two categories, there might be other pathways of urban development. My research is centrally concerned with these places: identifying them and studying how they change relative to the more polarised parts of the American urban system.
Ali holds an Msc in Local Economic Development and Executive Msc Cities from the London School of Economics and Political Science. She also has a BA in International Affairs from the Elliot School at The George Washington University in Washington DC.
A Bit More About Me
London, UK
Places I’ve lived previously
Berlin, DE: Tampa, FL; Des Moines, IA; Tallahassee, FL; Washington, DC
Currently reading
Aftermath: Life in the Fallout of the Third Reich by Harold Jähner
Cogs and Monsters by Diane Coyle What
What I’m looking forward to
December trip to Germany and France to see friends and enjoy Christmas markets
Education
