Kaija-Luisa Kurik

Dr. Kaija-Luisa Kurik serves as a Tutor in the Architecture and Urbanism programme at the Manchester School of Architecture (MSA), part of Manchester Metropolitan University. She concurrently holds an Associate Professor position in Urban Studies at the Estonian Academy of Arts and advises UK local authorities through Historic England's Better Places Partnership on heritage-integrated placemaking.

Her academic credentials include:

• PhD in Architecture, Manchester School of Architecture (2022)

Kurik's research critically examines post-socialist and post-industrial urban transitions, focusing on heritage-regeneration dynamics and temporal dimensions of urban change. Her work analyzes how political-economic shifts reshape landscapes, particularly through longitudinal studies of coastal sites in Tallinn, Estonia, emphasizing uncertainty in urban development processes.

Professionally, she operationalizes these insights through the Better Places Partnership, guiding regeneration projects that embed cultural heritage and community values. At MSA, she has contributed theoretical instruction to the Architecture and Urbanism programme since 2019, supervising doctoral research under Eamonn Canniffe and Dr. Richard Brook.