Marijke Martin

Marijke Martin is a researcher at the University of Groningen's Faculty of Arts, affiliated with the Research Centre Arts in Society (AiS). Her work focuses on urban planning, non-Western urbanism, and the transmutation of urban models through cultural exchange, with specific projects in Bogotá, Medellín, Nairobi, and Central Europe.

Research Interests:

• Urban typologies and their global adaptation
• Civic culture in urban contexts
• Cartographic practices as nation-building tools
• UN Sustainable Development Goal 11 (Sustainable Cities)
• Comparative architectural history (Netherlands & Czechoslovakia, 1950–1970)

Key Themes:

• Colonial to postcolonial housing estates in Africa
• European architectural influence in Latin America
• Historical urban transformations in Maastricht (1660–1905)
• Architectural theory through book chapters and journals

Notable Collaborations: Co-authored works with P.M. Bezemer on African urbanism and with G. Martin on Latin American housing. Supervised 3 academic works and contributed to 28 research outputs since 1995.