Kim Dovey is an Australian architectural and urban critic and Professor of Architecture and Urban Design at the University of Melbourne, Australia, teaching and researching urban design. He received degrees from Curtin University and the University of Melbourne in Australia and a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, USA. His book Framing Places (2nd ed. 2008) explores theories of place as mediators of power, incorporating case studies of politics of public space, housing, shopping malls and corporate towers. His 2005 book Fluid City documents, analyses and critiques the transformations of Melbourne's urban waterfront during the period 1989-2003. Becoming Places (2010) explores the formation of place identity and develops a theory of place as dynamic assemblage. Urban Design Thinking (2016) is a broad-ranging application of assemblage thinking in urban design. Mapping Urbanities (2017) explores the role of urban mapping in the production of spatial knowledge. He has made significant contributions to theories of place, transit-oriented development, urban density, walkability, informal settlement and creative clusters. He is Director of InfUr- Informal Urbanism Research Hub at the University of Melbourne. In November 2022 he was elected a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia. References Review of Fluid City in Urban Design Forum Becoming Places website Selected publications Books Dovey, K (2005) Fluid City: Transforming Melbourne's Urban Waterfront, London: Routledge ( (pbk.)) Dovey, K (2008) Framing Places: Mediating Power in Built Form, 2nd ed, London: Routledge ( (pbk)) Dovey, K (2010) Becoming Places: Urbanism / Architecture / Identity / Power, London: Routledge ( (pbk.)) Dovey, K. (2016) Urban Design Thinking: A Conceptual Toolkit, London, Bloomsbury () Dovey, K. Pafka, E. & Ristic, M. (eds) Mapping Urbanities: Morphologies, Flows, Possibilities, New York: Routledge () Book chapters Dovey, K. (2020) ‘Place as Assemblage’, in: T. Edensor, Kothari, U. & Kaladides, A. (eds) The Routledge Handbook of Place, London: Routledge, pp. 21–31. Dovey, K. & Pafka, E. (2020) ‘Mapping the Publicness of Public Space’, in Mehta, V. and Palazzo, D. (eds) Companion to Public Space, New York: Routledge, pp. 234–48. Dovey, K. (2019) ‘Informal Settlement as a Mode of Production’, in: Bannerjee, T. & Loukaitou-Sideris, A. (eds) The New Companion to Urban Design, New York: Routledge, pp. 139–51. Dovey, K. (2017) 'Informal Settlement and Assemblage Theory' in: Hannigan, J. & Richards, G. (eds) The Handbook of New Urban Studies, London: Sage, pp. 480–95. Dovey, K. (2016) 'One Way Street' in: Holscher, C.