Mike Emmerik (1986) was trained as an urbanist at Delft University of Technology and is partner at Crimson Historians & Urbanists since 2018. He is specialised in research and design projects at the intersection of urban development, policymaking and social issues. He is also co-founder and director of the Independent School for the City – a platform for urban research, development and activism, and a senior-advisor at the Dutch Board of Government Advisors from which he advises national and local authorities about spatial planning. He has taught at Delft University of Technology within the chair of Design as Politics from 2014 to 2019, has been involved in various international teaching and design projects, and still teaches and lectures on a regular basis.