Robin Hambleton is Emeritus Professor of City Leadership at the University of the West of England, Bristol, UK.  He was the founding President of EURA, serving as President from 1997-2002.  From 2002-2007 he was Dean of the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs the University of Illinois at Chicago, USA.  His research and consultancy work with cities across the world focuses on how to enhance justice by strengthening the power of place-based leadership in the modern world.  Since 2015 he has been a personal adviser to Marvin Rees, the directly elected Mayor of the City of Bristol, and has helped civic leaders develop the Bristol One City Approach.  Robin's latest books are Leading the Inclusive City. Place-based innovation for a bounded planet (2015) and Cities and communities beyond COVID-19. How local leadership can change our future for the better (2020), both published by Bristol University Press.