Stephen J. Collier
Stephen J. Collier is a Professor of City and Regional Planning at the University of California, Berkeley.
Issues edited by Stephen J. Collier
Articles authored by Stephen J. Collier
Is Limn Obsolete?
The founding editors reflect on the journal’s
origins
Preface: Little Development Devices / Humanitarian Goods
A brief introduction to the idea behind Issue Number Nine, and the concepts associated with it.
Rebuilding by Design in Post-Sandy New York
What is the scope for local planning in large-scale infrastructure projects today? Stephen J. Collier, Savannah Cox, and Kevin Grove explore the multiple publics of flood control in New York City
Preface: Public Infrastructures / Infrastructural Publics
Stephen J. Collier, James Christopher Mizes, and Antina von Schnitzler ask how infrastructures and their publics are taking shape today.
The Bombing Encyclopedia of the World
How do you plan for the sudden onset of total war? Stephen J. Collier and Andrew Lakoff describe the construction of a vast collection of data about the vital, vulnerable systems of every nation in the world in the aftermath of World War II.
Introduction: Ebola’s Ecologies
Andrew Lakoff, Stephen J. Collier and Christopher Kelty ask what the 2014 Ebola outbreak tells us about the history of pandemic preparedness and the blindspots of global health security today.
System Vulnerability and the Problem of National Survival
Stephen J. Collier and Andrew Lakoff explode strategic bombing theory and the emergence of system-vulnerability thinking.
Introduction: Systemic Risk
Stephen J. Collier and Andrew Lakoff introduce the concept of "systemic risk" and the focus of Limn Number 1.