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Robin Boyle
is Associate Dean of the College of Urban, Labor, and Metropolitan
Affairs and Professor of Urban Planning, Wayne State University (WSU)
in Detroit, Michigan. A native of Glasgow, Scotland, Professor
Boyle moved to the USA in 1992 after spending sixteen years in the
Centre for Planning at the University of Strathclyde. His research
interests include local economic development, urban education and
community planning.
Through the mid-1990s he was co-principal investigator on a major
School-to-Work applied research project. Supported by the U.S.
Departments of Education and Commerce, he supervised a team with
colleagues from the WSU College of Education on the implementation
of a model school-to-work program in the Highland Park (MI) School
District. This initiative involves building three-way partnerships
between business, including participation by DaimlerChrysler, the
community and education.
Boyle played a role in the Detroit
Empowerment Zone. He first represented Wayne State University on
the team that wrote the successful application to the federal
government and then, more recently, he led research teams evaluating
the progress and impact of the Zone on business and community
development in the city.
His current research focuses on
retail development in central cities and he is also is engaged in a
long-term study into alternative models of urban redevelopment.
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