Consulting

Joel Kotkin has been asked by numerous civic, business and governmental organizations to help develop plans for their future development. He combines historical insights and theories developed in his books with extensive interviews to give clients a realistic assessment of their current situations, future prospects and, most importantly, how to achieve their long term goals.

In this work, he partners with a team of researchers, economists, planners and development specialists, working with such varied organizations as Praxis Strategy Group (Grand Forks, ND), Brookings Institution (Washington, DC), the La Jolla Institute (Ontario, CA), the New America Foundation (Washington, DC), The Legatum Institute (London, UK) and the Center for an Urban Future (New York).

Recent and ongoing projects (reports coming soon):

Ontario: A Geography for Unsettling Times, La Jolla Institute

Reviving the City of Aspiration, Center for an Urban Future

Opportunity Urbanism An Emerging Paradigm for the 21st Century, Greater Houston Partnership

Rebuilding America’s Productive Economy: A Heartland Development Strategy, A New America Foundation Report

Current Projects

Four Corners: From Periphery to the Center of the Action, La Jolla Institute

Upward Mobility in Global Cities, Legatum Institute