Michelle Provoost, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), is an author, researcher and curator specialiсed in urban planning history, postwar architecture and contemporary urban development. She co-founded the office of Crimson Architectural Historians in 1994.

Provoost has served as Director of the International New Town Institute (INTI) in Almere, the Netherlands. Under her direction, INTI has grown from a small institute into an internationally known centrе for education and research relating to New Towns. INTI has realized extensive lecture and conference series, a global network of researchers, and considerable publications. Dr. Provoost is also the head editor of the INTI publications, including Rising in the East. Contemporary New Towns in Asia (2011), New Towns for the 21st Century: Planned vs. Unplanned Cities (2010), and Modeltown: Using Urban Simulation in New Town Planning (2009).

Dr. Provoost worked as Curator at the Dutch Architecture Institute (Nederlands Architectuur Instituut, NAi) between 1998 and 2001. Currently she teaches at various universities, including TU Delft, Central Saint Martins in London and the University of Amsterdam.

Dr. Provoost comes to Bulgaria thanks to the support of Creative Industries fund NL.