Josh Hellyer is an urban planner and sociologist passionate about creating more equitable communities. Josh currently works as a research associate for the Mannheim Centre for European Social Research in Mannheim, Germany, where he completed his M.A. in Sociology in 2020. Prior to this, he worked for the Polk County Housing Trust Fund in Des Moines, Iowa, USA, and served as Curator for the Des Moines Hub in 2017-18.