Rixt Woudstra is Assistant Professor of Architectural History at the University of Amsterdam and Co-Director of the Amsterdam Centre for Urban History. She specializes in the global circulation of architectural ideas, materials, and technologies in the twentieth century, with a focus on the built environment shaped by European colonial expansion, particularly in West Africa. Woudstra completed her PhD at MIT in 2020 and previously held positions in London and Liverpool. Her first book, Architecture, Empire, and Trade: The United Africa Company (2025), co-authored with Iain Jackson, Ewan Harrison, Michele Tenzon, and Claire Tunstall, examines West African architecture through the commercial lens of the United Africa Company. Her current projects focus on the use of concrete in colonial Indonesia, supported by an NWO Starter Grant. She has published widely and contributed to numerous collaborative research initiatives, supported by prestigious fellowships from institutions such as the Paul Mellon Centre and the American Council of Learned Societies. She is the Co-Editor in Chief of the academic journal Architecture Beyond Europe.