Professor, Professor, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, and School of the Environment
Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, 1 Devonshire Place
416-978-6526
Campus
- Downtown Toronto (St. George)
Cross-Appointments
Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy
Fields of Study
- Communities & Cities
- Social Sustainability
- Sustainable Buildings
Areas of Interest
- Sustainable cities and buildings
- Urban climate action
- Community engagement
- Knowledge co-production
- The intersection of climate change mitigation, adaptation and sustainability
- The use of visualization, modeling, and citizen engagement to explore sustainable futures
- Sustainable buildings and urban design
- The role of the university in contributing to sustainability
- Creating partnerships for sustainability with non-academic partners
- The intersection of sustainability, social and technological change, behaviour change, and community engagement processes
Awards
- 2027 Insight grant Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)
- 2025 Mitacs Accelerate and City of Toronto Climate Action and Resiliency Research Fund (CARRF)
- 2024 Connection Grant Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)
- 2024 Insight Grant Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)
Publications
- A framework for evaluating the impact of buildings on inhabitant well-being ( : 2025)
- The culture gap in the climate crisis ( : 2025)
- Embracing emergence: reframing and reimagining the visionary communities project (Local Environment : 2025)
- Global Discontinuity: Time for a Paradigm Shift in Global Scenario Analysis ( : 2023)
- Odd couples: reconciling academic and operational cultures for whole-institution sustainability governance at universities ( : 2023)
- Transformational climate actions by cities ( : 2023)
- Reaching the Rest: Embedding Sustainability in Undergraduate Student Learning ( : 2022)
- Wellbeing as an Emergent Property of Social Practice ( : 2022)
- Community wellbeing in the built environment: towards a relational building assessment ( : 2022)
- Assessing climate action progress of the City of Toronto ( : 2022)
Administrative Service
Presidential Advisor on the Environment, Climate Change, & Sustainability