Our faculty members are trained in a wide array of fields (including Agriculture, Anthropology, Art History, Biology, Economics, Education, Environmental Studies, Forestry, Geography, Health, History, Law, Planning, Philosophy, Political Science, and Sociology). Together we form a community of urban, environmental and geographical researchers addressing some of the planet’s most pressing problems and challenges.
Our Full-time Faculty
Assistant Professor
Black Studies; Diaspora & Transnational Migration Studies
Professor (On sabbatical)
Urban, Social and Political Geography; Critical Education
Associate Professor; York Research Chair (On sabbatical)
Pollinator Conservation; Endangered Species; Bumblebees
Assistant Professor; Business and Environment Coordinator
Ecological Economics; Energy; Wellbeing
Associate Professor; Environment/Sustainability Education Coordinator
Animal Studies; Biological Conservation; Political Ecology
Professor; Environmental Arts & Justice Coordinator
Adolescent Sexual Health; Community-Based Research
Professor; Undergraduate Program Director
Waterbird Ecology; Wildlife Management; Oil & Gas
Assistant Professor
Smart mobility and equity; accessible urban and digital spaces; human-computer interaction (HCI)
Professor; Graduate Program Director (Environmental Studies)
Cities; Migrations; Social & Environmental Justice
Associate Professor (On Leave)
Energy Justice; Energy Transitions; Community Energy
Professor; Dean
Animal Geographies; Gender & Environment; Southern Africa
Professor; Cities Regions Planning Coordinator
Global Suburbanisms; Infectious Disease & Cities
Professor; Associate Dean (Research Graduate Studies & Global Affairs)
Economic and Labour Geography; Migration; Southeast Asia
Associate Professor (On sabbatical)
Lakes; Environmental Change; Permafrost
Professor (On sabbatical)
Architecture; Cultural Studies; Urban Studies; Indonesia
Associate Professor
Political Ecology, Religion, Revolution, Latin America, Ethnography, Rivers
Professor; Canada Research Chair
Indigenous Environmental Justice and Governance
Professor; Chair Neotropical Conservation; Director Las Nubes Project
Peasant Livelihoods; Biocultural Diversity
Associate Professor; York Research Chair (On sabbatical)
Visual Art; Indigenous Art; Curatorial Practice
Assistant Professor
Hydro-geomorphological characterization; river dynamics and sensing; river restoration
Professor
Climate Justice; Commons Governance; Ecological Economics
Associate Professor; Associate Dean (Teaching and Learning)
Geopolitics; Quantitative Methods; GIS
Professor; Global Geography Coordinator
Spatial pattern; Boreal Forest Disturbance; Geomatics; Remote sensing; Uncertainty
Professor
Climate/Environmental Justice; Forestry & Conservation History
Professor; PhD Coordinator
Environmental Humanities; Queer, Multispecies & Feminist Ecologies
Associate Professor; York Research Chair
Environmental Justice; Gender & Environmental Health
Associate Professor (On sabbatical)
Urban Planning; Housing; Urban Policy & Governance
Associate Professor; Planning Program Coordinator
Urban & Regional Planning; Climate Change; Exurbia
Associate Professor; Sustainable Environmental Management Coordinator
Arctic Ecosystems; Wildlife Conservation; Animal Physiology
Assistant Professor
Permafrost Thaw; Aquatic Ecosystems; Arctic Coasts
Associate Professor (On sabbatical)
Environmental Ethics and Conflict; Coastal City Management
Associate Professor; Graduate Program Director (Geography)
Labour Geography; Urban Economies; Populism
Associate Professor (On sabbatical)
Animal Studies; Novel Urban Ecologies
Professor; MES Coordinator & MES/JD Coordinator
Sustainable Energy Transitions; Climate Change Policy; Environmental Policy and Governance
Professor (On sabbatical)
Citizenship & Governance; Settler Colonialism; Cities
Professor; Environmental Science Coordinator
Arctic Hydrology; Hydrology of Extreme Environments
Associate Professor
Global political economy/ecology, Extraction and Infrastructure