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In the Community

The Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change has a deep respect for place and community. We embrace community engagement as a key activity for our research in order to affirm our role in making positive change and to education active citizens, innovators and leaders.

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Community Impact

CITY-EUC welcomes new postdoctoral researcher

Dr Tilen Kolar Dr Tilen Kolar is a critical human geographer at the CITY Institute and the Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change. Tilen recently completed his PhD at the University of Leeds (UK) on queer mobilities and spatial scale ...

Expanding the Greenbelt in an expanding city

Ute Lehrer introducing Eva Schwab EUC recently welcomed Assistant Professor Eva Schwab from the Faculty of Architecture at TU Graz, Austria on the invitation of EUC Professor Ute Lehrer as a short-term visiting scholar at York. This September, she delivered ...

Assessing the adaptive capacity of social-ecological systems

Jaqueline Aparecida Bória Fernandez EUC recently welcomed Assistant Professor Jaqueline Aparecida Bória Fernandez from the Instituteof Cities, Federal University of São Paulo (Unifesp), Brazil, where she also serve as a researcher in theResearch Group on Landscape, Society, and Urban Dynamics. ...

Alumni Impact

Flavien Joubert (MES ‘03) | York U Alumni Awards 2024 – Tentanda Via Award recipient