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Roger Keil and Ute Lehrer discuss "Global Suburbanisms" MCRI CBC's Metro Morning

Roger Keil and Ute Lehrer were on CBC Radio's Metro Morningshow with Matt Galloway discussing the "Global Suburbanisms: Governance, Land and Infrastructure in the 21st century" research project. Roger was talking about the scope, content and research program of the project. Ute was talking about a recent graduate summer school course that was part of […]

Roger Keil gave a presentation at the "Spatiality and Justice" workshop in Montreal

Roger Keil gave a paper entitled "The Rise of the Suburbs and the Challenge of Metropolitan Governance" at the Spatiality and Justice Interdisciplinary Investigations on a Political Philosophy of the City workshop in Montreal from May 5-7, 2011. This workshop addresses an area of study that has been surprisingly under-examined by theorists: the city.  What […]

Roger Keil presents "A world of suburbs? Finding the heart of the urban century in the periphery"

Dr. Keil will give this presentation to members of the York Circle on Saturday, April 30 2011, as part of the twice-annual "Lunch & Lecture" series to highlight York research. "A World of Suburbs? Finding the Heart of the Urban Century in the Periphery" with York environmental studies Professor Roger Keil (right) will offer York […]

Roger Keil comments in Czek Position article about NFB's "Out My Window"

The article, by Martina Čermáková, features the depiction of Prague’s Jižní Město neighbourhood in "Out My Window". The documentary flows from a year-long research on communities living in high-rise developments, drawing heavily from a collaboration with researchers at Toronto's City Institute at York University who  have teamed up with colleagues from 12 countries  to investigate […]

Association of American Geographers Conference - Global Suburbanisms: Conceptual Deparatures

Global Suburbanisms researchers including Ute Lehrer, Deborah Cowen, Stefan Kipfer, Bryan Miller, Elvin Wyly, Doug Young, Per Roe, Markus Moos, Jan Nijman, Jill Grant, Michael Ekers, and Nick Phelps will participate in two panel sessions organized by Roger Keil at the Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers in Seattle, Washington, on 13 April […]

Roger Keil to give a talk on Global Suburbanism to Lambda Alpha International

On Wednsday, January 12, 2011, Roger Keil will give a talk to the Lambda Alpha International dinner meeting on "Global Suburbanism and the Challenge of 21st Century Urbanization". From the LAI: "Sometimes I wonder if the world's so small, that we can never get away from the sprawl!': Global Suburbanism and the Challenge of 21st […]