The City Institute at ¿ì²¥ÊÓƵ is the home of several funded research projects. These projects have been developed by members of the Institute and are housed in the CITY offices. Inquiries about these projects and their results can be directed either at the researchers directly or at city@yorku.ca.
| GenUrb - Urbanization, Gender, and the Global South: a transformative knowledge network Principal Investigator: Linda Peake (EUC) Funding: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada |
| Toronto the Better Principal Investigator: (EUC) |
| Digital Urbanism and the Challenge of Urban Governance (DIG_URBGOV) Principal Investigators: (CITY Visiting Scholar), Markus Hesse (University of Luxembourg) Funding: The Urban Studies Group of the Institute of Geography & Spatial Planning, UL and the ERASMUS+ Programme of the European Commission |
| Toronto-Universities Network (TUN) Principal Investigator: Joe Mihevc (Visiting Professor) |
| ‘More than Borrowing’: Libraries Enabling Inclusion in the Smart City Principal Investigator: (Urban Studies) |
| Libraries as Sites of Care and Maintenance in the Smart City Principal Investigator: (Urban Studies) DARE Recipient: Tony Riley Funding: Dean's Award for Research Excellence (DARE) |
| Global Suburbanisms: Governance, Land and Infrastructure in the 21st Century Principal Investigator: (EUC) Funding: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada |
| Policy Levers to Close Suburban Transportation Equity and Public Benefit Gaps in the Toronto Region Researchers: (EUC), Sean Hertel (Urban Planning Consultant) and Michael Collens (Masters of Environmental Studies Candidate, ¿ì²¥ÊÓƵ) |
| Mobilizing New Urban Structures to Increase the Performance and Effect of R&D in Universities and Beyond Researchers: (¿ì²¥ÊÓƵ), Kris Olds (University of Wisconsin, Madison), Jean-Paul Addie (¿ì²¥ÊÓƵ) Funding: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada |
| Comparing Metropolitan Governance in Transatlantic Perspective: Toronto, Montreal, Paris and Frankfurt Researchers: (¿ì²¥ÊÓƵ), (¿ì²¥ÊÓƵ) , Julie-Anne Boudreau (Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique), and Pierre Hamel (Universite de Montreal) Funding: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada |
| Socialist Cities in the 21st Century: Modernist Legacies and Contemporary Urban-Policy Making Researchers: (¿ì²¥ÊÓƵ), Lisa Drummond (¿ì²¥ÊÓƵ), Uwe Altrock (Universitat Kassel) and Eric Clark (Lund University) Funding: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada |
Principal Investigator: Ian MacDonald (¿ì²¥ÊÓƵ, Cornell ILR) Funding: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada |
| Addressing Gendered Insecurities In The Urban Global South Principal Investigator: Funding: International Social Science Council, Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), Swedish Secretariat for Environmental Earth System Sciences (SSEESS), Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO), Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) UK through the Newton Fund, National Research Foundation of South Africa |
| In-Between Infrastructure: Urban Connectivity in an Age of Vulnerability Researchers: , Engin Isin (Canada Research Chair), , Funding: Infrastructure Canada |
| Canadian Cities on the Edge: Reassessing the Canadian Suburb Researchers: , , Richard Harris (McMaster University) |
| Social Sustainability, Diversity and Public Space in Three Canadian Cities Researchers: Barbara Rahder, , , Susan McGrath, |
| Urbanity, Culture and the Law: Reassessing the Global City (a multimedia book) Editors: Peer Zumbansen (Canada Research Chair), |
| The Visible City Project + Archive Researcher: Janine Marchessault, Canada Research Chair |
| f Researcher: Jochen Monstadt Funding: German Research Foundation (DFG) |
| Hard Shells - Soft Services: Mobilizing Knowledge for Housing and Social Health Researchers: , Thorben Wieditz Funding: Knowledge Mobilization Unit, ¿ì²¥ÊÓƵ |
| Producing Spaces of Urban Nature Researchers: Mark Whitehead (University of Wales, Aberystwyth), (¿ì²¥ÊÓƵ) Funding: British Academy Small Research Grant |
| The City in the New Millenium: An International and Comparative Perspective Researchers: , Funding: Internationalization Grant from the Office of the Vice-President Academic and the Office of the Vice-President Research & Innovation, York International, York's Centre for German & European Studies, Foreign Affairs & International Trade Canada |
| Environmental Justice Researchers: Melissa Ollevier and Erica Tsang |
| Making Immigrant Neighbourhoods in Miami's and Toronto's In-between Cities Researchers: (¿ì²¥ÊÓƵ), Stephanie Del Campo, Jan Nijman (University of Miami) |
| Urban Sustainability and Environmental Research in Canada: Prospects for Overcoming Disciplinary Divides? Researchers: Michael McMahon and Richard Oddie Funding: Oliver Coutard, Directeur adjoint, Laboratoire, Techniques, Territoires et Sociétés, for the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France |
| The Policing View: Body Worn Cameras, Surveillance and the Question of Police Accountability Principal Investigator: Funding: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada |
| Our Greenway: Cycling Without Age Principal Investigator: Darnel Harris (External Associate) |
| Principal Investigators: Joe Mihevc (CITY Visiting Professor) Funding: SSHRC Connections Grant |
| Governing Knowledge and Data in Smart Cities Principal Investigator: (Social Science) Funding: SSHRC Insight Development Grant |
| Smart Cities in Global Comparative Perspective: Worlding and Provincializing Relationships Principal Investigator: Byron Miller (University of Calgary) Co-investigators from ¿ì²¥ÊÓƵ: (Social Science), (EUC), (SPPA), (Social Science) |
| Principal Investigators: (CITY Visiting Scholar) Funding: Luxembourg National Research Fund |
| StudentDwellTO: Student Affordable Housing Project Co-Principal Investigator: (EUC) |