Julian Agyeman | |
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Born | Beverley, United Kingdom | November 20, 1958
Occupation(s) | Professor of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning at Tufts University |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | University of Durham University of London |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Urban planning and environmental social science |
Notable ideas | Just sustainabilities |
Website | www.julianagyeman.com |
Julian Agyeman FRSA FRGS is a professor of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning,and Fletcher Professor of Rhetoric and Debate,at Tufts University,. [1] He is co-founder and editor-in-chief of Local Environment:The International Journal of Justice and Sustainability . [2] He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts and the Royal Geographical Society.
In the early 2000s,Agyeman developed the concept of just sustainabilities,defined as “the need to ensure a better quality of life for all,now,and into the future,in a just and equitable manner,whilst living within the limits of supporting ecosystems”. [3] His book on the subject,Introducing Just Sustainabilities:Policy,Planning,and Practice,is widely used at universities. [4]
Agyeman received a B.Sc. with Joint Honors in Geography and Botany from Durham University in 1980,an M.A. in Conservation Policy from Middlesex University in 1987 and a Ph.D. in Urban Studies from the University of London in 1996. [1]
Including his books and journal articles,Agyeman has over 150 publications in his field. [5] His article,Mind the Gap:Why do people act environmentally and what are the barriers to pro-environmental behavior?,published in Environmental Education Research,is the most cited journal article by a North American urban planning scholar. [6] His publications have led him to be ranked as one of the top 10 most highly cited urban planning faculty in North America. [7] His work integrates multiple academic disciplines,including geography,sociology,urban planning and policy,environmental justice,and sustainability. [8]
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He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (1996) and the Royal Geographical Society (2016). He received the Benton H. Box Award from Clemson University Institute for Parks in 2015 [9] and the Athena City Accolade from the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in 2018. [10] In 2023,he became Hedersdoktorer (Honorary Doctor) at KTH Royal institute of Technology,Stockholm,Sweden. [11]
Agyeman has been a visiting professor at University of South Australia (2008–13),Northumbria University (2010-14),University of British Columbia (April–May 2011) and McGill University (2017-18);he also held the Walker Ames Visiting Professorship at the University of Washington (2017). He is currently the TD Walter Bean Visiting professor at the University of Waterloo,Canada (2020–21). He held a Visiting Fellowship at The Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions,hosted by the University of Victoria (2011). Agyeman was a Senior Scholar at The Center for Humans and Nature (2013–16) and a Fellow of the McConnell Foundation's Cities for People program in Montréal (2017). [3]
Agyeman currently sits on the Academic Board of The Centre for the Future of Places (KTH Royal Institute of Technology,Stockholm) and the Board of Directors of EcoDistricts. He is also on the Advisory Boards of Shareable,Boston University Initiative on Cities,Institute for Transportation &Development Policy - US,Participatory City,Urban Sharing,Equiticity and Sharecity, [12] and the McConnell Foundation's Cities for People Future Cities Canada programs. [3] In November 2021,he was an advisor on Michelle Wu's Transition Committee for her transition into the office of mayor of Boston. [13] Additionally,he is a Founding Senior Advisor/Thought Leader at PlacemakingX.
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