Please join us for a DEI presentation by Dr. Julian Agyeman, Professor of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning at Tufts University. Agyeman is the originator of the concept of 'just sustainabilities' - the full integration of social justice and sustainability. A recognized expert in critical urban studies and environmental social science, he is in the top 15 US and Canadian urban planning faculty in 2018 ranked by Google Scholar citations. He was co-founder in 1988, and chair until 1994, of the Black Environment Network (BEN), the first environmental justice-based organization of its kind in Britain. He was co-founder in 1996, and is now Editor-in-Chief of Local Environment: The International Journal of Justice and Sustainability. He is Series Editor of Just Sustainabilities: Policy, Planning and Practice published by Zed Books and Co-Editor of the Routledge Series Equity, Justice and the Sustainable City.
School for Environment and SustainabilityJust Sustainabilities in Policy, Planning and Practice
March 14, 2018
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Samuel T. Dana Building, room 1040
Sponsored by: School for Environment and Sustainability
Contact Information: Sonia Joshi 734-936-0900
Please join us for a DEI presentation by Dr. Julian Agyeman, Professor of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning at Tufts University. Agyeman is the originator of the concept of 'just sustainabilities' - the full integration of social justice and sustainability. A recognized expert in critical urban studies and environmental social science, he is in the top 15 US and Canadian urban planning faculty in 2018 ranked by Google Scholar citations. He was co-founder in 1988, and chair until 1994, of the Black Environment Network (BEN), the first environmental justice-based organization of its kind in Britain. He was co-founder in 1996, and is now Editor-in-Chief of Local Environment: The International Journal of Justice and Sustainability. He is Series Editor of Just Sustainabilities: Policy, Planning and Practice published by Zed Books and Co-Editor of the Routledge Series Equity, Justice and the Sustainable City.
