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Katharine Rankin's research spans the economic and socio-cultural sub-disciplines of Geography and Planning, focusing on insights from political economy, feminist theory, and post-colonial studies. With a commitment to ethnographic approaches, she has conducted research on various topics, including commercial gentrification in downtown Toronto, road building in remote urbanizing regions of Nepal, and post-conflict state-building in Nepal and Vietnam. Rankin is particularly interested in tracing forces of injustice like displacement and exploitation, while exploring ways to promote alternative imaginations of the future. She welcomes inquiries from motivated prospective graduate students who share specific or general interests in her research areas.
University of Toronto • Toronto, ON
Teach and conduct research in the areas of geography and planning.
University of Toronto • Toronto, ON
Direct the planning department and co-chair the associated services.
Department of Sociology