Dr. Mohammed Arefin

Biography

Mohammed Rafi Arefin is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography at the University of British Columbia. His academic trajectory includes a PhD from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a Master’s from the University of Arizona, complemented by a Bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Berkeley. Arefin’s research interests focus on urban environmental politics, particularly the intricate relationship between waste management, sanitation, and political power dynamics. His work examines infrastructural geographies and seeks to understand the socio-political implications of waste systems in urban settings, including the contestations and governance surrounding these issues in places like Cairo and North America. His recent projects incorporate themes of political economy, historical development of sanitation practices, as well as the epidemiological implications of wastewater management. Arefin has published extensively in journals and has participated in collaborative research efforts to address the complexities of waste crises and their socio-environmental impacts. He is also involved in graduate supervision, guiding students on topics related to urban environmental justice and waste politics. He is actively contributing to the interdisciplinary discourse on how urban movements govern the politics of waste and sanitation.

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