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Vincent Mirza is the founder and director of the Research Center for the Future of Cities at the University of Ottawa and an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociological and Anthropological Studies. His work is part of a new wave of urban anthropology that focuses on the intersections of urban processes in the Anthropocene. His research explores the challenges of habitability in a globalized world, examining how transformations in work, neighborhood life, markets, architecture, and urban design reshape social relations in the context of advanced capitalism and environmental crisis. Prof. Mirza conducts ethnographic research primarily in Japan and major metropolitan areas, contributing to understanding urban political ecology, precarity, and post-growth dynamics.
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