Sophie Van Neste, professor of urban studies at the Urbanisation Culture Société Research Center of INRS, has been awarded a Tier 2 Chair from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) for her research on environment and climate. She will receive $600,000 in funding for 5 years.
Currently, cities’ action on climate change is taking an important place for municipalities and citizens alike. “We want to analyze actions on climate change by comparing different urban regions in North America,” says the Chairholder. “We will work on the new governance and mobilization processes put in place for climate action in cities and suburban areas, by studying infrastructure choices and suburban development methods. Another line of research will focus on the role of emotions in territorialized climate action, among other things, in relation to the attachment of stakeholders to the territories they inhabit.”
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