Roger Keil is a Professor of Environmental Studies at York University where he has taught urban and environmental politics since 1992. His research has been focused on politics in large cities affected by globalization. More recently, he has embarked on a study of “SARS and the Global City” (with Harris Ali).
Among Keil’s publications are a book called Los Angeles (Wiley, 1998) and a co- authored book Nature and the City (with Gene Desfor; University of Arizona, 2004). He has just completed the Global Cities Reader (with Neil Brenner; Routledge, 2005). He is the co-editor of the International Journal of Urban and Regional Research. While Keil’s work has been centered in academia, he has also been active in the public domain as an activist and writer. He is a founding member of the International Network for Urban Research and Action (www.inura.org).
Keil’s personal website is: www.yorku.ca/fes/faculty/keil/index.asp