The City Institute at York University is the home of several funded research projects. These projects have been developed by members of the Institute and are housed in the CITY offices. Inquiries about these projects and their results can be directed either at the researchers directly or at city@yorku.ca.
| Toronto the Better Principal Investigator: Patricia Wood (EUC) |
| Digital Urbanism and the Challenge of Urban Governance (DIG_URBGOV) Principal Investigators: Constance Carr (CITY Visiting Scholar), Markus Hesse (University of Luxembourg) Funding: The Urban Studies Group of the Institute of Geography & Spatial Planning, UL and the ERASMUS+ Programme of the European Commission |
| Toronto-Universities Network (TUN) Principal Investigator: Joe Mihevc (Visiting Professor) |
| ‘More than Borrowing’: Libraries Enabling Inclusion in the Smart City Principal Investigator: Teresa Abbruzzese (Urban Studies) |
| Libraries as Sites of Care and Maintenance in the Smart City Principal Investigator: Teresa Abbruzzese (Urban Studies) DARE Recipient: Tony Riley Funding: Dean's Award for Research Excellence (DARE) |
| Global Suburbanisms: Governance, Land and Infrastructure in the 21st Century Principal Investigator: Roger Keil (EUC) Funding: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada |
| Policy Levers to Close Suburban Transportation Equity and Public Benefit Gaps in the Toronto Region Researchers: Roger Keil (EUC), Sean Hertel (Urban Planning Consultant) and Michael Collens (Masters of Environmental Studies Candidate, York University) |
| Mobilizing New Urban Structures to Increase the Performance and Effect of R&D in Universities and Beyond Researchers: Roger Keil (York University), Kris Olds (University of Wisconsin, Madison), Jean-Paul Addie (York University) Funding: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada |
| Comparing Metropolitan Governance in Transatlantic Perspective: Toronto, Montreal, Paris and Frankfurt Researchers: Roger Keil (York University), Stefan Kipfer (York University) , Julie-Anne Boudreau (Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique), and Pierre Hamel (Universite de Montreal) Funding: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada |
| Socialist Cities in the 21st Century: Modernist Legacies and Contemporary Urban-Policy Making Researchers: Douglas Young (York University), Lisa Drummond (York University), Uwe Altrock (Universitat Kassel) and Eric Clark (Lund University) Funding: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada |
| Placing Labour in the New Urban Economy Principal Investigator: Ian MacDonald (York University, Cornell ILR) Funding: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada |
| Addressing Gendered Insecurities In The Urban Global South Principal Investigator: Linda Peake Funding: International Social Science Council, Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), Swedish Secretariat for Environmental Earth System Sciences (SSEESS), Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO), Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) UK through the Newton Fund, National Research Foundation of South Africa |
| In-Between Infrastructure: Urban Connectivity in an Age of Vulnerability Researchers: Roger Keil, Engin Isin (Canada Research Chair), Patricia Wood, Douglas Young Funding: Infrastructure Canada |
| Canadian Cities on the Edge: Reassessing the Canadian Suburb Researchers: Roger Keil, Patricia Wood, Richard Harris (McMaster University) |
| Social Sustainability, Diversity and Public Space in Three Canadian Cities Researchers: Barbara Rahder, Ranu Basu, Liette Gilbert, Susan McGrath, Patricia Wood |
| Urbanity, Culture and the Law: Reassessing the Global City (a multimedia book) Editors: Peer Zumbansen (Canada Research Chair), Patricia Wood |
| The Visible City Project + Archive Researcher: Janine Marchessault, Canada Research Chair |
| Environmental Governance and Planning of Urban Infrastructure Researcher: Jochen Monstadt Funding: German Research Foundation (DFG) |
| Hard Shells - Soft Services: Mobilizing Knowledge for Housing and Social Health Researchers: Ute Lehrer, Thorben Wieditz Funding: Knowledge Mobilization Unit, York University |
| Producing Spaces of Urban Nature Researchers: Mark Whitehead (University of Wales, Aberystwyth), Roger Keil (York University) Funding: British Academy Small Research Grant |
| The City in the New Millenium: An International and Comparative Perspective Researchers: Roger Keil, Shelley Hornstein Funding: Internationalization Grant from the Office of the Vice-President Academic and the Office of the Vice-President Research & Innovation, York International, York's Centre for German & European Studies, Foreign Affairs & International Trade Canada |
| Environmental Justice Researchers: Melissa Ollevier and Erica Tsang |
| Making Immigrant Neighbourhoods in Miami's and Toronto's In-between Cities Researchers: Roger Keil (York University), Stephanie Del Campo, Jan Nijman (University of Miami) |
| Urban Sustainability and Environmental Research in Canada: Prospects for Overcoming Disciplinary Divides? Researchers: Michael McMahon and Richard Oddie Funding: Oliver Coutard, Directeur adjoint, Laboratoire, Techniques, Territoires et Sociétés, for the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France |
| The Policing View: Body Worn Cameras, Surveillance and the Question of Police Accountability Principal Investigator: Amanda Glasbeek Funding: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada |