Associate Professor
Department of Politics
lhae[at]yorku.ca
Laam Hae is Associate Professor in the Department of Politics at York University. She studies and teaches subjects regarding urban political economy and social movements with the framework of socialist feminism and decolonial epistemologies. Laam has written about popular struggles over gentrification, city marketing, zoning regulations, the militarization of urban space, and “the right to the city,” both in North America and South Korea. Her work is concerned about developing decolonial knowledge about Korea and its relevance to the transnational social justice solidarity.
Research Keywords:
Radical urban politics and social movements in North America and South Korea, Urban political economy, Neoliberal urbanization, Gentrification, Decolonial thoughts, Socialist feminism, Critical geographic thoughts