Faculty Associate
ranubasu[at]yorku.ca
Professor of Geography
Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change, York University
Research Keywords:
Urban social and political geography; anti-imperialism and postcolonial geographies; critical geographies of education; urban geographies of migration and displacement; theories of collective action and community organization; spatial methodologies including phronesis and critical Geographic Information Systems (GIS); Canada, Cuba, India
Research Region(s):
India
Research Diaspora(s):
She is the Principal Investigator in an international SSHRC Insight Grant project titled Subalterity, Education and Welfare Cities that historically traces the geopolitical impacts of forced displacement on cities and schools through questions of conflict and displacement in Havana, Toronto and Kolkata. As part of this project, a working group on the Geopolitics of Education for Peace is currently exploring international examples around the world related to questions of education, praxis, peace.
Representative Publications
Basu, R. 2021. “Geopolitical framings of subalterity in education III: Context of displacement.” Refugee Watch: A South Asian Journal on Forced Migration 58. Available HERE.