Eugene McCann

Eugene McCann is an Associate Professor in the Department of Geography at Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. His research interests are urban policy transfer, the relationships between urbanization and globalization, urban drug policy, and urban politics. He is currently working on three books: Assembling Urbanism: Mobilizing Knowledge & Shaping Cities in a Global Context (co-edited with Kevin Ward, University of Minnesota Press), Cities & Social Change (co-edited with Ronan Paddison, Sage), and Urban Geography: A Critical Introduction (co-authored with Andrew Jonas and Mary Thomas, Blackwell). He is co-editor of special editions of the Journal of Urban Affairs (2003) and the International Journal of Urban and Regional Research (2006). He has authored numerous papers in journals including: Antipode, Environment & Planning A, Environment & Planning D: Society & Space, Geoforum, Professional Geographer, Interventions Economiques, Urban Geography, and Urban Studies. He currently serves on the editorial boards of the journals, Geography Compass and Urban Geography, and of the “Urban policies and citizenship” book series (University of Lyon Press).

Eugene McCann est Associate Professor au Département de Géographie à l’Université Simon Fraser, Burnaby, Colombie-Britannique, Canada. Ses domaines de recherches sont les transferts de politiques urbaines, les relations entre urbanisation et mondialisation, les politiques urbaines anti-drogue, et la politique urbaine proprement dite. Il travaille actuellement sur trois ouvrages : Assembling Urbanism: Mobilizing Knowledge & Shaping Cities in a Global Context (co-édité avec Kevin Ward, University,of Minnesota Press), Cities & Social Change (co-édité avec Ronan Paddison, Sage), et Urban Geography : A Critical Introduction (co-écrit avec Andrew Jonas et Mary Thomas, Blackwell). Il est le co-éditeur d’éditions spéciales du Journal of Urban Affairs (2003) et le International Journal of Urban and Regional Research (2006). Il a écrit de nombreux articles dans des journaux tels que Antipode, Environment & Planning A, Environment & Planning D, Society & Space, Geogorum, Professional Geographer, Interventions Économiques, Urban Geography et Urban Studies. Il siège actuellement aux conseils éditoriaux des journaux Geography Compass et Urban Geography et de la série de livres « Politiques urbains et citoyenneté » (Presses de l’Université de Lyon).