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Research overview
Michael Simpson joined the School in 2020. He holds a PhD in Geography from the University of British Columbia. His research lies in the subfields of political ecology and urban geography, with a focus on the geographies of settler colonialism and racial capitalism.
His work has been published in peer-reviewed journals including Transactions, Annals of the American Association of Geographers, Progress in Human Geography, Environment and Planning D, Environment and Planning E, Geoforum, Political Geography, Urban Geography, and Dialogues in Human Geography, among others. He is also co-author with Rueben George of It Stops Here: Standing up for our lands, our waters, and our people (Penguin Random House Canada).
His publications have won several awards, including the Early Career Researcher Award from the journal Political Geography, the Early Career Researcher Award from the journal Urban Geography, and the Professional Geographer Award from the American Association of Geographers' Energy & Environment Specialty Group. He is also the recipient of a Royal Society of Edinburgh Early Career Researcher Personal Research Fellowship.
He is currently completing a monograph on the political ecology of settler colonial and racial capitalist infrastructure in Vancouver, B.C.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
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Between now and future sovereignty: indigenous forestry in the conjecture
Simpson, M., Atleo, C. & Brown, B., 25 Nov 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Antipode. Early View, 24 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Building decolonial climate justice movements: four tensions
Simpson, M. & Pizarro Choy, A., 8 May 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Dialogues in Human Geography. OnlineFirst, 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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On structures and events
Hugill, D. & Simpson, M., 1 Feb 2023, In: Urban Geography. 44, 2, p. 278-280 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
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Smart oceans governance: reconfiguring capitalist, colonial, and environmental relations
Ritts, M. & Simpson, M., 1 Jun 2023, In: Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers. 48, 2, p. 365-379 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The settler colonial city in three movements
Simpson, M. & Hugill, D. W., 1 Dec 2022, In: Progress in Human Geography. 46, 6, p. 1311-1330 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Carving out Climate Testimony: Inuit: Carving out Climate Testimony: Inuit Youth, Wellness & Environmental Stewardship
Simpson, M. (PI)
1/04/22 → 31/03/25
Project: Standard
Prizes
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Early Career Research Award - Urban Geography
Simpson, M. (Recipient), 2022
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Political Geography Early Career Researcher Award
Simpson, M. P. (Recipient), 2020
Prize: National/international honour
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