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Michael Simpson

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 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2322-5360

  • KY16 9AL

    United Kingdom

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Research overview

Michael Simpson 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.

Dr. Simpson is a national best-selling and award winning author. He is co-author with Rueben George of It Stops Here: Standing up for our lands, our waters, and our people (Penguin Random House), which won a Sunshine Coast Book Award, was shortlisted for the City of Vancouver Book Award and the Geogre Ryga Award, and longlisted for the Science Writers and Communicators of Canada Book Award. 

His scholarly publications have also won 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. 

His work has been published in peer-reviewed journals including Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, Annals of the American Association of Geographers, Progress in Human Geography, Environment and Planning D, Environment and Planning E, Geoforum, Political Geography, Antipode, Urban Geography, and Dialogues in Human Geography, among others. 

His second book, Terminal City: Infrastructures of Racial Colonial Capitalism in Vancouver (Univesity of Minnesota Press) is forthcoming in 2026. 

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  1. SDG 2 - Zero Hunger
    SDG 2 Zero Hunger
  2. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
  3. SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
    SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
  4. SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
    SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
  5. SDG 13 - Climate Action
    SDG 13 Climate Action
  6. SDG 14 - Life Below Water
    SDG 14 Life Below Water
  7. SDG 15 - Life on Land
    SDG 15 Life on Land
  8. SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
    SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

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