Professor
Planning Program Coordinator
Credentials
PhD Urban Planning, University of California, Los Angeles
Lic.phil.; History of Arts & Architecture; Sociology; Economic & Social History, University of Zurich
Research Keywords
Global Suburbanism; Cities & Globalization; Image Production in Cities; Economic Restructuring & Urban Form; Political Economy of the Built Environment; Theory & History of Planning, Urban Design & Architecture; Built Environment, Ethnicity & Immigration to Urban Areas.
Contact Information
4700 Keele Street
Toronto, ON M3J 1P3
416 736 2100
Research Projects
High-rise living, public space and COVID-19 in the Greater Toronto Area, Principal Investigator, SSHRC-funded research project (2022-2025).
(Co-Applicant for SSHRC-funded Major Collaborative Research Initiative (MCRI) 2010-17; 46 researchers; 17 partners).
鈥淪uburban identities in the global city between competition and cooperation: Toronto and Frankfurt鈥, Principal Investigator, SSHRC-funded research project (2011-2014).
Research Output
Lehrer, U. (book proposal, in preparation) Condominium Boom in Toronto: Between Private and Public Interests.
Harris R. and Lehrer, U. (2018) (eds.) The Suburban Land Question: A Global Survey. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. 368 pages.
Articles
Tchoukaleyska, R, Enright, T., and Lehrer, U. (2018) 鈥淧ublic Space Beyond The City Centre: Suburban and Periurban Dynamics鈥, Canadian Journal of Urban Research, Summer, 28(1) i-iv
Tchoukaleyska, R, Enright, T., and Lehrer, U. (2019) 鈥淧ublic Space Beyond The City Centre: Suburban and Periurban Dynamics鈥, Canadian Journal of Urban Research, Summer, 28(1) i-iv
March, L and Lehrer, U. (2019) 鈥淰erticality, Public Space and the Role of Resident Participation in Revitalizing Suburban High-rise Buildings鈥 Canadian Journal of Urban Research, Summer, 28(1) 65-85.
Lehrer, U. & March, L. (2019) 鈥淰ertical urbanism: high-rise buildings and public space鈥 Finnish Journal of Urban Studies; Kaupunkikysymys 鈥 The Urban Question, 57(4) 37-42
Lehrer, U., Harris, R. & Bloch, R. (2015) The Suburban Land Question. Urban Planning International. 30 (6): 18-26.
Lehrer, U., Harris, R., & Bloch, R. (2015a). 鈥淟a Question du Territoire Suburbain鈥 Pole Sud: Revue de science de l鈥橢urope m茅ridionale (special issue Sous le foncier, la politique) 42(1) 63-85.
Roza, T., Enright, T. & Lehrer, U. (2019) 鈥淓ditor's Introduction: Public Space Beyond The City Centre: Suburban and Periurban Dynamics鈥 (with), Canadian Journal for Urban Research, summer 28(1) i-iv
Book Chapters
Lehrer, U. (2022- in print) 鈥淭he Power of the Image: Integrating research and teaching via experiential education鈥 In: R. Keil and Fulong Wu. After Suburbia: Urbanization in the 21st Century. Toronto: University of Toronto Press
Lehrer, U. (2022) John Friedmann: The Good Society (1979), In: Camilla Perone, Critical Urban Planning and Design. Springer.
March, L. & Lehrer, U. (2021) 鈥淧ublic Space and COVID-19: new social practices, intensified inequalities鈥 In: Brian Doucet, Rianne van Melik, and Pierre Filion; Global Reflections on COVID-19 and Cities: Urban inequalities in the age of pandemic,Polity Press.
Lehrer, U. & Pantalone, P. (2018) 鈥淭he sky is not the limit: Negotiating height and density in Toronto鈥檚 condominium boom鈥 In: Andrew E G Jonas, Byron Miller, Kevin Ward and David Wilson (eds), Spaces of Urban Politics, New 91亚色: Routledge, p. 85-95.
Harris R. and Lehrer, U. (2018) The suburban land question: introduction鈥 In: Harris R. and Lehrer, U. (2018) (eds.) The Suburban Land Question: A Global Survey. Toronto: University of Toronto Press
Harris R. and Lehrer, U. (2018) Conclusion: what are the suburban land questions?鈥 In: Harris R. and Lehrer, U. (2018) (eds.) The Suburban Land Question: A Global Survey. Toronto: University of Toronto Press
Lehrer, U. & Tchoukaleyska, R. (2017) 鈥淥ld Wine in New Bottles: Land, Population Growth and Montpellier鈥檚 Suburban Face-Off鈥 In: Nicholas Phelps (ed.) Old Europe, New Suburbanization? Governance, Land and Infrastructure in European Suburbanization. Toronto: Toronto University Press, p. 133-157.
Lehrer, U. (2016) 鈥淩oom for the Good Society? Public space, amenities and the condominium鈥 In: Haripriya Rangan, Mee Kam NG, Libby Porter and Jacquelyn Chase (eds), Insurgencies and Revolutions: Reflections on John Friedmann鈥檚 contributions to planning theory and practice. Boston: Routledge RTPI Library Series, pp. 141-150.
Belina, B. & Lehrer, U. (2016) 鈥淭he global city region: constantly emerging scalar fix, terrain of inter-municipal competition and corporate profit strategy鈥 In: J.A. Boudreau, R. Keil, S. Kipfer, and P. Hamel. Waterloo: Wilfried Laurier Press.
Conference Presentation
2020 Expert contribution, 鈥20 years of research on condominium development鈥, Tall Buildings Reconsidered: The Growing Evidence of a Looming Urban Crisis, Ax:son Johnson Foundation, Centre for the Future of Places, Stockholm, Sweden, and Neaman Institute for National Policy Research at Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa. Feb 2-4.
2019 Keynote address, Opening Plenary, State of Australian Cities Conference, 鈥淕lobal Suburbanisms and the Land Question鈥, Perth, Australia, Dec 3.
2019 鈥淭he role of resident participation in redefining and redesigning public space in suburban high-rise buildings: two case studies in the Toronto Region鈥 ReVision: Strategies for Renewing Apartment Buildings & Neighbourhoods, Faculty of Design, Kyushu University, Ohashi Campus, November 26-29.
2019 鈥溾橭wn the sky鈥: Highrise living in the 21st century鈥 ISA Research Committee 21: Urban and Regional Development, New Delhi, India, Sept 18 to 21.
2019 鈥淎menities and the Public in Condo Buildings鈥 International Network for Urban Research and Action, Zagreb, Croatia, June 30 to July 7.
2019 鈥淕rowth Policies and Amenities in Sprawling Regions,鈥 Annual Meeting of the Urban Affairs Association, Los Angeles, April (with Katherine Perrott).
2019 鈥淭he role of public space and amenities in sprawling regions,鈥 Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers, Washington, April 3-7 (with Katherine Perrott).
Invited Speaker
2020 Keynote speaker, Helsinki, Finland, August 27 to 28.
2020 Keynote speaker, Sao Paolo, Brazil, April 26 (postponed)
2019 鈥淲ays of Seeing鈥 PhD Symposium Program, SOAC 2019, Perth, Australia, Dec 2.
2019 Keynote speaker, 鈥淕lobal Suburbanisms and the Land Question鈥 Geography and Planning Seminar Series, University of Western Australia, School of Agriculture and Environment. Perth, Australia, November 22.
2019 Participants of 91亚色 delegation, meeting with Dr. Daniela Ridder (DAAD) and Dr. Nicola V枚hringer (member of parliament)
2019 鈥淗ighlights of Germany and 91亚色 Engagement with Germany鈥, Delegation from Hesse, Germany to 91亚色: University Presidents and Officials, July 10, 2019, Schulich Private Dining Room
2019 鈥淕lobal Suburbanisms and the Land Question鈥, Leibniz Institute for Research on Society and Space (IRS), Erkner, Germany, April 8.
Media Appearance
2020 Interview with Mike Stafford, "Gentrification can't be in our interest: How development is breaking up Toronto's communities", am640 radio, March 2
2020 Interviewed by Jenna Moon, 鈥溾榃e are fighting a big machine.鈥 Gentrification is pulling apart Toronto鈥檚 communities. How do we prevent it?鈥 Toronto Star, February 29,
2019 鈥淭aking a bite out of the Big Apple: Critical Urban Planning Workshop heads to NYC鈥
2019 鈥淓xperiential education takes planning students abroad and it鈥檚 a boot camp for the brain鈥,
2019 鈥淢ES students travel through Germany to study housing practices鈥
2019 Hasham, Alyshah 鈥淭oronto police secretly filmed condo hallways - was that legal?: Case reveals 'grey zone' in law over warrantless surveillance in buildings' common areas鈥 Toronto Star, 23 Mar 2019: A.1. A.22
Recognition & Awards
- Faculty of Environmental Studies, Dean's Teaching Award
- German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Field Study Grant
- Leibniz Institute for Research on Society (IRS), Erkner, Germany, IRS Fellowship
- School of Environment, Education and Development, Faculty of Humanities, University of Manchester, UK, Hallsworth Visiting Professorship
- City Institute, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, Honorary Research Fellowship