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Julian Agyeman is an urban planning and environmental social science scholar. He is currently Professor of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning at Tufts University. In the early 2000s, Agyeman created the concept of just sustainabilities, defined as: “the need to ensure a better quality of life for all, now, and into the future, in a just and equitable manner, whilst living within the limits of supporting ecosystems”.

Education
Educated in the U.K., Agyeman received his B.Sc. Joint Honors in Geography and Botany from Durham University in 1980. He later earned an M.A. in Conservation Policy from Middlesex University in 1987 and a Ph.D. in Environmental Education/Urban Studies from the University of London in 1996.

Publications
Agyeman is a prolific author of books and journal articles, and is one of the 20 most highly cited urban planning academics in North America. His article, Mind the Gap: Why do people act environmentally and what are the barriers to pro-environmental behavior? (2002), is the most highly cited journal article by an urban planning academic in North America.

He is the author or editor of 11 published books:
 * Just Sustainabilities: Development in an Unequal World (MIT Press, 2003)
 * Sustainable Communities and the Challenge of Environmental Justice (NYU Press, 2005)
 * The New Countryside?: Ethnicity, Nation and Exclusion in Contemporary Rural Britain (Policy Press, 2006)
 * Environmental Justice and Sustainability in the Former Soviet Union (MIT Press, 2009)
 * Speaking for Ourselves: Environmental Justice in Canada (UBC Press, 2010)
 * Cultivating Food Justice: Race, Class and Sustainability (MIT Press, 2011)
 * Environmental Inequalities Beyond Borders: Local Perspectives on Global Injustices (MIT Press, 2011)
 * Introducing Just Sustainabilities: Policy, Planning and Practice (Zed Books, 2013)
 * Incomplete Streets: Processes, Practices, and Possibilities (Routledge, 2014)
 * Sharing Cities: A Case for Truly Smart and Sustainable Cities (MIT Press, 2015)
 * Food Trucks, Cultural Identity, and Social Justice: From Loncheras to Lobsta Love (MIT Press, 2017)

Agyeman has an upcoming book under contract with MIT Press called Immigration, Immigrants, Agriculture and Food in North America.

Editorial Activity

 * Co-founder (1996) and Editor-in-Chief of Local Environment: The International Journal of Justice and Sustainability
 * Series Editor of Just Sustainabilities: Policy, Planning and Practice published by Zed Books
 * Co-Editor of the Routledge Equity, Justice and the Sustainable City Series
 * Contributing Editor to Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development
 * Member of the Editorial Board of the Australian Journal of Environmental Education

Awards and Recognition

 * Fellowship of the Royal Society of the Arts (FRSA), 1996
 * Fellow of the UK Royal Geographical Society (FRGS), 2016
 * Awarded the Benton H. Box Award by Clemson University Institute for Parks in 2015
 * Awarded the Athena City Accolade by KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, for his "outstanding contribution to the field of social justice and ecological sustainability, environmental policy and planning" in 2018

Visiting Professorships
Agyeman has had an extensive global speaking career, including many Visiting Professorships, Visiting Fellowships, and Scholarships:
 * Visiting Professorship at University of South Australia, Adelaide (2008-13)
 * Visiting Professorship at Northumbria University, Newcastle, UK (2010-14)
 * Visiting Professorship at University of British Columbia, Vancouver (April-May 2011)
 * Visiting Professorship at McGill University, Montréal (2017-18)
 * The Walker Ames Visiting Professorship, University of Washington, Seattle (Feb-March 2017)
 * Visiting Fellowship at The Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions, hosted by the University of Victoria, BC (April-May 2011)
 * Senior Scholar at The Center for Humans and Nature, Chicago (2013-16)
 * Fellow of the McConnell Foundation Cities for People program in Montréal (2017-)

Advocacy
In addition to his research contributions, Agyeman has taken a role in advocacy and consulting for organizations. In 1998, he co-founded the Black Environment Network, the first environmental justice-based organization of its kind in Britain, and remained the chair until 1994. Currently, Agyeman sits on the Academic Board of The Centre for the Future of Places (KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden) and the Board of Directors of EcoDistricts (Portland, OR). He is also on the Advisory Boards of Shareable (San Francisco, USA), Participatory City (London, UK), Urban Sharing (Lund, Sweden), Sharecity (Dublin, Ireland), and the McConnell Foundation’s Cities for People and Future Cities Canada programs (Montréal, Canada).