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Brian Doucet

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Associate Profesor, School of Planning, University of Waterloo

Dr Doucet's research examines the relationships between gentrification, neighbourhood change and mobility. He use a variety of methods including photography to better understand the challenges and complexities of contemporary cities, how they change, and how people experience them. Dr Doucet is particularly interested in understanding the stories, experiences and knowledge that are not visible within statistics.

Originally from Toronto, he lived in the Netherlands between 2004 - 2017, where he obtained his MSc and PhD in geography from Utrecht University.

Current research includes examining displacement along Waterloo Region's light rail transit line, gentrification and neighbourhood change in Hamilton, and how people experience cycling in different countries.

Dr Doucet is the co-author of the book 'Streetcars and the Shifting Geography of Toronto: a visual analysis of change' (2022, University of Toronto Press) and the co-editor of the four-volume series 'Global Reflections on COVID-19 and Urban Inequalities' (2021, Bristol University Press).

He held the Canada Research Chair in Urban Change and Social Inclusion (2017 - 2023) and is currently an Associate Professor in the School of Planning at the University of Waterloo.

Experience

  • 2017–present
    Canada Research Chair, University of Waterloo
  • 2015–2017
    Senior lecturer, Erasmus University College
  • 2010–2015
    Lecturer, Utrecht University

Education

  • 2010 
    Utrecht University, PhD
  • 2006 
    Utrecht University, MSc
  • 2003 
    University of Toronto, BA

Grants and Contracts

  • 2020
    Overspill gentrification: neighbourhood change in Hamilton, and the impact from Toronto
    Role:
    Principal Investigator
    Funding Source:
    Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
  • 2020
    Documenting and Experiencing Gentrification: transit, displacement and the lived experiences of gentrification in Kitchener-Waterloo
    Role:
    Principal Investigator
    Funding Source:
    Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
  • 2019
    Boggs Urban Reader: bringing the ‘urban’ into visionary activist research
    Role:
    Principal Investigator
    Funding Source:
    Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
  • 2019
    Residential Property Values and Active Transportation Infrastructure
    Role:
    Co-PI
    Funding Source:
    Cities of Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge, Region of Waterloo