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{{Short description|British professor (born 1958)}}
{{Infobox academic
| name = Julian Agyeman
| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country= GBR|FRSA |FRGS|size=100%}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|11|20}}
| birth_place = United[[Beverley]], KingdomEngland
| occupation = Professor of Urban and& Environmental Policy and& Planning at, [[Tufts University]]
| website = {{official website}}
| website = [http://www.julianagyeman.com/ www.julianagyeman.com]
| alma_mater =
| alma_mater = [[University of Durham]] <br /> [[University of London]]▼
| discipline = {{hlist|[[Urban planning and ]]|[[environmental social science]]}}
| notable_ideas = Just sustainabilities ([[social justice]] =and Just[[environmental sustainabilitiessustainability]])
▲| alma_mater education = {{ubl|[[University of Durham]] <br(BSc)|[[Middlesex />University]] (MA)|[[University of London]] (PhD)}}
}}
'''Julian K. Agyeman''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|FRSA|FRGS}} is a professor of Urban & Environmental Policy & Planning and Fletcher Professor of Rhetoric and Debate at [[Tufts University]].<ref name="UEP">{{Cite web |title=Julian Agyeman |url=https://as.tufts.edu/uep/people/faculty/julian-agyeman |access-date=2024-09-15 |website=Department of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning |publisher=[[Tufts University]]}}</ref> He is a co-founder and the editor-in-chief of the journal ''[[Local Environment]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Julian Agyeman |url=https://facultyprofiles.tufts.edu/julian-agyeman |access-date=2024-09-15 |publisher=[[Tufts University]] |type=Profile}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=About this journal |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/cloe20/about-this-journal |access-date=2024-09-14 |website=[[Local Environment]]}}</ref> During his career, Agyeman has developed 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."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-04-15 |title=Biography and Expertise in Just Sustainabilities |url=https://julianagyeman.com/bio/ |access-date=2024-09-15 |publisher=Professor Julian Agyeman |language=en-US}}</ref>
'''Julian Agyeman''' is Professor of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning at [[Tufts University]],<ref>[http://as.tufts.edu/UEP/ Official web page atTufts University]</ref> and co-founder and editor-in-chief of ''[[Local Environment|Local Environment: The International Journal of Justice and Sustainability]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Local Environment |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?show=editorialBoard&journalCode=cloe20 |website=Taylor and Francis Online |publisher=Taylor and Francis |accessdate=8 October 2018}}</ref> He is a Fellow of the [[Royal Society of the Arts]] and the [[Royal Geographical Society]].
 
==Personal life and education==
In the early 2000s, Agyeman developed 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”.<ref name=Agyeman2018>{{cite web |url=https://julianagyeman.com/biography/ |title=Biography |website=Julian Agyeman Official Website |accessdate=22 July 2018}}</ref> His book on the subject, ''Introducing Just Sustainabilities: Policy, Planning, and Practice'', is widely used at universities.<ref>{{cite book |title=Introducing just sustainabilities : policy, planning, and practice |publisher=OCLC |oclc=844519738 }}</ref>
Agyeman was born on November 20, 1958,<ref>{{Cite book |title=Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors |date=March 23, 2007 |publisher=[[Gale (publisher)|Gale]] |isbn=978-0-7876-3995-2 |chapter=Julian K. Agyeman |id={{Gale|H1000170067}}}}</ref> in [[Beverley]], East Riding of Yorkshire.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Julian Agyeman Profile |url=https://www.placemakingx.org/people/julian-agyeman |access-date=2024-09-15 |publisher=[[PlacemakingX]]}}</ref> He received a [[Bachelor of Science]] degree with [[joint honours|joint honors]] in geography and botany from [[Durham University]] in 1980, a [[Master of Arts]] in conservation policy from [[Middlesex University]] in 1987, and a [[Doctor of Philosophy]] in urban studies from the [[University of London]] in 1996.<ref name="UEP" />
 
==Education==
Agyeman received a B.Sc. with Joint Honors in Geography and Botany from [[Durham University]] in 1980, 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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Julian Agyeman Faculty Page |url=http://as.tufts.edu/uep/faculty/agyeman |website=Tufts Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning |accessdate=26 July 2018}}</ref>
 
==Publications==
Including his books and journal articles, Agyeman has over 150 publications in his field.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Otto |first1=Beth |title=Defining Sustainability: Takeaways from Dr. Julian Agyeman |url=httphttps://elgl.org/2014/06/07/defining-sustainability-takeaways-dr-julian-agyeman/ |website=ELGL |date=7 June 2014 |accessdate=26 July 2018}}</ref> His article, ''Mind the Gap: Why do people act environmentally and what are the barriers to pro-environmental behavior?'', published in ''Environmental Education Research'', is the most cited journal article by a North American urban planning scholar.<ref name=Sanchez>{{cite web |last1=Sanchez |first1=Tom |title=2018 Urban Planning Faculty Citation Analysis |url=http://tomwsanchez.com/2018-urban-planning-faculty-citation-analysis/ |website=Tom Sanchez |accessdate=26 July 2018|date=January 2018 }}</ref> His publications have led him to be ranked as one of the top 1510 most highly cited urban planning faculty in North America.<ref>{{cite nameweb |last1=Sanchez |first1=Tom |title=Summer 2023 Urban Planning Faculty Citation Update |url=http://tomwsanchez.com/summer-2023-urban-planning-faculty-citation-update/ |website=Tom Sanchez|date=24 July 2023 |accessdate=15 August 2023}}</ref> His work integrates multiple academic disciplines, including geography, sociology, urban policyplanning and planningpolicy, [[environmental justice]], and sustainability.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Monani |first1=Salma |title=An Interview with Julian Agyeman: Just Sustainability and Ecopedagogy |url=https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.google.com/&httpsredir=1&article=1000&context=esfac |website=The Cupola |publisher=Gettysburg College |accessdate=26 July 2018}}</ref>
 
<big>'''Books'''</big>
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<big>'''Co-edited books'''</big>
*''Just Sustainabilities: Development in an Unequal World'' ([[MIT Press]], 2003)
*''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)
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*''Incomplete Streets: Processes, Practices, and Possibilities'' ([[Routledge]], 2014)
*''Food Trucks, Cultural Identity, and Social Justice: From Loncheras to Lobsta Love'' (MIT Press, 2017)
*''The Immigrant-Food Nexus: Borders, Labor, and Identity in North America'' (MIT Press, 2020)
*''Sacred Civics: Building Seven Generation Cities'' (Routledge, 2022)
 
== Career ==
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=== Editorships ===
 
*Co-founder (1996) and Editor-in-Chief of ''[[Local Environment]]: The International Journal of Justice and Sustainability]]''
*Co-Editor of the [[Routledge]] ''Equity, Justice and the Sustainable City'' Series
*Co-Editor of the Bristol University/Policy Press Series ''Smart Sharing Cities: Technology, Sustainability, Ethics and Politics''
*Contributing Editor to ''Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development''
*Member of the Editorialeditorial Boardboard of the ''Australian Journal of Environmental Education''
*Series Editor of ''Just Sustainabilities: Policy, Planning and Practice'' published by [[Zed Books]]
 
===Awards ===
He is a [[Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts]] (1996) and the [[Royal Geographical Society]] (2016). He received the Benton H. Box Award from [[Clemson University]] Institute for Parks in 2015<ref>{{cite web |last1=Shuff |first1=Danielle |title=Agyeman receives Clemson University Institute for Parks award |url=http://newsstand.clemson.edu/agyeman-receives-clemson-university-institute-for-parks-award/ |website=The Newsstand |accessdate=24 July 2018}}</ref> and the Athena City Accolade from the KTH [[Royal Institute of Technology]] in 2018.<ref>{{cite web |title=Athena City Accolade Award |url=https://www.cfp.abe.kth.se/nyheter/athena-city-accolade-award-1.831308 |website=Center for the Future of Places |publisher=KTH Royal Institute of Technology |accessdate=29 January 2019}}</ref> In 2023, he became Hedersdoktorer (Honorary Doctor) at KTH Royal institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.<ref>{{cite web |title=Honorary doctors at KTH |url=https://www.kth.se/en/om/mot/priser/hedersdoktorer/hedersdoktorer-vid-kth-1.3974 |website=KTH |accessdate=15 August 2023 |date=4 August 2023}}</ref>
 
===Visiting professorships===
Agyeman has been a visiting professor at [[University of South Australia]] (2008–13), [[Northumbria University]] (2010-14), [[University of British Columbia]] (April–May 2011) and [[McGill University]] (2017-18); he also held the Walker Ames Visiting Professorship at the [[University of Washington]] (2017). He is currently the TD Walter Bean Visiting professor at the [[University of Waterloo]], Canada (2020–21).
He also held a Visiting Fellowship at The Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions, hosted by the [[University of Victoria]] (2011). Agyeman was a Senior Scholar at Thethe [[Center for Humans and Nature]] (2013–16) and a Fellow of the McConnell Foundation's Cities for People program in Montréal (2017).<ref name="Agyeman2018">{{cite web |title=Biography |url=https://julianagyeman.com/bio/ |accessdate=22 July 2018 |website=Julian Agyeman Official Website}}</ref>
 
===Advisory positions===
Agyeman currently sits on the Academic Board of [https://www.cfp.abe.kth.se/centre-for-the-future-of-places-1.764540/ The Centre for the Future of Places] (KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm) and the Board of Directors of [https://ecodistricts.org/ EcoDistricts]. He is also on the Advisory Boards of [https://www.shareable.net/ Shareable], [http://www.participatorycity.org/Boston University Initiative on Cities, Institute for Transportation & Development Policy - US, Participatory City], [http://www.urbansharing.org/ Urban Sharing], [http://sharecity.ie/Equiticity and Sharecity],<ref>{{cite web |title=Renowned Urban Planning Professor Julian Agyeman Joins Shareable's Advisory Board |url=https://www.shareable.net/blog/renowned-urban-planning-professor-julian-agyeman-joins-shareables-advisory-board |website=Shareable |date=30 May 2017 |accessdate=26 July 2018}}</ref>, and the McConnell Foundation’s [https://mcconnellfoundation.ca/initiative/cities-for-people/Foundation's Cities for People Future Cities Canada programs.<ref name=Agyeman2018 /> In November 2021, he was an advisor on [[Michelle Wu]]'s andTransition Committee for her transition into the office of [[mayor of Boston]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Meet our Transition Committee |url=https://futurecitiescanadawww.ca/aboutallaboardboston.com/transition-committee Future|website=www.allaboardboston.com Cities|publisher=All Canada]Aboard programs.<refBoston name(Michelle Wu Transition Website) |access-date=Agyeman201810 November 2022 |language=en |date=2021}}</ref> Additionally, he is a Founding Senior Advisor/Thought Leader at [https://www.placemakingx.org/ PlacemakingX].
 
==References==
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*[http://www.julianagyeman.com/ Official Julian Agyeman Website]
*[http://as.tufts.edu/uep/faculty/agyeman/ Julian Agyeman’s Tufts Faculty Page]
*[https://julianagyeman.com/just-sustainabilities-blog/ Just Sustainabilities Blog]
*[http://www.wbur.org/radioboston/2016/01/15/sharing-cities/ Interview with WBUR]
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