## [Faculty Research](/faculty-research) ## Change for the better begins with connecting: - ### knowledge and action; - ### planning and partnership. ## In everything we do, we work to: - ### Build partnerships with researchers, other disciplines policy-makers and professions, and the communities our insights impact; - ### Improve the well-being of communities - ### Innovate and challenge conventions ![Woman in blazer and white turtleneck](/sites/default/files/styles/hero_focal_point_325/public/2025-07/julia-harten-square.jpg.webp?h=c2ffdabf&itok=dm2TNBMh)## [ SCARP Assistant Professor Dr. Julia Harten publishes: ](https://scarp.ubc.ca/news/2025/dr-julia-hartens-new-deep-dive-article-housing-needs-reporting-in-bc) "Lessons from the first round of mandatory housing needs reporting in British Columbia, Canada" ![Woman in orange turtleneck](/sites/default/files/styles/hero_focal_point_325/public/2025-07/maggie-low-2023-square.png.webp?h=6ffa13b7&itok=UIJU443J)## [ SCARP Assistant Professor Dr. Maggie Low publishes: ](https://scarp.ubc.ca/news/2025/dr-maggie-lows-article-urban-indigenous-housing-needs-gap-in-municipal-plans) "Is municipal planning responsive to urban Indigenous housing needs?" ![Man in black shirt with arms crossed](/sites/default/files/styles/hero_focal_point_325/public/2025-07/james-connolly-2024-reduced.jpg.webp?h=c6ac5ed2&itok=vP8bnsDX)## [ SCARP Associate Professor Dr. James Connolly publishes: ](https://scarp.ubc.ca/news/2025/scarps-james-connolly-publishes-paper-climate-gentrification) "The implications of climate gentrification for urban climate action" ![Woman in white shirt smiling](/sites/default/files/styles/hero_focal_point_325/public/2025-07/holly-caggiano-banner.jpg.webp?h=dd32d192&itok=VrsSZ6Bt)## [ SCARP Assistant Professor Holly Caggiano publishes: ](https://scarp.ubc.ca/news/2024/scarps-holly-caggiano-co-authors-paper-carbon-removal-for-just-transition) “Carbon Removal for a Just Transition” - Labs and Data Centres - Faculty in the writing world ##### Labs and Data Centres [![BCNUEJ logo, with old-fashioned stamped appearance in black and green](/sites/default/files/styles/square_200/public/2022-10/bcnuej_square.jpg.webp?itok=iyIys0Hn)](https://www.bcnuej.org/)[Barcelona Laboratory for Urban Environmental Justice](https://www.bcnuej.org/) [![James, outside building](/sites/default/files/styles/square_200/public/2022-10/james_connolly.jpg.webp?itok=EBMHiHvJ)](/directory/james-connolly)[James Connolly](/directory/james-connolly "James Connolly") ![Logo with several curves making up a roughly circular shape](/sites/default/files/styles/square_200/public/2025-02/bridgingdivides_logo_square.jpg.webp?itok=VI7vcNQN) [Bridging Divides Research Centre](https://migration.ubc.ca/research/bridging-divides/) ![Woman in a blazer](/sites/default/files/styles/square_200/public/2025-02/julia_harten_-_square.jpg.webp?itok=lY5vJpkf) [Julia Harten](/directory/julia-harten "Julia Harten") ![Green logo with a leaf above waves around a circle](/sites/default/files/styles/square_200/public/2025-02/cerc.jpg.webp?itok=l89fkAs0) [Clean Energy Research Centre](https://cerc.ubc.ca/) ![Woman smiling with arms crossed](/sites/default/files/styles/square_200/public/2024-11/holly_caggiano_2024_-_2.jpg.webp?itok=8eVCxdrJ) [Holly Caggiano](/directory/holly-caggiano "Holly Caggiano") [![PLACE Lab logo, depicting a solar panel casting a shadow](/sites/default/files/styles/max_325x325/public/2025-03/place_lab.png.webp?itok=UFrbvE9X)](https://hollycaggiano.com/placelab/)[Planning for Climate Equity Lab](https://hollycaggiano.com/placelab/) ![Woman smiling with arms crossed](/sites/default/files/styles/square_200/public/2024-11/holly_caggiano_2024_-_2.jpg.webp?itok=8eVCxdrJ) [Holly Caggiano](/directory/holly-caggiano "Holly Caggiano") ![Arrow in rough shape of R](/sites/default/files/styles/square_200/public/2025-03/rerow_logo_on_blue.png.webp?itok=CVDFqG9K) [Rethinking the Right of Way research cluster](https://rerow.ubc.ca/) [![Kelly, in red cardigan](/sites/default/files/styles/square_200/public/Clifton_Portrait%20cropped_0.jpg.webp?itok=W07Eo4-Z)](/directory/kelly-j-clifton)[Kelly Clifton](/directory/kelly-j-clifton "Kelly J Clifton") [![SUPERLab logo amidst dreary cityscape](/sites/default/files/styles/square_200/public/2022-10/superlab_square.jpg.webp?itok=N18MwEOA)](http://www.superlab.us/)[Sustainable Urban Planning & Research Lab](http://www.superlab.us/) [![Kelly, in red cardigan](/sites/default/files/styles/square_200/public/Clifton_Portrait%20cropped_0.jpg.webp?itok=W07Eo4-Z)](/directory/kelly-j-clifton)[Kelly Clifton](/directory/kelly-j-clifton "Kelly J Clifton") [![UPAL logo, showing a green trend chart blending into a grey background](/sites/default/files/styles/square_200/public/2022-10/urban_preditive_analytics_lab_sq.png.webp?itok=HFtomvGg)](https://www.urbanpredictiveanalytics.com/)[Urban Predictive Analytics Lab](https://www.urbanpredictiveanalytics.com/) ![Martino, in grey suit among green neighbourhood](/sites/default/files/styles/square_200/public/2022-10/martino_tran_hr.jpg.webp?itok=oi2FOgW5) [Martino Tran](/directory/martino-tran "Martino Tran") ##### Faculty in the writing world ![planning theory & practice title cover](/sites/default/files/styles/max_325x325/public/2022-09/planning_theory_practice.jpeg.webp?itok=QEW79YUx) ## [Heather Campbell](/directory/heather-campbell "Heather Campbell") ### Planning Theory and Practice SCARP Director Campbell serves as Senior Editor to this forum at the interface between academic and practitioner, promoting an international lens on policy. It is said to rank as one of the top 5 English language planning journals in the world. [More about Planning Theory and Practice](https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/rptp20) [![spacing vancouver logo](/sites/default/files/styles/max_325x325/public/2022-10/download_1.jpg.webp?itok=6_XsGlET)](http://spacing.ca/vancouver/) ## [Erick Villagomez](/directory/erick-villagomez "Erick Villagomez") ### Spacing Vancouver Erick Villagomez is the Editor-in-Chief at Spacing Vancouver, the Vancouver branch of a magazine that describes the joys, obstacles, and politics of Canada’s big cities and thinks critically about how to shape public spaces. [More about Spacing Vancouver](http://spacing.ca/vancouver/) ![The Laws of Settlements cover, amidst landscape map](/sites/default/files/styles/max_325x325/public/2022-10/download_2.jpg.webp?itok=QoxOv4Ii) ## [Erick Villagomez](/directory/erick-villagomez "Erick Villagomez") ### The Laws of Settlements Erick Villagomez’s book The Laws of Settlements describes the principles underlying human settlements. [More about The Laws of Settlements](/) ## You can access our faculty listing's Research dropdown to find faculty by specialty! - [Faculty directory](/faculty)