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Jérémie Molho

Toronto Metropolitan University
EducationPhD, University of Angers
Areas of ExpertiseComparative urban studies, cultural policies, diversity governance

 

Jérémie Molho’s is a Senior Research Associate at the CERC in Migration and Integration at Toronto Metropolitan University. His research adopts a comparative urban studies approach. He has conducted fieldwork in emerging global cities such as Istanbul, Doha and Singapore and has been developing an interest for visual and video-based research methods in recent years. Jérémie's current research compares the urban policies and politics of attraction and retention of migrants with complex trajectories spanning across Asia, the Middle East and Canada. He also seeks to develop a collaborative research project to analyze the role of arts and culture in the urban inclusion of marginalized migrants across different world cities.

Jérémie received his BA in Middle Eastern studies and MA in urban studies from Sciences Po Paris, and his PhD in geography (2016) from the University of Angers, France. From 2016 and 2019, he was research associate at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy (EUI), and then Marie Curie fellow at the National University of Singapore (2019-21) and the EUI (2021-22). His doctoral research explored the globalization of art markets in Istanbul, Singapore, Doha and Hong Kong. His post-doctoral research analyzed the governance of diversity in Doha and Singapore.

From 2021 to 2023, he initiated and coordinated the National University of Singapore-University of Paris project ‘Governing Diverse Cities in Europe and Asia’. Since 2023, he is the Principal investigator of the project Fostering Integration Through the Arts (FIT-ART), a partnership with the Toronto Arts Council (TAC) funded by Canada’s Social Science and Humanities Research Council, which studies the TAC’s program for newcomers and refugees. He is also co-PI in the project funded by the French Embassy in Canada exploring the trajectories of French Students in Canada.

Recent Publications

Molho, J. (2023). The promises and limitations of digital participation in heritage: Planning transmedia heritage districts in superdiverse cities. International Journal of Heritage Studies, 1-17.

Molho, J. (2021). Putting the city on the world art map: star curators and nation branding. (external link)  (external link)  International Journal of Politics, Culture, and Society34(4), 455-470.

Molho, J. (2020). Modelling diversity: cultural district policies in Doha and Singapore. International Journal of Cultural Policy, 26(6), 740-755.