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Sandeep Kuman Agrawal

Sandeep Kumar Agrawal

University of Alberta Institutional Lead, Co-Lead Place and Infrastructure Theme
Education PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Areas of ExpertiseMigration, urban and rural governance, energy transition, Indigenous issues, human rights
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Sandeep Agrawal is an Associate Dean in the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research and a Professor in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Alberta. He was an Associate Chair in the department and inaugural director of the School of Urban and Regional Planning between 2013 and 2023. During his tenure as director, he led the development of MSc Planning and PhD specialization in urban planning, and established the School in 2018. Prior to moving to the University of Alberta, he was Associate Director and Founding Graduate Program Director of the School of Urban and Regional Planning at Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson). 

An accomplished author with three books, and +100 articles and professional reports, Sandeep has made significant contributions to urban planning through the lens of multiculturalism, human rights and equity, with notable impacts on city bylaws, planning policies, and legislation. His most recent book is entitled Rights and the City: Problems, Progress and Practice. His new book, Municipal Boundary Battles, is forthcoming.

Sandeep is a recipient of the Canadian Institute of Planners’ national academic award for his significant contribution to planning education and research.

Recent Publications

Agrawal, S. (2019). Canadian Refugee Sponsorship Programs: Experience of Syrian Refugees in Alberta, Canada (external link) . Journal of International Migration and Integration, 20(4), 941–962. 

Agrawal, S. (2022). Rights and The City (external link) . University of Alberta Press.

Agrawal, S. K., & Zoe, C. (2021). Housing and Homelessness in Indigenous Communities of Canada’s North (external link) . Housing Policy Debate, 1–31. 

Perzyna, M., & Agrawal, S. (2022). Making the Match: Understanding the Destining Process of Government-Assisted Refugees in Canada (external link) . Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, 1–20.