Laura Vaz-Jones , Human Geography PhD Candidate

Home Campus:
U of T St. George
PhD:
An Intersectional Right to the City: Afro-descendent Domestic Worker Struggles in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
Other Degrees:
MA Human Geography, University of Toronto
BAH in Global Development Studies and Environmental Studies
Honours & Awards:
Vanier Scholar (2019-2021)
SSHRC (2014-2015)
RBC Fellowship in Public and Economic Policy (2014-2015)
Supervisor(s):
Sharlene Mollett
Contact Information:
laura.vaz.jones@mail.utoronto.ca
Research Interests:
- feminist political economy
- urban theory
- right to the city
- intersectionality
- critical race theory
- political ecology
Selected Publications:
Vaz-Jones, Laura. 2018. “Struggles over Land, Livelihood, and Future Possibilities: Reframing Displacement through Feminist Political Ecology.” Signs 43(3): 711-735.
Research Clusters:
Political Ecology, Political Spaces