معرفی
Professor Colin McFarlane is a leading urban geographer at Durham University, specializing in the politics of city life, density, and sanitation crises. His work bridges empirical and theoretical urban studies, emphasizing the global South and North.
- Department of Geography, Durham University
- Focus: Urban density, sanitation infrastructure, informal settlements, and political ecology
- Grants: European Research Council, ESRC, Leverhulme Trust, GCRF
Research Themes
McFarlane's scholarship interrogates urban density as both material and political phenomenon, examining how crowding shapes urban experiences in London, Mumbai, and Manila. His sanitation research, including the 2023 book Waste and the City, reveals how toilet access reflects and reproduces inequality, from Dar es Salaam to Detroit. His DenCity project uses comics to reimagine density narratives.
Key Article Trends
Recent work explores pandemic urbanism (Manila/Taipei), experimental sanitation governance (Karachi/Kampala), and the socio-political dimensions of public toilets (London/White House). Collaborative research spans material infrastructure, crowd dynamics, and translocal urban comparisons.
Scientific Awards
- ERC Consolidator Grant
- ESRC and Leverhulme Trust funding
- GCRF co-investigator
Mentorship
Supervises PhD students Belen Desmaison Estrada and Huixuan Huang. Co-editor of multiple influential urban studies volumes.