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Dr. Dan Cohen is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography and Planning at Queen's University. His work bridges critical urban and economic geography, examining how financial markets and policy frameworks shape social systems. Cohen holds a PhD in Geography from the University of British Columbia (2017), an M.Sc. in Planning from the University of Toronto (2010), and a B.A. from the University of Toronto. His research focuses on marketization processes in education, urban policy, and social finance, particularly exploring how financial capital influences public service delivery and spatial inequality.
Key research areas include:
- Social Finance & Impact Investing: Analyzing Canada’s Social Finance Fund and its implications for public infrastructure.
- Education Markets: Studying student debt, EdTech, and the spatial politics of schooling.
- Urban Financialization: Investigating housing markets, central bank policies, and pandemic-era economic responses.
Cohen’s funded projects include SSHRC-supported analyses of Canada’s Social Finance Program, financial technologies in student debt systems, and geographies of central bank responses to crises. His interdisciplinary approach integrates political economy, critical race theory, and spatial analysis to critique market-driven solutions to urban and social challenges.
