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Natasha Iskander is James Weldon Johnson Professor of Urban Planning and Public Service at NYU's Wagner Graduate School. She received her Ph.D. from MIT (2006) and B.A. from Stanford (1994). Her research examines migration's role in economic development, skill politics, and climate change impacts on work, with fieldwork in Qatar, Mexico, and Morocco.
Iskander's research investigates how migration drives knowledge creation and political change, focusing on immigrant contributions to urban development, institutional innovation, and economic restructuring. Her current project examines concrete production as a lens to study climate change, migration, and urbanization interconnections.
She has received major awards including the American Sociological Association's Best Book Award (Labor and Development sections) and the John Friedmann Book Award. Her publications analyze skill classification systems, worker rights, labor standards enforcement, and diaspora policies. She serves on editorial boards of Industrial and Labor Relations Review and Urban Studies Review.
Iskander directs the NYU Migration Network and maintains research affiliations with multiple institutes. She has held fellowships at Princeton's Institute for Advanced Study, Stanford's CASBS, and UNC's Global Research Institute.
