Maxwell Hartt, Queen's University

Research

Older adults Urban planning Play age-friendly communities Age-friendly Loneliness Inclusive design Public space

Latest papers

The 'Double Risk' of Aging: Examining Vulnerability and (Un)supportive Built Environments in Canadian Cities.
Canadian journal on aging = La revue canadienne du vieillissement · 2024 · senior author
Planning for Play? A Systematic Literature Review.
Journal of planning literature · 2024 · first author

All 2 publications

Latest funding

Age-friendly Shrinking Cities: Planning for a New Era of Global Urbanism
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$58,869
Student Housing Observatory - Ontario and Quebec
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$35,300
Aging Playfully: Addressing the Challenges of Older Adult Loneliness through Urban Play Interventions
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$72,379

All 3 grants and awards

2 publications.

01

The 'Double Risk' of Aging: Examining Vulnerability and (Un)supportive Built Environments in Canadian Cities.

Biglieri S, Hartt M

Canadian journal on aging = La revue canadienne du vieillissement2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1017/s0714980823000429 PMID: 37665016

02

Planning for Play? A Systematic Literature Review.

Hartt M, Lee C, Empey-Salisbury M

Journal of planning literature2024First author

DOI: 10.1177/08854122231169228 PMID: 38332804

Age-friendly Shrinking Cities: Planning for a New Era of Global Urbanism

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Hartt, Maxwell

Keywords: shrinking cities; age-friendly communities; older adults; urban planning

$58,869

Student Housing Observatory - Ontario and Quebec

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Revington, Nicholas

Keywords: student housing; town and gown relations; urban policy and planning; universities; colleges; studentification

$35,300

Aging Playfully: Addressing the Challenges of Older Adult Loneliness through Urban Play Interventions

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Hartt, Maxwell

Keywords: Age-friendly; Play; Loneliness; Inclusive design; Urban planning; Older adults; Public space; Wellbeing

$72,379

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Samantha Biglieri

Urban Planning

1 shared papers, latest 2024

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Older adults Dear Professor Hartt, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "The 'Double Risk' of Aging: Examining Vulnerability and (Un)supportive Built Environments in Canadian Cities." (2024), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Age-friendly Shrinking Cities: Planning for a New Era of Global Urbanism" (2025), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]