Alan Walks, University of Toronto

Research

financialization debt socio-spatial inequality mortgage securitization housing housing policy real estate investment neighbourhood change

Latest funding

The Return of Purpose-Built Rentals: A Changing Class Hierarchy of Housing in Canada
SSHRC · 2021 · Co-investigator
$67,460
Causes, consequences, and geographies of financialization in Canada: household debt, foreclosures, socio-spatial inequalities
SSHRC · 2014 · Principal investigator
$379,571
The CIHR ACHIEVE Research Partnership: Action for Health Equity Interventions
CIHR · 2008 · Co-investigator
$1,790,000

All 3 grants and awards

The Return of Purpose-Built Rentals: A Changing Class Hierarchy of Housing in Canada

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Hyde, Zachary

Keywords: Urban Geography; Housing Policy; Rental Housing; Urban Development; Culture; Financialization; Intergenerational Inequality; Wealth; Mixed Methods; Qualitative Methods

$67,460

Causes, consequences, and geographies of financialization in Canada: household debt, foreclosures, socio-spatial inequalities

Principal investigatorSSHRC2014Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Walks, Alan

Keywords: financialization; debt; socio-spatial inequality; mortgage securitization; housing; housing policy; real estate investment; neighbourhood change; foreclosures; powers-of-sale; gentrification; suburbs; municipal service delivery; social welfare

$379,571

The CIHR ACHIEVE Research Partnership: Action for Health Equity Interventions

Co-investigatorCIHR2008Training Grant

Principal investigators: O'Campo, Patricia J

Keywords: Health Disparities; Inner City Health; Interventions Research; Knowledge Translation And Exchange; Population Health

$1,790,000

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

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: financialization Dear Professor Walks, 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]. Your research on financialization connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] 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]