Christopher Higgins, University of Toronto

Research

land use spatial analysis transportation housing urban form real estate telework transitoriented development

Latest funding

Developing a Voxel-based Data Model for the Study of Urban Volumetrics
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$41,975
Transit, Telework, and Housing Markets: Investigating Locational Preferences for Transit-oriented Development in Pre- and Post-Pandemic Canadian Cities
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$35,700
Transit, Telework, and Housing Markets: Investigating Locational Preferences for Transit-oriented Development in Pre- and Post-Pandemic Canadian Cities
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$64,200

All 5 grants and awards

Developing a Voxel-based Data Model for the Study of Urban Volumetrics

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Higgins, Christopher

Keywords: Land use; Built form; Urban volumetrics; Spatial analysis; Network analysis; Urban morphology

$41,975

Transit, Telework, and Housing Markets: Investigating Locational Preferences for Transit-oriented Development in Pre- and Post-Pandemic Canadian Cities

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Higgins, Christopher D.

Keywords: housing; transportation; land use; urban form; real estate; telework; transitoriented development; spatial analysis; geographic information systems

$35,700

Transit, Telework, and Housing Markets: Investigating Locational Preferences for Transit-oriented Development in Pre- and Post-Pandemic Canadian Cities

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Higgins, Christopher D.

Keywords: housing; transportation; land use; urban form; real estate; telework; transitoriented development; spatial analysis; geographic information systems

$64,200

An Integrated Approach to Transit System Evolution

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Knowledge Synthesis Grants

Principal investigators: Higgins, Christopher D.

Keywords: public transit; transportation; land use; mode choice; affordable housing; social equity

$29,860

Mobilizing justice: towards evidence-based transportation equity policy

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020Partnership Grants

Keywords: transportation; justice; equity; mobility; technology; accessibility; policy; guidelines

$998,600

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: land use Dear Professor Higgins, 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 land use 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 "Developing a Voxel-based Data Model for the Study of Urban Volumetrics" (2024), 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]