Sarah Moser, McGill University

Research

new cities urban mega-developments geographies of exclusion splintering urbanism urban geography Chinese investment socio-spatial inequalities racialized patterns of growth

Latest papers

Analysing a private city being built from scratch through a social and environmental justice framework: A research agenda.
Urban studies (Edinburgh, Scotland) · 2024 · first author

All 1 publications

Latest funding

New urban trends in Palestine: Local challenges, regional influences, and global aspirations of emerging city builders in the West Bank
SSHRC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$39,178
Combating religious fundamentalism through speculative urbanism in Gulf countries
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$74,812
Chinese urban mega-developments in Malaysia: emerging socio-spatial inequalities and racialized patterns of growth
SSHRC · 2018 · Principal investigator
$73,654

All 4 grants and awards

1 publications.

01

Analysing a private city being built from scratch through a social and environmental justice framework: A research agenda.

Moser S, Avni N

Urban studies (Edinburgh, Scotland)2024First author

DOI: 10.1177/00420980231211814 PMID: 38827578

New urban trends in Palestine: Local challenges, regional influences, and global aspirations of emerging city builders in the West Bank

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Chitti, Marco

Keywords: Globalization; Urban planning; Palestine; Mega-projects; New Cities; Middle-East

$39,178

Combating religious fundamentalism through speculative urbanism in Gulf countries

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Moser, Sarah

Keywords: smart cities; Gulf urbanism; cultural politics; religious fundamentalism; urban spectacles; post-oil economies; new cities; urban mega-developments; economic diversification; globalization

$74,812

Chinese urban mega-developments in Malaysia: emerging socio-spatial inequalities and racialized patterns of growth

Principal investigatorSSHRC2018Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Moser, Sarah

Keywords: new cities; geographies of exclusion; splintering urbanism; urban geography; urban mega-developments; Chinese investment; socio-spatial inequalities; racialized patterns of growth; religious clustering

$73,654

Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah Economic City: Catalyst for a quiet social revolution?

Principal investigatorSSHRC2015Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Moser, Sarah

Keywords: (1) Urban geography; (2) cultural geography; (3) cultural politics; (4) urban mobility; (5) new cities; (6) planning; (7) Saudi Arabia; (8) neoliberalism; (9) gated communities; (10) Islam

$45,197

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: new cities Dear Professor Moser, 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 "Analysing a private city being built from scratch through a social and environmental justice framework: A research agenda." (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 "Combating religious fundamentalism through speculative urbanism in Gulf countries" (2021), 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]