Tenure Track Position in Urban Economics, Planning and Municipal Finance

at  Toronto Metropolitan University

FCS, URBAN & REGIONAL PLANN.

Posted:

October 21, 2024
Deadline to Apply:

Friday, November 29, 2024
Located in downtown Toronto, the largest and most culturally diverse city in Canada and on the territory of the Anishinaabeg, Haudenosaunee and the Wendat Peoples, the School of Urban and Regional Planning (SURP) in the Faculty of Community Services at Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University) invites applications for a tenure track position at the rank of Assistant Professor effective July 1, 2025, subject to final budgetary approval.
The primary research interest of the successful candidate should be in the area of Urban Economics and Planning as applied in the context of Municipal Finance, Feasibility Analysis of Urban Development, Infrastructure Planning, and/or Policy Evaluation. We specifically welcome candidates who demonstrate the impacts of their work in creating more sustainable and equitable communities.
The successful candidate will engage in a combination of teaching, scholarly research or creative activity, and service duties while maintaining an inclusive, equitable, and collegial work environment across all activities. Teaching duties will entail teaching core and elective courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels, supervision of students, and/or curriculum development, including in the areas of Municipal Finance, Policy Planning, Feasibility Analysis of Urban Development, and Policy Analysis and Evaluation. The successful candidate will pursue a strong, innovative research program or creative activity that is externally funded and that produces cutting-edge, high quality results.
Candidates must have a doctoral (PhD) degree in Planning, Economics or a closely related field by the appointment date. Candidates with an accredited degree in Planning are specifically welcome to apply. Candidates who are all-but-dissertation (ABD) and are able to demonstrate that they are very close to completion (such as, a set defense date) may also be considered. To support our School’s continued accreditation success, it is expected that the person who is hired for this position will achieve full membership as a registered professional planner (RPP) or for candidates without an accredited degree in Planning, demonstrate significant progress toward completing their candidacy requirements through the Professional Standards Board for the Planning Profession in Canada (PSB) during their probationary period. Any questions regarding eligibility or process for the RPP designation can be directed to the PSB.

In addition, the successful candidate must present evidence of:

• strong emerging scholarly research and/or creative activity that is current, innovative and impactful as evidenced by, but not limited to, monographs, peer-reviewed publications, working papers, public policy contributions, presentations at academic conferences, community engagement and professional work, success in securing grants, research related awards, and other writing or creative production that contributes to the visibility and prominence of the discipline.
• demonstrated potential for teaching excellence at all levels of the undergraduate and graduate curriculums, as evidenced by a teaching dossier that includes a teaching philosophy statement, experience with course and curriculum review and/or development, examples of best practices in inclusive pedagogy, including the effective use of classroom technology and any experience with experiential learning, sample syllabi, strong teaching evaluations, teaching awards, and other relevant achievements in teaching;
• commitment to our values of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion as it pertains to service, teaching, and scholarly research or creative activities, including a demonstrated ability to make learning accessible and inclusive for a diverse student population; and
• an ability and willingness to contribute to the life of the School of Urban and Regional Planning and the University through collegial service.

Our committee recognizes that scholars have varying career paths and that career interruptions can be part of an excellent academic record. Candidates are encouraged to provide any relevant information about their experience and/or career interruptions.
Also, to correct the conditions of disadvantage in employment in Canada, we encourage applications from members of groups that have been historically disadvantaged and marginalized, including First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples, Indigenous peoples of North America, Black-identified persons, other racialized persons, persons with disabilities, and those who identify as women and/or 2SLGBTQ+. Candidates who self identify as belonging to a community historically underrepresented in Planning education and practice are especially welcome to provide details of how their lived experiences inform their scholarly and professional work, if applicable. Such candidates are also encouraged to self identify through our Applicant Diversity Self-ID questionnaire.
This position falls under the jurisdiction of the Toronto Metropolitan Faculty Association (TFA) [www.tfanet.ca]. Visit us at www.torontomu.ca/faculty-affairs to view the TFA collective agreement and a summary of TFA benefits.

Please refer the Job description for details