Jason Hackworth is a professor of planning and geography at the University of Toronto. He has written about a variety of topics including public housing, neoliberalism, gentrification, and urban decline. His most recent book is entitled Manufacturing Decline (Columbia University Press, 2019).
The Baumer Lecture Series invites prominent researchers and practitioners of architecture, landscape architecture, and city and regional planning to present their work and to engage topics both topical and enduring.