Ahmed Allahwala

I am an Associate Professor (Teaching Stream) in the Department of Human Geography at Scarborough and an associate member of the tri-campus graduate department. As a critical policy analyst, my work focuses on urban social policy in the context of contemporary state and economic restructuring in North America and Western Europe. I have taught a wide variety of courses in Germany and Canada on topics including welfare state analysis, immigration and settlement, city politics, community-based research, and urban planning. While my main focus is on undergraduate teaching, I welcome inquiries from students interested in the MA (Geography) program with research interest in the areas of urban social policy, welfare states, neighbourhood- and place-based policy, geographies of youth and young adults, community geography, participatory methods, education.

Publications 

Allahwala, A. & Keil, R. (forthcoming) The Political Economy of COVID-19: Canadian and Comparative Perspectives (Introduction to Special Issue) Studies in Political Economy.

Allahwala, A. & Bhatia, A. (2021). Supporting youth-led community geography on the impacts of neighbourhood social infrastructure on young people’s lives: a case study from East Scarborough, Canada. GeoJournal 10.1007/s10708-021-10473-8.

Allahwala, A., Mustachi, J., Bellaire, K. & Yuyitung, K. L. (2015). Empowering Communities or Reproducing Stereotypes:  Negotiating Power/Knowledge in Service Learning Involving youth, Currents in Teaching and Learning 7(1): 6-22.

Allahwala, A. & Bunce, S. 2013. Building and Sustaining Community-University Partnerships in Marginalized Urban Areas. Journal of Geography. 112:2, 43-57, DOI: 10.1080/00221341.2012.692702

Allahwala, A., Keil, R. & Boudreau, J.-A, (2010). Neo-liberal Governance: Entrepreneurial Municipal Regimes, in: T. Bunting and P. Filion (Eds.). Canadian Cities in Transition: Local through Global Perspectives (4th Edition), Oxford University Press.