Professor Shauna Brail

Associate Professor, Institute for Management & Innovation, University of Toronto

As an economic geographer and urban planner, Brail’s research and expertise focuses on the transformation of cities as a result of economic, social, and cultural change.

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An opportunity to reimagine the role for platform economy firms

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Biography

Shauna Brail is an Associate Professor at the Institute for Management & Innovation, University of Toronto Mississauga.

As an economic geographer and urban planner, Brail’s research focuses on the transformation of cities as a result of economic, social, and cultural change.

Brail's research encompasses studies of broad urban economic challenges and transformations associated with 21st century cities – including the impacts of COVID-19 on cities; the relationship between cities and the digital platform economy, with a particular emphasis on ride-hailing; and shifts in urban governance, policy and planning in connection to innovation and technological change.

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Expertise

  • Cities
  • Economic Geography
  • Mobility
  • Urban Innovation
  • Urban Studies