Douglas Robb
Assistant Professor
Douglas Robb (he/him) is an interdisciplinary scholar trained in landscape architecture and geography. His research centres on the production of just and inclusive climate futures, and spans topics of energy landscapes, critical resource studies, and evolving concepts of degrowth. Doug’s approach to teaching and research is grounded in place-based methods of drawing, writing, and designing, with a focus on rural and Indigenous lands across North America. Currently, his research investigates the complex landscapes that emerge through political agendas of energy transition in Canada.
Doug is an Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture at the University of Calgary School of Architecture, Planning, and Landscape. He holds a PhD in Geography from the University of British Columbia where he was a Vanier Doctoral Scholar and Four-Year Fellow. Doug also holds a Master's degree in Landscape Architecture from the University of Toronto where he was awarded the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects Award of Merit. Doug previously worked as a designer at Spackman Mossop Michaels in Sydney, Australia. Prior to joining the University of Calgary, Doug was the inaugural Ian McHarg Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design and a Research Fellow at the Canadian Centre for Architecture. He has taught at the University of Toronto John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design, the University of British Columbia School of Architecture + Landscape Architecture, and the University of Technology Sydney Faculty of Design, Architecture, and Building. His writings have appeared in journals such as LA+, Log, Topos, and Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews.
Born in Tkaronto (Toronto), Doug grew up on the traditional territory of many nations including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishinaabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee, and the Wendat. He is grateful to now live and work on the traditional territories of the peoples of Treaty 7.
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Education
HBA (University of Toronto)
MLA (University of Toronto)
PhD (University of British Columbia)
Research Interests
- Political ecology
- Climate justice
- Decarbonization and energy transition
- Resources and extractive landscapes
- Land-based learning