Senior Lecturer in Planning, The University of Queensland
Dr. Sébastien Darchen joined the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences (University of Queensland) in 2011 after being affiliated with the Faculty of Environmental Studies (York University, Toronto) from 2009 to 2011. Previously, he was a post-doctoral fellow at the Canada Research Chair on the Socio-Organizational Challenges of the Knowledge Economy (Teluq-UQAM, Montreal) from 2007 to 2009.
He currently studies the strategies of urban stakeholders in the provision of the built environment in different regeneration contexts.
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