平特五不中

Lisa M. Bornstein

Title: 
Associate Professor and Director
Academic title(s): 

Associate Member, Department of Equity, Ethics and Policy (Faculty of Medicine听and Health Sciences)

Associate Member, Department of Social Studies of Medicine (Faculty of Medicine听and Health Sciences)

Lisa M. Bornstein
Contact Information
Email address: 
lisa.bornstein [at] mcgill.ca
Phone: 
514-398-4077
Office: 
Macdonald-Harrington Building, Room 406
Position: 
Director, School of Urban Planning; Coordinator, Making Megaprojects Work for Communities project
Degree(s): 

Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley

M.R.P., Cornell University

B.Sc., University of California at Berkeley

Ph.D. dissertation
Flexible Production in the Unstable State: Employment, Linkages, and the Brazilian Information Technology Industry.

Areas of interest: 

International planning, economic development, environmental policy and planning, and institutions and governance.

For prospective doctoral students, priority topics for research (2020-24):

  • deliberative processes around 'sustainable development plans' -- current projects examine climate change adaptation and resiliency in Latin America and the Caribbean; neighbourhood/borough/municipal plans in Quebec (regarding flooding, energy networks, large-scale projects, or overall neighbourhood development); and comparative studies of deliberation and impacts of urban policy more generally
  • critical perspectives on equity, justice and resiliency in the face of crises (environmental, conflict, economic);
  • mental health (psychosis) and the city
  • pedagogy for the planning profession (with a focus on reflective practice, learning by doing, trans-disciplinarity, engaged scholarship,and field courses)

See hyperlinks in publications below.

Projects: 

Recent Major Projects

Intersectoral network on flooding in Quebec/R茅seau Inondations intersectoriel du Qu茅bec (RIISQ),听 Co-investigator, Scientific committee member, Axis (5) co-director),听FRQ, PI: P. Gachon. See:听

Controverses th茅oriques et pratiques li茅es 脿 la vuln茅rabilit茅, la r茅silience et la reconstruction durable.听Co-investigator.听FRQSC. PI: G. Lizarralde. See:听

Climate Change Adaptation in Informal Settings: Understanding and Reinforcing Bottom-Up Initiatives in Latin America and the Caribbean.听Co-investigator.听Canadian International Development Research Centre.听PI: G. Lizarralde, L. Bornstein, D. Labbe & I. Thomas. See:听

Analyse th茅orique et empirique de la vuln茅rabilit茅 et de la r茅silience des milieux de vie.听Co-investigator.听SSHRC Insight Grant.听PI: G. Lizarralde. See, for example of activities:听

Des r茅seaux de chaleur de 4e g茅n茅ration au c艙ur des quartiers durables.听Co-researcher.听Institut de l鈥櫭﹏ergie Trottier.听PI: M. Kummert. See:听听(video in French and English) and听

The built environment and mental health: Case study of a neighbourhood in transition.听Institut de recherche en histoire de l'architecture.听PI: I. Gold.

Making mega-projects work for communities.听Principal investigator.听SSHRC Community-University Research Alliance.Project website.

Education in the professions for reflective capabilities.听Principal investigator (with R. Fischler).听平特五不中 Centre for Teaching and Learning.

Interviews: 

Recent media and public outreach

Holmes Paez and Lisa Bornstein at COP25's Capacity Building Hub, Madrid, 9 December 2019. Youtube clip here:听

Oeuvre durable online debates on disaster risks and related planning/recovery issues. See听听

Selected publications: 

Lizarralde, G., H. Pa茅z, A. Lopez,* O. Lopez, B. Herazo, L. Mu帽oz, L. Bornstein, K. Gould, 鈥淲e said, they said: Disconnected narratives in disaster risk reduction in Colombia,鈥澨Journal of Disaster Prevention and Management.听Forthcoming.

Sayanvala F, L. Bornstein, S. Choudhury, J. Shah, D. Weinstock, I. Gold, 鈥淐ities, psychosis, and social defeat.鈥 Ch 19 Kirmayer L et al. (eds).听Culture, Mind, and Brain: Emerging Concepts, Methods, Applications.听Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, forthcoming.

Cardosi, G., G. Lizarralde, S. Kibue, L. Bornstein 鈥,鈥 pp. 105-20 in A. Asgary, ed. Resettlement Challenges for Displaced Populations and Refugees. Springer, 2018.

Alvarado*, R. & L. Bornstein. 2018. Assessing the effectiveness of water and sanitation sector governance networks in developing countries: A policy analysis framework.听International Journal of Sustainable Development & Planning 13(3), 382-393.

Steinmetz-Wood, M., R. Wasfi, G. Parker*, L. Bornstein, Y. Kestens & J. Caron. 2017. Is gentrification all bad? Positive association between gentrification and individual鈥檚 perceived neighborhood collective efficacy in Montreal, Canada.听International Journal of Health Geographics 16(4), 1-8. Online:听

Heffez, A. & L. Bornstein. 2016. Youth Fusion's Urban Environment project: Increasing youth participation in urban planning through place-based environmental education.听Children, Youth and Environments 26(2), 110-127.

Avni*, N., N. Alfasi & L. Bornstein. 2016. City profile: Beersheba.听Cities 53,听18-29.

Lazarovic*, R., D. Paton* & L. Bornstein. 2015. Approaches to workforce housing in London and Chicago: From targeted sectors to income-based eligibility.听Housing Studies31(6), 651-671.

Lizarralde, G., A. Valladares*, A. Olivera, L. Bornstein, K. Gould & J. Duyne Barenstein. 2015. Towards strategic resilience: the Cuban model to vulnerability reduction and reconstruction.听Disasters 39(s1), S76-S95.

Bornstein, L. & K. Leetmaa*. 2015. Moving beyond indignation: stakeholder tactics, legal tools and community benefits in large-scale redevelopment projects.听O帽ati Socio-Legal Series 5(1), 29-50.

Bornstein, L., G. Lizarralde, K. Gould, & C. Davidson. 2013. Framing responses to post-earthquake Haiti: how representations of disasters, reconstruction and human settlements shapes resilience.听International Journal of Disaster Resilience and the Built Environment 4(1), 43-57.

Aubin*, R. & L. Bornstein. 2012. Montr茅al鈥檚 municipal guidelines for participation and public hearings: assessing context, process and outcomes.听Canadian Journal of Urban Research 21(1), 106-131.

Bornstein, L. 2010. Mega-projects, city-building and community benefits.听City, Culture and Society 1(4), 199-206.

Prince, J., J. Jaeger, and P. Gauthier. (Eds.) [L. Bornstein, supervising academic]. (2009).听Montr茅al at the crossroads: superhighways, the Turcot, and the environment.听Montr茅al: Black Rose Books.

Bornstein, L. 2006. Systems of accountability, webs of deceit? South African NGOs鈥 experience with monitoring and evaluation.听Development 49(2), 52-61.

Brown, D. and L. Bornstein. 2006.听Whither Managua? Evolution of a city鈥檚 morphology. Presentation given at the 42nd Annual ISoCaRP International Congress, Istanbul. Published in the Conference Proceedings.

Bornstein, L. (2004). City fragments and displaced plans in war-torn Mozambique. In P. Somma and N. Wilkinson (eds.),听War in the city听(pp. 125-45). Newcastle: Urban International Press.

Bornstein, L. (2004).听Evaluations, strategic planning, and log-frames: donor-imposed straitjackets on local NGOs?听Brighton: ID21 Research Highlights. Online:听.

Bornstein, L. (2004).听Building peace, fostering conflict: aid in Mozambique in the 1990s.听Presentation given at the Annual Conference of the International Studies Association, Montr茅al.

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