Maxwell Hartt, a PhD Candidate in the School of Planning at the University of Waterloo, and Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) doctoral fellow, has been awarded a prestigious Fulbright Canada student grant to conduct research at Tufts University during the 2015-2016 academic year. His project is entitled “Transferring Planning Strategies in Shrinking Cities.”
Maxwell’s research focuses primarily on shrinking cities, demographic change, economic transitions and the planning response. His work aims to gain an understanding of how shrinking cities evolve and to assess the potential transferability and applicability of foreign policy into a shrinking city context.
He has published in Regional Studies Regional Science, Planning Forum and the Canadian Journal of Planning and Policy, and has presented at conferences across Canada, the United States and Europe. He is a member of the Shrinking Cities International Research Network, the Vacant Property Research Network, the Population Change and Life Course Strategic Knowledge Cluster, the Canadian Institute of Planners and the Urban Affairs Association, among others.
Fulbright is a world-renowned program of highly competitive, merit-based grants and scholarships for academic exchange. The program, founded in 1946 by United States Senator J. William Fulbright, has supported some 325,000 students, scholars, teachers, professionals, scientists and artists. The Fulbright Program, which operates in some 155 countries and is one of the world’s most prestigious academic honours, is specifically aimed at promoting mutual understanding and supporting excellence.
Fulbright Canada is sponsored by the United States Department of State and the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development. It is a bi-national, treaty-based, non-governmental, not-for-profit organization, governed by an independent board of directors, charged with identifying and supporting the very best and brightest in Canada and the United States.
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