University of Calgary

Eliot Tretter

  • Associate Professor

Current Research

I am an urban geographer with an expertise in the political economy of contemporary urbanization. My research has focused on a range of topics such as urban governance, culturally led urban development, gentrification, environmental racism, and universities as land-developers. I am currently I am researching the role of knowledge production, particularly patenting, for the development of the unconventional hydrocarbons. The second project is a more expansive; the issue geographical rent for urban and regional development; and I continue to explore issues around housing and neighborhood change, particularly in relationship to Austin, Texas.

Publications

Journal Articles - Non-Peer Reviewed

Journal Articles - Peer Reviewed

Degrees


  • Johns Hopkins University, 2004

Students

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