Fernando A. Calderón Figueroa

I am interested in the relationship between socio-spatial inequality, social solidarity, and policy. My research expands over three areas: (1) the impact of urban design and social infrastructure on communities, (2) urban politics and policy, and (3) the evolution of neighbourhoods. I draw on sociology, geography, political science, urban planning, and computational social science. My work uses traditional quantitative and qualitative methods in combination with novel spatial and computational techniques. To date, my contributions have been published in Land, Socius, Cities, Geographical Analysis, and the International Journal of Politics, Culture, and Society.

I am committed to ensuring my scholarship has an impact on urban and social policy. I focus on urban social policy and social infrastructure as means to reduce urban inequalities (SDG10) and achieve more sustainable cities and communities (SDG 11). Before moving to Canada, I worked for the Peruvian Ombudsman’s Office and the Peruvian Ministry of Culture developing policy-oriented data on political engagement, local communities, and indigenous peoples.