John Robinson

John Robinson is a Professor at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy and the School of the Environment at the University of Toronto, where he is Presidential Advisor on the Environment, Climate Change and Sustainability.  

Prof. Robinson’s research focuses on sustainable buildings, neighbourhoods, and cities; climate change mitigation, adaptation and sustainability; participatory backcasting and scenario analysis; transdisciplinary knowledge co-production; sustainability transitions and transformations; art and sustainability; the role of the university in sustainability transitions; and the history and philosophy of sustainability.