••• Ben Walker •••
Now:
I am a research consultant and trained urban planner.
My work engages complex conflicts over land and property ownership.
I’ve worked on issues like eviction, Ukraine, and climate displacement.
Get in touch:
bwalker16 [at] protonmail.com
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Before:
As Research Coordinator with City Life/Vida Urbana, I authored Housing Justice is the Cure: Evictions in Boston’s Communities of Color During COVID-19.
As a National Geographic Early Career Grantee, I investigated nationalism’s impact on Ukraine’s national parks.
As a Thomas J. Watson Fellow, I pursued a self-directed project about climate change-induced displacement in Kiribati, Fiji, South Africa, Lesotho, Cambodia, Bolivia, and Peru.
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Education:
• Master in City Planning, MIT
• BA in Law, Jurisprudence, and Social Thought, Amherst College