Julia Harten

Assistant Professor

School of Community and Regional Planning (SCARP)

Julia Harten is an Assistant Professor in the School of Community and Regional Planning. In her work, she leverages innovative data strategies for the study of housing and socio-spatial inequality, focusing on the housing strategies of marginalized people and the role of cities and housing for social mobility.

Dr. Harten completed her Ph.D. at the University of Southern California’s Sol Price School of Public Policy, where she researched informal shared rental housing in Shanghai, combining insights from web-scraped online rental listings, critical cartography, and ethnography. Prior to USC, Dr. Harten studied at Münster University, Goethe University Frankfurt, and the Free University of Berlin, earning degrees in Business Administration, Economics, and China and East Asian Studies. She is also an active IACP board member and a former USC SLAB member.

Balanced Supply of Housing Research Cluster

229-1933 West Mall
Vancouver, BC Canada
Tel 604 827 4486
E-mail hrc.coordinator@ubc.ca

Research Excellence Clusters at UBC Vancouver is a joint initiative of the Provost and Vice-President, Academic, UBC Vancouver and the Vice-President, Research and Innovation. Funding support for the clusters is provided by Academic Excellence Funds – UBC Vancouver.

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