IMFG Post-Doctoral Fellowship
2022-23 Award Winner
Robert Stewart is the 2022-2023 Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Institute on Municipal Finance and Governance. He received a PhD in Economic Development Policy, from the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies (SALISES) at the University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago. He has been the recipient of several academic scholarships, namely: Eric Williams Memorial Scholarship (from the University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago), Canada-CARICOM Leadership Scholarships Program (University of New Brunswick, NB, Canada), and ERASMUS+ International (University of Graz, Austria). His research interests are in the areas of financial development, banking stability, and regulatory capital administration. More recently, his research interests have been engaged with climate finance, examining financial policies that can mobilize financial capital towards low-carbon economic development. Prior to joining the IMFG Robert was a visiting research scholar at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton, NB. Robert has also spent several years working in the financial sector of Trinidad and Tobago, and holds a PRM (professional risk manager) designation.
IMFG Fellowship in Municipal Finance and Governance
2022-23 Award Winner
Kaela Sanborn-Hum is the recipient of the 2022–23 Graduate Fellowship in Municipal Finance and Governance. She is a second year Geography Masters student. Her research interests include digital property technologies and the role of private real estate actors shaping the political and financial priorities of municipalities. Kaela's primary research focuses on start-up digital platforms facilitating remote investment in regional rental housing markets in the US and the attending policy challenges. Previously, she was a labor organizer in Oakland, California.
The Blanche and Sandy Van Ginkel Graduate Fellowship in Municipal Finance and Governance
2022-23 Award Winner
Celia Wandio is the recipient of the Blanche and Sandy Van Ginkel Graduate Fellowship in Municipal Finance and Governance. She is a second year Master of Science in Planning student whose research interests are informed by her prior work experiences in the social and co-operative housing sectors in the UK and Canada. Her areas of interest include public housing and alternative community-based models of affordable housing provision. She is also interested in government policies related to the private rental sector and their impact on affordability and security of tenure for tenants. Celia’s research focuses on municipal housing policy and specifically how municipalities fund affordable housing programs that support the non-profit housing sector.