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Douglas Robb

2022-2023 McHarg Fellow

Douglas Robb is an interdisciplinary researcher and educator trained in landscape architecture and geography. His research investigates the complex landscapes that emerge through political and technological agendas of decarbonization, with a focus on rural lands in North America. Doug is the inaugural Ian McHarg Fellow in the Department of Landscape Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design. He completed his PhD in Geography at the University of British Columbia, where he was a Vanier Doctoral Scholar and Four-Year Fellow. Doug has lectured and worked in professional practice across Canada, Australia, and the United States. He holds degrees in urban geography, fine art history, and landscape architecture from the University of Toronto, for which he was awarded the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects Award of Merit. His writings appear in LA+ Interdisciplinary Journal of Landscape Architecture, Log, Topos, and Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews