Dr. Sébastien Darchen joined the School of GPEM (University of Queensland) in 2011 after being affiliated with the Faculty of Environmental Studies (York University, Toronto) from 2009 to 2011. Previously, he was a post-doctoral fellow at the Canada Research Chair on the Socio-Organizational Challenges of the Knowledge Economy (Teluq-UQAM, Montreal) from 2007 to 2009. Research Interests Dr. Sébastien Darchen studies the strategies of urban stakeholders in the provision of the built environment, this includes: Urban regeneration Creative economy policies Globalisation and comparative urbanism Transit Oriented Development His research has been published in International planning journals such as: International Planning Studies, Cities, European Planning Studies.