The RSA is delighted to announce the new Editor-in-Chief of our journal, Territory, Politics, Governance, Professor Zack Taylor.
Zack Taylor is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Western Ontario, Canada. Specializing in comparative urban political economy, the multi-level governance of cities, and political geography, his work lies at the intersection of political science, urban geography, planning studies, and urban sociology. He is a fellow at the Institute on Municipal and Governance at the University of Toronto’s School of Cities, a non-practicing registered professional planner, and founding director of the University of Western Ontario’s Centre for Urban Policy and Local Governance. His work has been published in Regional Studies, Urban Affairs Review, Comparative Political Studies, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Local Government Studies, Planning Theory, Town Planning Review, Journal of Urban Affairs, Canadian Journal of Political Science, and the International Journal of Politics, Culture, and Society. His book Shaping the Metropolis: Institutions and Urbanization in the United States and Canada was published by McGill-Queen’s University Press in 2019.
Taylor thanked outgoing editor-in-chief Klaus Dodds:
“Over the past six years, Klaus has presided over the journal’s expansion and diversified its editorial board, all the while weathering the Covid-19 pandemic. I look forward to working with the editorial board and the RSA to build on Klaus’s leadership by continuing to broaden the journal’s geographic, thematic, and disciplinary reach and impact.”
Klaus said:
“It has been a huge pleasure to act as Editor in Chief for the last 6 years and enjoyed working with our co-editors, journals managers and the wider RSA team. Over that time, we have overseen a journal that is now publishing 10 issues a year and is supported by an editorial advisory board and co-editorial team that reflects our global reach and audience. I wish the incoming EiC, Professor Zack Taylor, the very best of luck and am confident that the journal will continue to serve its intellectual and public-facing communities.”
We are looking forward to working with Zack.