Dr Jakub Zasina will explore new mutations of studentification in Montreal thanks to the one-year NAWA Bekker fellowship

Dr Jakub Zasina from the Institute of Urban and Regional Studies and Planning at the Faculty of Economics and Sociology, University of Lodz has just begun a year-long research stay in Canada, as part of which he will conduct research on new mutations of studentification in downtown Montreal.

Opublikowano: 11 September 2025

Dr Zasina is a winner of the Bekker NAWA Programme organised by the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange. The NAWA Bekker fellowship will allow him to pursue his own research project, “Studentification Entering Downtowns: Comparative Conversation on the Drivers, Actors and Outcomes of Downtown Student Housing in Montreal and Lodz”.

During his stay in Montreal, Dr Zasina will gather the necessary research material and conduct a comparative analysis with the material previously collected in Lodz. He will carry out this task in close cooperation with Professor Nick Revington, a leading studentification scholar.

The project implementation is possible thanks to the hospitality of the Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS) in Montreal. Dr Zasina will serve as a Visiting Professor during his stay there.

More information on the project can be found on the website of the Department of Regional Economics and the Environment (in Polish).

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Dr Jakub Zasina will explore new mutations of studentification in Montreal thanks to the one-year NAWA Bekker fellowship