Anneke Smit is Associate Professor, and the founder and inaugural Director of the Centre for Cities (C4C) at Windsor Law.
Prior to joining Windsor Law, Dr. Smit held a Lectureship at the School of Law, University of Reading (UK). She holds a PhD from the University of Reading, an LLB from McGill University, and a Bachelor of Music from the University of Alberta. She has held visiting positions at Oxford University; the Université d’Aix-Marseille; and the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
At the core of Dr. Smit’s research and teaching is a long-standing interest in spatial justice and the intersection of people and place. This includes a deep interest in municipal law and policy, land use planning (including expropriation), and property law. Public Interest, Private Property: Law and Planning Policy in Canada (UBC Press, 2016, co-edited with M. Valiante), continues to be required reading for both law and planning courses in numerous Canadian universities.
