Nishan Zewge-Abubaker

Nishan (she/her) is a planning and geography scholar and practitioner whose work investigates the role of social infrastructures of care in shaping black life and freedom(s) in the modern city. This work combines critical qualitative and mixed methods, archival data, and community-driven approaches. Nishan holds a Masters of Public Health from the University of Toronto with a specialization in Public Health Policy.

Nishan's prior  work has included coordinating housing and health research projects in academic healthcare settings, policy research and evaluation, and co-founding a consulting firm providing program design, evaluation, and organizational change services to the social service sector. Nishan’s work has been published in journals like Geoforum, BMC Public Health, and the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.