Yasminah Beebeejaun

Professor Yasminah Beebeejaun

Mid-Career Fellow 2025

Race, ethnicity, and the postcolonial city

As ethnic minorities from across the Commonwealth moved to British cities following the Second World War, the racial ideology and practices of colonialism made themselves felt through urban planning. To understand this phenomenon, Yasminah Beebeejaun will examine government interventions in housing and development, as well as community organising and grassroots resistance. Yasminah will draw on a mix of archival research and oral histories to produce a book exploring this under-recognised legacy of the British Empire.

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Research outcomes

Beebeejaun, Y. (2026).

Diasporic Spaces of Conviviality and Domesticity: On the Political Significance of Kitchens in Post-War Britain. Space and Culture.

Beebeejaun, Y., & Parker, B. (2025).

Building caring communities: A special issue in honor of Janet L. Smith. Journal of Urban Affairs, 47(8), 2711-2713.

Beebeejaun, Y. (2025).

The epistemic limits of planning participation. In Critical Planning Futures (pp. 104-122). Routledge.

Blog posts

Mid-Career Fellowships Award Announcement

The latest round of Mid-Career Fellowships will provide funding for six academics allowing them time away from teaching to focus on their research.

Areas of interest

Urban Planning Human Geography Sociology Race

Cohort

MCF7

Biography

Yasminah Beebeejaun is Professor of Urban Politics and Planning at The Bartlett School of Planning, University College London.

Yasminah’s background is in urban planning. She completed her BA (Hons) in Town and Regional Planning (First class honours) and her PhD at the University of Sheffield. Prior to joining UCL she held lecturerships at the University of Manchester and the University of the West of England, Bristol. She has been an international visiting scholar at the University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign, University of Illinois, Chicago and the University of Michigan.

Yasminah is one of the founding editors of the Journal of Race, Ethnicity and the City published by the Urban Affairs Association and Taylor and Francis.

Biographical details correct as of 11.05.26