Imre Szeman

Imre Szeman (born 26 July 1968) is a Canadian cultural theorist, professor, and public intellectual. He is Director of the Institute for Environment, Conservation, and Sustainability and Professor of Human Geography at the University of Toronto Scarborough. Szeman was previously University Research Chair of Environmental Communication at the University of Waterloo(2017-2022),^[1][2] Canada Research Chair of Cultural Studies at the University of Alberta (2009-2016), and Senator William McMaster Chair in Globalization and Cultural Studies at McMaster University.^[3][4] In 2020, Szeman was named as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.^[5] In 2022, he was the Leverhulme Visiting Professor in Critical Studies at the University of Glasgow.^[6] From 2021-2022, Szeman served as the Climate Critic for the Green Party of Canada.^[7] In 2024, he became the Green Party's Critic for Electoral Reform.^[8]