Jon Unruh
Associate Professor, Department of Geography
Jon Unruh, PhD. is a professor in the Department of Geography at McGill University. He has over 25 years’ experience in developing and implementing research, policy and practice on war-affected land and property rights in the Middle East, Latin America, Africa, and Asia, and has published widely on these topics. His specialty is housing, land and property (HLP) restitution claims in war-affected scenarios. Most recently he has assisted the UN in HLP restitution programs in Sri Lanka, Iraq, Syria and Yemen; and he is currently working on a digital media approach for mass HLP restitution claims for refugees and internally dislocated persons in Syria and Iraq. Dr. Unruh has also conducted research and policy work on land rights in Darfur, Liberia, Somalia, Mozambique, East Timor, Sierra Leone, Ethiopia, Uganda, Zambia, Malawi, Madagascar, Angola, Colombia, Cameroon, Jordan, Peru, Zanzibar, Kenya and Saudi Arabia. He has worked with the UN, The World Bank, USAID, DFID, and other multilateral and bilateral donors and NGOs.