Research Seminar Series
2025 Fall Research Seminars
| Speaker | Affiliation | Title | Date/Time | Venue | Host |
| Professor, Economics Department, University of Toronto | Cows and Trees | 09/23/2025 1:30 p.m. |
Hybrid (TRS 3-066) | Kiana.basiri@torontomu.ca | |
| Associate professor, property economic, University of Technology Sydney (UTS) | Housing affordability in the renewable energy transition: Evidence from the domestic rooftop solar panel uptake in Sydney, Australia | 11/18/2025 5 p.m. |
Virtual | Kiana.basiri@torontomu.ca | |
| Associate Professor, School of Planning, University of Waterloo | Financialization of rental housing, rising rents, and evictions in Toronto | 11/19/2025 10 a.m. |
Hybrid (TRS 3-066) | Kiana.basiri@torontomu.ca |
2026 Winter Research Seminars
| Speaker | Affiliation | Title | Date/Time | Venue | Host |
| TBA | 01/21/2026 11 a.m. |
Virtual | Kiana.basiri@torontomu.ca | ||
| TBA | 02/25/2026 11 a.m. |
Virtual | Kiana.basiri@torontomu.ca | ||
| Assistant Professor, Finance Department, University of Chile | TBA | 03/04/2026 11 a.m. |
Virtual | Kiana.basiri@torontomu.ca |
2025 Winter Research Seminars
| Speaker | Affiliation | Title | Date/Time | Venue | Host |
| Assistant Professor, Luskin School of Public Affairs, UCLA | 02/12/2025 10:30 a.m. |
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| Assistant Professor, Tibor and Sheila Hollo School of Real Estate, Florida International University | Housing Market Externalities of Startup Success | 03/05/2025 11:00 a.m. |
Virtual | Kiana.basiri@torontomu.ca | |
| Aiden Li | PhD Student, Real Estate Management, 成人大片 | TBA | TBD | Virtual | Kiana.basiri@torontomu.ca |
| Assistant Professor of Real Estate, School of Hotel and Tourism Management CUHK Business School |
TBA | 04/09/2025 | Virtual | Kiana.basiri@torontomu.ca |
2024 Fall Research Seminars
| Speaker | Affiliation | Title | Date/Time | Venue | Host |
| Professor of Real Estate, Penn State University | 11/13/2024 11:00 a.m. |
Virtual | Kiana.basiri@torontomu.ca |
2024 Winter Research Seminars
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Professor, University of Waterloo - School of Planning |
Understanding the effects of market volatility on profitability perceptions of housing market developers | 01/24/2024 11:00 a.m. |
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| PhD Student, Real Estate Management, 成人大片 | The Effect of COVID-19 on Condominium Price Near Subway Stations: A Case Study of Toronto |
02/07/2024 11:00 a.m. |
Virtual |
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Associate Professor, Finance, Concordia University |
Adaptation in Financial Markets: Climate Diversification Through Securitization |
03/06/2024 11:00 a.m. |
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PhD Student, Real Estate Management, 成人大片 | Exploring Operational Efficiency and Valuation of Canadian Real Estate Investment Trusts (C-REITs) |
04/03/2024 11:00 a.m. |
Virtual |
2023 Fall research seminars
| Speaker | Affiliation | Title | Date/Time | Venue | Host |
Associate Professor, Real Estate Finance, EHL Hospitality Business School |
09/20/2023 11:00 am |
Virtual |
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Assistant Professor, Finance and Real Estate, University of Connecticut
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Commercial Real Estate and Air Pollution |
10/04/2023 11:00 am |
Virtual |
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Assistant Professor, Hospitality Management Department, Rochester Institute of Technology |
Pricing the Upside Potential to Downside Risk |
11/22/2023 11:00 am |
Virtual |
Winter research seminars
| Speaker | Affiliation | Title | Date/Time | Venue | Host |
| Professor Real Estate Development | Natural Hazard Exposure and REIT Equity Risk | 01/25/2023 11:00 a.m. |
Virtual | sogeturk@torontomu.ca | |
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professor Real Estate Analytics, Amsterdam Business School | Do Investors Crowd Out Home Buyers? Quasi-Experimental Evidence from a Dutch Reform |
02/08/2023 11 a.m. |
Virtual | Kiana.basiri@torontomu.ca |
| Assistant Professor, Real Estate Finance, University of Hong Kong | (PDF file) Granular Property Shocks and Commercial Real Estate Returns (opens in new window) | 02/22/2023 9 a.m. |
Virtual | sogeturk@torontomu.ca | |
Senior Teaching Associate in Real Estate Finance and Economics, Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge |
03/08/2023 11 a.m. |
Virtual |
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Dr. Sitian Liu |
Assistant Professor, Economics Department, Queen鈥檚 University |
The Effect of Working from Home on the Agglomeration Economies of Cities: Evidence from Advertised Wages |
03/22/2023 11 a.m. |
Virtual |
Fall research seminars
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Professor of Real Estate, Smeal College of Business, PennState
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10/05/2022 11 a.m. |
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Professor of Finance and Real Estate, Henley Business School, University of Reading |
Mortgage Strategic Default and Household Portfolio Composition |
11/02/2022 11 a.m. |
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Associate Professor, Strategy and Business Economics Division, Sauder School of Business, UBC |
Interest accumulation in reverse mortgage loans with termination moral hazard |
11/16/2022 11: a.m. |
Virtual |
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| Provost鈥檚 Chair Professor, Department of Real Estate, National University of Singapore | Redevelopment Values in Multi-Family Properties: Evidence from En bloc Sales in Singapore | 11/30/2022 10:00 a.m. |
Virtual | Kiana.basiri@torontomu.ca |
Winter research seminars
| Speaker | Affiliation | Title | Date/Time | Venue | Host |
Dr. Desmond Tsang |
Associate Professor, Accounting, McGill University | Corporate Relocation and Housing Market Spillover |
01/17/2022 9:00 a.m. |
Virtual | Kiana.basiri@torontomu.ca |
| Professor, Economics and Public Policy, Center for Real Estate, Merage School of Business, University of California, Irvine | (PDF file) Distressed Comps (opens in new window) (PDF file) An Alternative Approach to Estimating Foreclosure and Short Sale Discounts (opens in new window) |
01/28/2022 3:00 p.m. |
Virtual | Kiana.basiri@torontomu.ca | |
| Professor, Real Estate Finance, Baruch College, CUNY, New York | (PDF file) Deep Learning for Disentangling Liquidity-Constrained and Strategic Default (opens in new window) | 02/11/2022 3:00 p.m. |
Virtual | Kiana.basiri@torontomu.ca | |
| Associate Professor, Geography, Planning and Environment, Concordia University | Nowhereland: Race and tenants rights | 03/11/2022 3:00 p.m. |
Virtual | Kiana.basiri@torontomu.ca | |
| Chief at Statistics Canada | Canadian Housing Statistics Program 鈥� New developments and opportunities for researchers | 03/25/2022 3:00 p.m. |
Virtual |
Kiana.basiri@torontomu.ca |
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| Associate Professor, Applied Economics, HEC Montreal | 09/24/2021 3:00 p.m. |
Virtual | Kiana.basiri@torontomu.ca | ||
| Associate Professor, Applied Economics and Policy, Cornell University | 10/22/2021 3:00 p.m. |
Virtual |
Kiana.basiri@torontomu.ca | ||
| Professor, Finance, Simon Fraser University | 11/05/2021 3:00 p.m. |
Virtual |
Kiana.basiri@torontomu.ca | ||
| Professor, Finance, Queensland University | 11/19/2021 3:00 p.m. |
Virtual |
Kiana.basiri@torontomu.ca | ||
Dr. Lu Han |
Professor, Real Estate and Urban Economics, Wisconsin-Madison | To Own or to Rent? The Effects of Transaction Taxes on Housing Markets | 12/03/2021 3:00 p.m. |
Virtual | Kiana.basiri@torontomu.ca |