Daniyal Zuberi (on leave)
Areas of interest
- Inequality
- Poverty
- Social Policy
- Health Care
- Urban Studies
- Work & Labour
- Education
- Housing
- Immigration
- Canada-U.S. Comparative Research
Biography
Daniyal Zuberi is Professor of Social Policy with a Joint Appointment to the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work at the University of Toronto. Previously he was the William Lyon Mackenzie King Research Fellow (2011-2012) at Harvard University and a faculty member in the Department of Sociology at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver.
Professor Zuberi’s reseach has been recognized by several awards, including the Michael Harrington Award from the American Political Science Association and his induction to the Royal Society of Canada College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists in 2015. His innovative social policy research has made important contributions to the study of urban poverty, inequality, health, education, employment and social welfare. He has published scholarly monographs, journal articles and book chapters that examine the impact of public policy on vulnerable and disadvantaged populations in Canada and the United States, and that recommend reforms to reduce hardships and improve social welfare. His current research focuses on social policy, urban poverty, healthcare, labour social welfare, education, and immigration. He served as Director of the Master of Public Policy (MPP) program from 2020-2022.
Select publications
Books
- Zuberi, Daniyal and Ariel Taylor. (Re)Generating Inclusive Cities: Poverty and Planning in Urban North America. New York: Routledge, 2018.
- Zuberi, Daniyal. Schooling the Next Generation: Creating Success in Urban Elementary Schools. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2015.
- Zuberi, Daniyal. Cleaning Up: How Hospital Outsourcing is Hurting Workers and Endangering Patients. Ithaca: Cornell University Press / ILR Press, 2013.
- Zuberi, Daniyal. Differences that Matter: Social Policy and the Working Poor in the United States and Canada. Ithaca: Cornell University Press / ILR Press, 2006.
Selected Journal Articles
- Majeed, Haris and Daniyal Zuberi. “Effects of extreme air pollution and El Niño Southern Oscillation on insufficient sleep: A cross-sectional study.” BMC Public Health 25(1) (2025): 1-7.
- Jetha, Arif et al. (including Daniyal Zuberi). “Artificial Intelligence and the Work-Health Interface: A Research Agenda for a Technologically Transforming World of Work.” American Journal of Industrial Medicine 66, no. 10 (2023): 815–830.
- Pinto, Andrew D., Ayu P Hapsari, Julia Ho, Christopher Meaney, Lisa Avery, Nadha Hassen, Arif Jetha, A Morgan Lay, Michael Rotondi, and Daniyal Zuberi. 2022. “Precarious work among personal support workers in the Greater Toronto Area: a respondent-driven sampling study.” Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) Open 10(2) (2022): E527-E538.
- Hapsari, Ayu, Julia Ho, Christopher Meaney, Lisa Avery, Nadha Hassen, Arif Jetha, A. Morgan Lay, Michael Rotondi, Daniyal Zuberi, and Andrew D. Pinto. “The Working Conditions for Personal Support Workers in the Greater Toronto Area during the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Mixed-Methods Study.” Canadian Journal of Public Health113(6) (2022): 817-833.
- Walker, John and Daniyal Zuberi. “School-aged Syrian Refugees Resettling in Canada: Mitigating the Effect of Pre-migration Trauma and Post-migration Discrimination on Academic Achievement and Psychological Well-being.” Journal of International Migration and Integration 21(2) (2020): 397-411.
- Zhang, Selena and Daniyal Zuberi. “Evening the Keel: Creating a Comprehensive Policy Response to Precarious Employment in the Canadian Labour Economy.” Canadian Public Administration 60(1) (2017): 28-47.
- Ramraj, Chantel, Faraz Vahid Shahidi, William Darity, Jr., Ichiro Kawachi, Daniyal Zuberi, and Arjumand Siddiqi. “Equally Inequitable? A Cross-National Comparative Study of Racial Health Inequalities in the United States and Canada.” Social Science & Medicine 161(7) (2016): 19-26.
- Zuberi, Daniyal and Melita Ptashnick. “The Deleterious Consequences of Privatization and Outsourcing for Hospital Support Work: The Experiences of Contracted Out Hospital Cleaners and Dietary Aids in Vancouver, Canada.” Social Science & Medicine 72 (2011): 907–911.
Selected Book Chapters
- Zuberi, Daniyal and Melita Ptashnick. “Health Policy Issues in Canada.” In Canadian Social Policy for Social Workers: An Introduction. Toronto: Oxford University Press Canada, 2019.
- Zuberi, Daniyal and Melita Ptashnick. “Hotel and Hospital Cleaning: Occupational Health and Safety Risks in a Neoliberal Era.” In Sick and Tired: Health and Safety Inequalities, edited by Stephanie Premji. Halifax: Fernwood, 2018.
- Zuberi, Daniyal and Ariel Taylor. “Securing the Urban Core: Policing Poverty and Migration in the Neoliberal City.” In Handbook on Migration and Security, edited by Philippe Bourbeau, 144–160. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Press, 2017.