Safarova Bara

Bára Šafářová is Assistant Professor in the School of Urban Studies at the University of Washington in Tacoma. She earned her Ph.D. in Architecture at Texas A&M in 2019. She holds a Master of Urban Planning from Texas A&M, and a Professional Diploma (RIBA 2) in Architecture from London Metropolitan University. Šafářová’s research is on the intersection of spatial inequality and housing studies focusing on patterns, processes, and causes of residential segregation. Her goal is to understand how housing translates social—such as racial, gender, queer, etc. —wealth gaps into patterns of opportunity across space and time. She combines geospatial analyses with qualitative methods to re-conceptualize residential segregation as built-into the physical environment. She serves on the executive board of LGBTQAI+ Allies interest group with the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning advocating for the inclusion of queer & trans people in cities. Her works has been published in Habitat International, Progressive Planning, and in books by Routledge, and Colofon. At the School of Urban Studies, she teaches service-learning urban design studios focusing on equity, climate action, and housing justice in partnerships with industry leaders as well as public-sector and non-profit community partners.