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Robert Chaskin Office: The University of Chicago
Crown Family School of Social Work,
969 E. 60th Street
Chicago, IL 60637
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Children and Adolescents, Community, International Non-Profit Organizations, Poverty and Income, and Urban

McCormick Foundation Professor, The University of Chicago Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice, Faculty Director Kiphart Center

Robert J. Chaskin is the McCormick Foundation Professor and Deputy Dean for Strategic Initiatives and holds the UNESCO Chair for Inclusive Urbanism at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration. He leads the school’s international efforts. Professor Chaskin, along with colleagues at the Department of Applied Social Sciences at Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU), designed an exchange program that serves as a platform for students from both schools to learn from one another. The program focuses on the challenges of urbanization and migration and now also includes students and faculty from Peking University as part of the recently launched Tripartite Collaboration for Advancing Social Work in China.