Ilan Kapoor

Ilan Kapoor (born 1959) is a professor of Critical Development Studies at the Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change at York University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is an influential postcolonial scholar, considered the first to bring both psychoanalysis and postcolonial analysis to the field of Development Studies. He is the author of seven books and numerous articles on postcolonial politics, psychoanalysis, participatory development, and celebrity humanitarianism.

Ilan Kapoor
Ilan Kapoor in 2023
Born (1959-08-26) August 26, 1959
Mumbai, India
RelativesAnish Kapoor (brother)
Academic background
EducationUniversity of Toronto (Doctorate of Arts)
Academic work
Disciplinedevelopment studies, comparative politics, political theory, psychoanalysis, postcolonialism, humanitarianism, global political economy, political ecology
Institutions
  • York University (1998–present)
Websitewww.ilankapoor.com
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