Eran Kaplinsky promoted to professor at UAlberta Faculty of Law

Research director of Alberta Land Institute specializes in land use planning and regulation

Helen Metella - 10 December 2020

Associate Professor Eran Kaplinsky has been promoted to the rank of Professor at the University of Alberta Faculty of Law.

Kaplinsky has served on the faculty since 2007. Prior to joining the Faculty of Law, he obtained a bachelor of laws from Tel Aviv University and a master of laws and a doctor of juridical science from the University of Toronto.

Kaplinsky is well-known to UAlberta Law’s first-year students as a property law instructor and has taught municipal and planning law, and law and economics to upper-year classes.

His research focuses on land use planning and regulation, municipal law, and property rights. He has published extensively on expropriation and compensation, planning and zoning, and on municipal regulations ranging from ridesharing to development obligations to tree protections.

Kaplinsky also serves as Research Director for the University’s Alberta Land Institute, an independent research institute that informs public debate and decision-making in the province on land, water, and agriculture.

"I have been privileged to work alongside wonderful colleagues and students,” said Kaplinsky. “The Faculty of Law has been incredibly supportive of my academic career and I am excited to continue teaching and researching at the University of Alberta."

His promotion to professor is effective July 1, 2021.