I am an urban scholar. My expertise covers mostly student populations in cities, and studentification and gentrification in particular. I publish on urban, housing, and leisure issues. I teach a broad range of urban topics.

My full CV is available here and a short summary of my work is featured here.

Currently, I am a visiting professor at INRS in Montreal, Canada as a NAWA Bekker fellow.

Research fields:

• Urban Studies;
• Urban Geography;
• Housing Studies;
• Leisure Studies;
• Economic Geography;
• Heritage Studies.

Research topics:

• Studentification;
• Gentrification;
• Urban Change & Urban Restructuring.

Selected publications:

• Zasina, J., & Żelazowski, K. (2025). Rooming flats: How financialisation-led densification is spurring inner-city studentification in Lodz, Poland. Urban Studies. https://doi.org/10.1177/00420980251342404
• Zasina, J., & Jakubiak, W. (2024). Studentification, youthification, and gentrification, all at once? New-builds, newcomers, and near-campus change in a post- industrial city. Bulletin of Geography. Socio-Economic Series, 64(64), 87–101. https://doi.org/10.12775/bgss-2024-0015;
• Zasina, J., & Nowakowska, A. (2023). Is the ‘student city’ lost? The rhythms of Lodz as a consumption-oriented student city through the COVID-19 pandemic lens. Population, Space and Place, 29(2), e2607, https://doi.org/10.1002/psp.2607;
• Zasina, J., Mangione, E., & Santangelo, M. (2023). Nuancing student geographies: Studentscapes in post-industrial cities. Urban Geography, 44(1), 105-127, https://doi.org/10.1080/02723638.2021.1969142;
• Zasina, J., & Antczak, E. (2023). The ‘gown’ unconcerned with the town? Residential satisfaction of university students living in off-campus private accommodation. Housing Studies, 38(8), 1536–1559, https://doi.org/10.1080/02673037.2021.1961692;
• Zasina, J. (2021). The student urban leisure sector: Towards commercial studentification? Local Economy, 36(5), 374–390, https://doi.org/10.1177/02690942211051879;
• Zasina, J., Sokołowicz, M.E., & Nogalski, S. (2020). Lodz City Tour: The Changing Nature of the Urban Restructuring of a Post-Socialist Industrial City. disP - The Planning Review, 56(2), 8–19, https://doi.org/10.1080/02513625.2020.1794119;
• Zasina, J. (2018). The Instagram Image of the City. Insights from Lodz, Poland. Bulletin of Geography. Socio-Economic Series, 42, 213–225. https://doi.org/10.2478/bog-2018-0040.