Meritocracy from below: Dreams, divisions, and the struggle for merit in a stigmatised neighbourhood Anthony Miro Born Volume 29, 2025 - Issue 3-4 doi.org/10.1080/1360...

I have an article in the Guardian today on how finance capitalism is wreaking havoc on housing across Europe www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

🌟 @miroborn.bsky.social was awarded the Outstanding PhD Researcher Impact prize for his project "From PhD Research to Comic: The Price of Social Mobility". This award recognises excellence in impact achieved during or within a year of completing PhD research.

Soon: @miroborn.bsky.social on wealthy neighbourhoods—how affluence gets its aesthetic, its status, its power. ✨ 🗓️ july 2 | 12:15 | room 309 @isi-munich.bsky.social Also: he made a comic about class, mobility and how moving up doesn’t always mean fitting in: www.anthonymiroborn.com/comic

My new article in @city-journal.bsky.social argues for a critical understanding of the meritocratic ideal among urban researchers. In particular, it explores the consequences of how this ideal is reproduced in stigmatised neighbourhoods: doi.org/10.1080/1360.... @lsemethodology.bsky.social

Out now #OpenAccess!📖 'Intersectionality and the City' brings together intersectional and spatial perspectives to sharpen our understanding of urban inequalities. Edited by @miroborn.bsky.social, @ckulz.bsky.social, @sungungang.bsky.social & Lucie Bernroider ⬇️ www.routledge.com/Intersection...

Very cool: @miroborn.bsky.social made a comic narrating findings from his research on class, social mobility and stigmatized neighborhoods. You can find it here in English and German: www.anthonymiroborn.com/comic

📚 From Research to Comic: @miroborn.bsky.social's Exploration of Social Mobility 🔗 Together with illustrator Irem Kurt, ESRC Postdoctoral Fellow Anthony Miro Born created a short comic on social mobility. Read more ➡️ www.lse.ac.uk/Methodology/... Read the comic 👉 www.anthonymiroborn.com/comic

I received these comics by @miroborn.bsky.social on growing up in a stigmatized neighbourhood and subsequent social mobility in the mail today. Great example of knowledge dissemination! Online here: www.anthonymiroborn.com/comic

Peer Review in 2025.

Join us for the first ISI INTERNATIONAL WEALTH CONFERENCE in Munich, October 9-11 2025 CfP: www.lmu.de/isi/en/lates... Submit a short abstract or paper by April 28. Keynotes by Annette Lareau & Lane Kenworthy. And if you arrive a few days early, you can catch the last weekend of Oktoberfest :)

Very interesting Special Issue! @sociologicalreview.bsky.social

Interesting new paper looking at how class ceiling effects are driven by stigmatising cross-class interactions in universities and the workplace

I wrote this for @bjsociology.bsky.social on organising in universities & the work we all need to do to defend & remake the university. It's a reflection on being heavily involved in UCU with practical tips on what everyone can do, esp. now with redundancies. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Online seminar with Troels Schultz Larsen and Kristian Nagel Delica, who will present their book Fragmenting Cities, with a special focus on the emergence, life and effects of the "ghetto list" in Denmark. March 4 at 13:15 CET. Register here: forms.office.com/pages/respon... #urban #sociology

What does #sociology have to say about #gender & #class in 2025? Join renowned feminist sociologists Bev Skeggs, @jolittler.bsky.social & @michaelacbenson.bsky.social in the first of the Foundation’s new Conversation series. 📅 12 March 18.30–20.00 UTC #online #IWD2025 🎟️ https://buff.ly/4gOe3TB

Exciting lineup for the launch of Sarah Kerr’s brilliant new book on wealth inequality at LSE Next Wednesday evening. Do sign up! www.lse.ac.uk/Internationa...

🚨Job alert 🚨 I am looking for two PhD students to work on (comparative) economic inequalities, broadly defined 💰📈💸 The positions are fully funded (E13, 100%), 4 years (with possibility of a 1y extension), and in beautiful Heidelberg! 🏰 adb.zuv.uni-heidelberg.de/info/INFO_FD... Deadline is Feb 28!

Out now: my new article ‘Model Minority Authoritarianism: Social Mobility and the New Anti-Equality Agenda’ in South Atlantic Quarterly @dukepress.bsky.social (1/9) read.dukeupress.edu/south-atlant...

What can Kilburn High Road & @liverpoolfc1.bsky.social tell us about the relationality of walking? @emmakjackson.bsky.social & Agata Lisiak revisit Doreen Massey’s canonical essay “A Global Sense of Place”. #OnlineFirst buff.ly/3Wvdp6p 🎙️Listen to Emma & Agata #SpatialDelight: buff.ly/3WW0M1I

I have an article in the Guardian today on the loophole pushing Berlin’s housing crisis to new extremes www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Imogen Tyler takes a closer look at the connections between land enclosures in England and in the wider colonial world. 🔎 Our #ConnectedSociologies Curriculum Project offers free open-access educational resources, including video lectures, reading lists and detailed lesson plans. buff.ly/4gq1uPg

Das mediale Problem der Causa Koppetsch wird in diesem Text nur gestreift. Sie wurde von den Medien zur „AfD-Erklärerin“ gemacht, dabei hat sie in ihrem Buch die AfD nicht erklärt, sondern verklärt. Sie hat die Narrative der AfD legitimiert, indem sie ihnen soziologische Geltung verschafft hat.

Mine and @dvandebroeck.bsky.social’s paper on ‘The Labor of Distinction’ is out now in ASR. Drawing from an ethnography that involved training and working as a butler, we tell a larger story about elites and inequality (1/18) journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

„Born to Rule“ von Sam Friedman und Aaron Reeves ist die empirisch umfangreichste Untersuchung der seit 125 Jahren weitgehend konstanten britischen Elitenstruktur. Rezensent Lion Hubrich fragt nach Perspektiven für die deutsche Elitensoziologie: www.soziopolis.de/die-beharrli...

New special issue on ‘Housing Disruptions’ critically examining the digital transformation of housing and home. Edited by Dallas Rogers, @sophiamaalsen.bsky.social and myself in Digital Geography and Society. Contributions as follows:

pls share: funded by EPA: Economy & Space, up to 8 travel + accommodation stipends available to enable doctoral & postdoctoral researchers to participate in the "ideational geographies" workshop at UBC, June 11-13, 2025. Application details: blogs.ubc.ca/peck/researc...