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Initiative on Cities @buoncities.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Co-organizers @lorettaclees.bsky.social @jbrownsaracino.bsky.social and Josh Lown are seeking papers for the session, "The Future of Gentrification Studies: Dead or Alive?," @uaanews.bsky.social Int. Conference on April 14-16, 2027, in NYC. Submission info ⬇️; Panel Description in alt text.

Paper submissions should include the following, emailed to either llees@bu.edu; japonica@bu.edu; or joshlown@bu.edu: Name, Email address, Affiliation, Country, Student? Yes/No, Career stage, Abstract title, Abstract text (max 300 words)

Submissions are due by September 28, 2026.

Panel Description

The study of gentrification has been dominant in urban studies since the 1990s, and there has long been a perception that it is taking up space that could be occupied by other lines of research. Despite pushback against it, including ongoing pronouncements that it has reached the end of its natural lifespan, about concept creep in all the different kinds or types of gentrification, and/or assertions that it should be fossilized in London in 1964, a substantive, rich body of writing and research has developed over time and is continuing to grow. This work has been theoretically, conceptually, and methodologically strong, creative, and has engendered exciting debate across the disciplines that inform urban studies.

This panel will explore the field's future. Should gentrification studies continue apace? What re-conceptualizations and foci are called for? Specifically, how might gentrification be conceptualized in relationship to enduring debates about displacement, and in light of increasing calls to integrate classical political-economic explanations for gentrification with perspectives on racial capitalism? What are the most exciting and theory-generating new avenues of empirical research? How can gentrification studies bridge gaps between scholarship and the rich tradition of on-the-ground resistance to gentrification and displacement? Or should we move beyond gentrification?

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Japonica Brown-Saracino @jbrownsaracino.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

My thanks to Alison Stratten for her thoughtful questions about The Death and Life of Gentrification for her Academic Book Club podcast.

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Japonica Brown-Saracino @jbrownsaracino.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Thanks to City & Community for featuring The Death and Life of Gentrification in the journal's new City Books section!

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City & Community @cicojournal.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

In 1979, incarcerated men in NY analyzed the link between neighborhoods and incarceration, finding that 75% of NY prisoners came from 7 neighborhoods in New York City. In a new paper, Jessica Simes, Ronald Day, and Louisa Holaday take a new look at the geography of incarceration. bit.ly/4v5bjJt

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Japonica Brown-Saracino @jbrownsaracino.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

If you are in London, please consider joining for this talk and conversation on May 7 at LSE.

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Japonica Brown-Saracino @jbrownsaracino.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

My gratitude to the hosts of the Unfrozen Podcast, Daniel Safarik and Greg Lindsay, for an engaging conversation about The Death and Life of Gentrification. unfrozenarch.net/episodes/117...

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117. The Death and Life of Gentrification

The specter of neighborhood appropriation by big capital and other outside actors, pricing out the people who lived there previously, is the tradition...

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Consortium of Social Science Associations (COSSA) @cossa.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

🚨URGENT ACTION ALERT🚨 Tell Congress to Save NSF's Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences Directorate! Write to your House Representative and Senators TODAY to share your concerns and urge them to act ➡️ cossa.org/action-cente... #WhySocialScience #SaveSBE

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Stop the Administration’s Dismantling of NSF’s SBE Directorate Now!

A consortium of Social Science Associations works to communicate the importance of social & behavioral science research to policymakers. The powerful stories come from people who express how it is…

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American Sociological Association @asanews.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

ASA member Japonica Brown-Saracino @jbrownsaracino.bsky.social @bostonu.bsky.social traces how the concept of gentrification has evolved to express widespread ambivalence about economic inequality and unease with various forms of social change. @princetonupress.bsky.social

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The Death and Life of Gentrification

A provocative account of what is gained and what is lost when a word that once narrowly referred to neighborhood change takes on a life all its own

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Japonica Brown-Saracino @jbrownsaracino.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

My (belated) thanks to Andrew Burmon for engaging in a fun and thoughtful conversation about The Death and Life of Gentrification for the Upper Middle. www.uppermiddle.news/p/upper-midd...

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Why the Upper-Middle Class Can't Stop Talking About Gentrification

It helps us avoid talking about way more complicated dynamics. Also, race.

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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Now available worldwide, @jbrownsaracino.bsky.social's The Death and Life of Gentrification is a provocative account of what is gained and what is lost when a word that once narrowly referred to neighborhood change takes on a life all its own. Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

The Death and Life of Gentrification: A New Map of a Persistent Idea by Japonica Brown-Saracino

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Japonica Brown-Saracino @jbrownsaracino.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Many thanks to Jeffrey Parker, Sarah Mayorga, Yuki Kato, and Derek Hyra for their insightful engagement with The Death and Life of Gentrification at the Eastern Sociological Society Conference. It was an honor and a treat to have each of them reflect on the book.

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Japonica Brown-Saracino @jbrownsaracino.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Last month, the BU Initiative on Cities organized a discussion of the Death and Life of Gentrification. My thanks to them for the event, as well as for this great summary. I also thank Karilyn Crockett, Stephanie Ternullo, and Lawrence Vale for engaging with the book. www.bu.edu/ioc/2026/02/...

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Event Recap: Gentrification: Ideas to Action | Initiative on Cities

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Japonica Brown-Saracino @jbrownsaracino.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

I look forward to talking about my new book with the terrific Georgetown Department of Sociology this Wednesday.

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Japonica Brown-Saracino @jbrownsaracino.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

If you'd like to join our conversation about the Death and Life of Gentrification at the Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space tomorrow (Feb 11) at 6 PM, you can register via this link: www.eventbrite.com/e/japonica-b...

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Japonica Brown-Saracino Book Release: The Death and Life of Gentrification

Join us for the release of Japonica Brown-Saracino's new book:"The Death and Life of Gentrification: A New Map of a Persistent Idea"

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Japonica Brown-Saracino @jbrownsaracino.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

I am incredibly honored that the Death and Life of Gentrification is reviewed in the February 9 issue of the New Yorker. My great thanks to them for their engagement with the book.

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Japonica Brown-Saracino @jbrownsaracino.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

I am so looking forward to my conversation with the terrific filmmaker/author, Alexis Clements, at the Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space in New York on Wed., Feb 11. Conversation begins at 6 PM. Please join us!

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Japonica Brown-Saracino @jbrownsaracino.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

If you are in Boston and looking for something to do post-snow, please join me and Rachel Weber at Harvard Bookstore this Thursday, January 29 at 7 PM. We will be discussing my new book, The Death and Life of Gentrification.

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Japonica Brown-Saracino @jbrownsaracino.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

If you're in Chicago, consider joining me at Women & Children First on Wed., January 14 at 7 PM. I'll be discussing my new book, The Death and Life of Gentrification, with Dr. Teresa Gonzales. www.eventbrite.com/e/the-death-...

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The Death and Life of Gentrification by Japonica Brown-Saracino

A provocative account of what is gained & what is lost when a word that once narrowly referred to neighborhood change takes on a new life.

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Japonica Brown-Saracino @jbrownsaracino.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

I'm very much looking forward to this event at Boston University on February 4th! Thanks to the Initiative on Cities for organizing! bsky.app/profile/buon...

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Japonica Brown-Saracino @jbrownsaracino.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Thank you Publishers Weekly for a terrific review of The Death and Life of Gentrification (out in January from PUP)!

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Japonica Brown-Saracino @jbrownsaracino.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

So glad to have had the opportunity to spend an energizing day in D.C. meeting with the offices of MA and Rhode Island representatives to discuss the import of the social sciences. #COSSA2025

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American Sociological Association @asanews.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Learn more about our ASA 2025 Annual Meeting host city, Chicago! Get the latest issue of ASA’s Footnotes Magazine, including the regional spotlight piece “The City at 100: A Volume and its Afterlives” by Jeffrey Nathaniel Parker, University of New Orleans @jnparker.bsky.social bit.ly/41ZRxTA

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stefano portelli @stafe.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

In Italia continua a mancare un tema nel dibattito sulla casa: il CONTROLLO DEGLI AFFITTI. Ne parlo in quest'articolo della Rivista di Studi Politici, a partire dalla conferenza "Gentrification and Displacement" organizzata a ottobre 2023 da @lorettaclees.bsky.social e @jbrownsaracino.bsky.social!

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Initiative on Cities @buoncities.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

📢 The IOC is looking for a Postdoctoral Research Associate! 🔖 Conduct original research on urban studies. Publish and present your research while gaining exposure in the field. Mentorship from renowned urbanist and IOC Director Loretta Lees! ⏰ April 1, 2025, by 11:59 PM ET 🔗 bu.edu/ioc/hiring

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