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Miro Born

@miroborn.bsky.social
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housing and urban studies | social class Goethe University Frankfurt | LSE Sociology

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Robert Vief @robertvief.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Very nice Ph.D. opportunity (75% E13) for anyone interested in social inequality and housing and considering a Ph.D. in this area. Go for it!
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Miro Born @miroborn.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Open-topic fully funded PhD position - Sociology of Housing at the University of Stuttgart (in close collaboration with me) Deadline: 3 June 2026 Start date: 1 October 2026 More info (German/English): www.iwe.uni-stuttgart.de/dokumente/wo... Feel free to contact me with questions.
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Miro Born @miroborn.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Only a few months to go until my book Social Ladders is published. It is written for anyone interested in social mobility, class, housing, and urban inequality. We now have the final cover (designed by Brian Rea), some very kind endorsements from early readers, and a publication date (08/26)...
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Eva Zschirnt @evazschirnt.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Tomorrow, we host @miroborn.bsky.social for an AMCIS Seminar on "Social Ladders: The Weight of Social Mobility" where he will critically explores the ideal of social mobility. Info and registration: amcis.uva.nl/content/even... @codyhochstenbach.bsky.social @aissr.bsky.social
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Social Ladders: The Weight of Social Mobility - AMCIS
In this talk, Dr Anthony Miro Born (London School of Economics and Political Science) critically explores the ideal of social mobility.
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city-journal.bsky.social @city-journal.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
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...
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Tim White @timwhite100.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
I have an article in the Guardian today on how finance capitalism is wreaking havoc on housing across Europe www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Across Europe, the financial sector has pushed up house prices. It's a political timebomb | Tim White
We’ve been living in a great experiment: can finance provide basic human rights such as housing? The answer is increasingly no, says researcher and writer Tim White
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LSE Sociology @lsesociology.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
🌟 @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.
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ISI: Munich International Stone Center for Inequality Research @isi-munich.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
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
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Miro Born @miroborn.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
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
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Meritocracy from below: dreams, divisions, and the struggle for merit in a stigmatised neighbourhood
The ideal of a meritocratic society continues to exert significant normative power in political and public discourse, including in discussions about marginalised spaces and neighbourhoods. However,...
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SFB 1265 @sfb1265.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
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...
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Linus Westheuser @lwestheuser.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
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
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LSE Methodology @lsemethodology.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
📚 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
Miro Born stands smiling at the camera and holding his comiccover of the comic, showing a woman climbing a ladder. The text reads 'Miro Born, Irem Kurt, Movin' on up: a social mobility comic'a page from miro's comic, showing a conversation between a group of people
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Cody Hochstenbach @codyhochstenbach.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
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
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Miro Born @miroborn.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Peer Review in 2025.
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ISI: Munich International Stone Center for Inequality Research @isi-munich.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
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 :)
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Miro Born @miroborn.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Very interesting Special Issue! @sociologicalreview.bsky.social
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Sam Friedman @samfriedman.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Interesting new paper looking at how class ceiling effects are driven by stigmatising cross-class interactions in universities and the workplace
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Sol Gamsu @solgamsu.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
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/...
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If You Want the University to Change, Don't Theorise—Organise!
Organising as workers to build industrial power within our universities is a key element of how we respond to redundancies, marketisation and other political pressures on higher education. This piece...
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RC21-ISA @rc21.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
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
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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 20/02/2025
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 🎟️ buff.ly/4gOe3TB
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Sam Friedman @samfriedman.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
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...
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Wealth, poverty and enduring inequality: let's talk wealtherty
Public event at LSE | Sarah Kerr, Armine Ishkanian, Rajiv Prabhakar, Frank Soodeen | Weds 19 February, 6.00 to 7.30pm
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Nora Waitkus @norawaitkus.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
🚨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!
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Stellenausschreibungen an der Universität Heidelberg
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Jo Littler @jolittler.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
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...
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Model Minority Authoritarianism: Social Mobility and the New Anti-equality Agenda
This article puts forward a cultural‐political formation it terms “model minority authoritarianism.” The idea of the model minority has both been venerated as the virtuous face of immigration and/or n...
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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 22/01/2025
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
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Tim White @timwhite100.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
I have an article in the Guardian today on the loophole pushing Berlin’s housing crisis to new extremes www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The strange loophole that transformed Berlin from tenant’s paradise to landlord’s playground | Tim White
Germany’s capital was known for its affordable rents. Now ‘furnished temporary’ flats risk destroying the heart of the city, says researcher and writer Tim White
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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · 16/01/2025
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
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Oliver Nachtwey @onachtwey.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
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.
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Schwere Plagiatsvorwürfe: AfD-Erklärerin Cornelia Koppetsch droht Verlust der Professur
Es ist ein wissenschaftlicher Bankrott: Die Soziologin Cornelia Koppetsch hat offenbar auch in ihrer Habilitationsschrift plagiiert. Nun zieht ihre Hochschule Konsequenzen.
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Bryan Boyle @bryanboyle.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
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/...
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Soziopolis @soziopolis.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
„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...
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Tim White @timwhite100.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
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:
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Jamie Peck @jamiepeck.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
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...
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Ideational geographies workshop
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