Social scientist interested in questions of power at the intersection of housing, land, tech and finance.
King's College London / London School of Economics
www.timwhite.work
Tim White
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New paper in @bjsociology.bsky.social: ‘Privileged Precarity’. It explores how middle class young professionals leverage housing insecurity to synchronise their lives with the rhythms of precarious labour markets.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Thanks to @samfriedman.bsky.social, @davidjmadden.bsky.social and @lsesociology.bsky.social more generally!
Who should own the value of land?
New report by Ed Shepherd and myself on the political economy of land value capture. A major research undertaking (incl 50 interviews) examining the power relations that structure how land values are (unjustly) distributed in England.
@housingevidence.bsky.social
"It takes a certain kind of mind to look into the world of colostomy bags, incontinence pads and emollient cream and see dollar signs"
Brilliant, visceral piece on private equity + care homes from what is sure to be a banger of a book by @hettieobrien.bsky.social
Great paper! Worth a read
Sombre news to start Wednesday with.
Living in temporary accommodation has contributed to the deaths of 104 children in England in the past six years, 76 of whom were under the age of one.
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
Tim White
How does the ability to weather insecurity give some an upper hand? Drawing on interviews in co-living schemes, this paper explores how residential precarity is leveraged in pursuit of tumultuous careers in the knowledge economy.
#EarlyView in #BJS ➡️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Tim White
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"From what I understand about private equity is you invest upfront early, you make back your money, you sell & get out – that is the model as I've understood it ...That to me is completely incompatible with healthcare of any form, early years care & so on."
Yep!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
New paper in @bjsociology.bsky.social: ‘Privileged Precarity’. It explores how middle class young professionals leverage housing insecurity to synchronise their lives with the rhythms of precarious labour markets.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Just saw that the first piece from our special issue is already out:
Factions of asset-based capitalism: a historical typology, by @melindacooper.bsky.social
See here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Will write a thread on the SI and each of the papers once they're all out!
British Journal of Sociology
Tim White
Prof Katherine Brickell
If this is a conjuncture marked by escalating crises, provoking growing interest in conjunctural thinking across the critical social sciences and humanities, now's the time to ask...
What's the point of conjunctural analysis?
New article out in Dialogues in Urban Research:
doi.org/10.1177/2754...
Nick Taylor
Philipp Golka
Incredibly happy and relieved that our special issue Asset Struggles co-edited with @theobourgeron.bsky.social is now accepted for publication at NPE!
More on the issue soon. For now: a heartfelt thank you to everyone who has been involved in this over the past few years – you are the best!
Philipp Golka
Matt Thompson
Calls for ‘urgent, sustained action’ over rising number of children who do not have permanent home
