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
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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Miro Born
Thanks to @davidjmadden.bsky.social @samfriedman.bsky.social @cteeger.bsky.social @mikesavagelse.bsky.social @jolittler.bsky.social @katharinahppe.bsky.social @sfb1265.bsky.social @benbrundugonzalez.bsky.social and others for their insights on various aspects of this article/the research project!
Miro Born
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)...
I have an article in the Guardian today on how finance capitalism is wreaking havoc on housing across Europe www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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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Tim White
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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
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
🌟 @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.
ISI: Munich International Stone Center for Inequality Research
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!
LSE Sociology
amcis.uva.nl
In this talk, Dr Anthony Miro Born (London School of Economics and Political Science) critically explores the ideal of social mobility.
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...
Robert Vief
www.theguardian.com
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
