@miguel-martinez
Sociologist. On cities, housing and struggles for social justice. From Spain, based in Sweden (Uppsala Univ.). Author of "Squatters in the Capitalist City" (Routledge) and editor of "Research Handbook on Urban Sociology" (EE). www.miguelangelmartinez.net
Starting 2026 with an academic publication out is good news: "EPISTEMIC EXTRACTIVISM IN ENGAGED URBAN AND HOUSING RESEARCH: Implications and Counter-measures" (IJURR, open access). onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
He escrito un breve artículo, por si os interesa: ¿Pueden, deben o quieren unirse los Centros Sociales Autogestionados dadas sus diferencias y afinidades? Un debate a partir de las aportaciones de varios CSA de Madrid en un encuentro reciente.
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Siguen las presentaciones y debates sobre nuestro último libro :)
Today's reading, important reflections on the relevance of (critical) sociology: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
In the next event of our book presentation series, @miguel-martinez.bsky.social will present the 'Research Handbook on Urban Sociology' and we will discuss critical urban sociology.
👉Register here: urban-futures.at/hot-off-the-...
📅3rd December 2025
🕛11:00 AM (CET) via Zoom
@kazepov.bsky.social
I am very glad that the SPECIAL ISSUE in the Urban Studies journal, "Global corporate landlords and tenant struggles" that I have co-edited with Lorenzo Vidal and Javier Gil is finally published. Many thanks to all the colleagues and reviewers who contributed!!
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"Global corporate landlordism and a new cycle of tenant contention", written with Lorenzo Vidal & @javigil.bsky.social Gil, is finally published. I hope these insights help tenants' organising and struggling against these evil capitalist powers. Open-access:
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Today I presented a summary of key urban and housing sociology topics at an internal seminar of the IBF (Uppsala). A further discussion on these issues can be found in the book I recently edited: Research Handbook on Urban Sociology. (Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/res...)
The fascinating article I have read today about the meaning of "scientific evidence" across various academic disciplines (international law, astrophysics, filmmaking/environmental communication, and psychology/disability studies): sajs.co.za/article/view...
Conference poster
This week I am joining this impressive conference. My keynote will be presented tomorrow: "Urban struggles through the lenses of communal luxury and real utopias." www.tu.berlin/en/planningt...
The three wonderful books I've been reading lately. Brilliant insights about revolutionary thinking, emancipatory change, egalitarian futures and strategies for ecological transformation. We need utopian hope to counter fascism, but also provide sustainable material living conditions for everyone.
Inspiring reading today: "LIBERTOPIA: An Intellectual Stroll in Berlin's Tempelhof Park", by Asef Bayat. Indeed, I conducted a couple of interviews about this case just before the Covid-19 pandemic, but I could not return to Berlin nor to my project. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Nos entrevistaron aquí con motivo de nuestro último libro. Con estas respuestas me parece que casi hemos escrito un capítulo extra :) www.nocierreslosojos.com/iban-diaz-pa...
Two-days "paper development workshop" in Geneva about housing, illegality, criminality and all the complexities, contradictions and nuances one should expect when dealing with this topic. It's been much better and more intellectually challenging than most conventional conferences!
PROFESSOR / ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR / ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF URBAN STUDIES at the University of Helsinki. The position will focus on the study of inequality and segregation at the urban and regional levels. Deadline: Sept. 24, 2025. jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki... #urban #sociology
Useful reflections on the labour of doctoral supervision in a caring and collective fashion versus the traditional Master-apprentice model, by Defne Kadioglu and Chiara Valli.
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Freshly arrived today! A brilliant research by @sailamaria.bsky.social that adds up lots of arguments and evidence on urban squatting/occupations. Congrats!
My academic reading today was on the protests of research subjects about 'academic extractivism' in Chile's urban "poblaciones" when participatory/activist research is not even intended from the very beginning of a study. Great reflections and lessons to learn! www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
📣 CfP: PLACES OF STRUGGLE, STRUGGLE FOR PLACES:On the Reconfiguration of Political Commitment in a World of Despair. How do political struggles shape space. April 9–10, 2026. Montréal, Québec, Canada. Abstract deadline: September 15, 2025. www.capedmontreal.com/ #urban #sociology
Another interesting article came to my inbox: on the "temporal power" of urban activists in three cases/contexts (Helsinki, St. Petersburg and NYC)."Temporalities of Closure in Urban Planning Conflicts" by Veikko Eranti and Anna Zhelnina. journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
Interesting qualitative research on the publication strategies of social scientists in Denmark, who try to play the game of reaching top-US journals. The authors take an organisational/institutional and interactionist approach, not a political economy one. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Interessant estudi de diversos processos de reapropiació col·lectiva de la ciutat, des de lògiques d'autogestió d'espais i articulació de comuns urbans.
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sus implicaciones activistas. Muy recomendable también como ejemplo excelente de análisis cualitativo de entrevistas y trayectorias residenciales (y de una afinada y suficientemente diversa selección muestral de las entrevistadas).
Magnífico libro de Irene Sabaté sobre los problemas de vivienda vividos por distintos tipos de mujeres del área metropolitana de Barcelona. Además de ofrecer un mapa detallado y complejo de la precariedad habitacional, explora sus dimensiones interseccionales, de economía política y +
1. El mercado de alquiler no está controlado por “pequeños propietarios”.
Los caseros son la población con más renta del país y suelen tener varias viviendas alquiladas.
Pero el mito del "casero particular" se usa para frenar cualquier regulación favorable a los inquilinos.
Nuestro nuevo libro ya está impreso y distribuído!! Y a un precio muy asequible :) Ojalá os interese! www.akal.com/libro/centro...
What thinking sociologically really means? Editor-in-Chief Carin Runciman shares insights from The Sociological Review’s editors about how they choose the scholarship that shapes the Journal. thesociologicalreview.org/magazine/jun... #urban #sociology
also in co-authoring publications, but perhaps this works better in non-academic outlets and forms (art exhibitions, workshops, interviews with journalists, etc.).
so not all research participants are "knowers" of the published results. Not withstanding all that, I am still very much in favour of widening collaborations between academics and research participants and activists, +
an academic career too (thus, by self-selecting themselves and excluding the rest). Finally, (social) scientific knowledge does not merely consist of insiders' information, but a more complex process involving adequate research design, theoretical framing, significant data analysis, etc. +
