Roger Burrows

@rogerjburrows.bsky.social

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Bristol & Melbourne. Sociology. Geography. Urban Studies. Digital Culture.

Prof at University of Bristol, School of Policy Studies & Hon Prof Fellow, Centre for Cities, University of Melbourne & Adjunct Prof, Social Sciences, University of Adelaide. .. more

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Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 5d

Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative

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Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity

Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.

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Roger Burrows @rogerjburrows.bsky.social · 5d

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How proptech platforms are reshaping discretionary power in the private rental housing market

Access to rental housing has historically been influenced by the discretionary decision-making of property managers, who hold a powerful intermediary …

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ARC Tracker @arc-tracker.bsky.social · 8d

#CentresOfExcellence #CE26

ARC has "postponed" announcement of Centres of Excellence outcomes!

It says "due diligence checks" are still being carried out on some applications.

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Screenshot of ARC "network messages" webpage stating that Centres of Excellence outcomes are "postponed". Blue text on white background as a heading, above an image of concentric part circles, to make a sort-of whirlpool pattern, above black text on white background.

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Susan J. Smith @sjs1869.bsky.social · 13d

Reply to some great comments on mine and Gavin Wood’s piece on #housing, the asset economy and a resurgence of rentier capitalism www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Reply to Comments on the Edges of Owner Occupation versus Rentier Capitalism

This piece replies to some fine scholarship from the six commentators who have taken up the pen in response to our focus article. We hope our reply does them justice and invites others to join the ...

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Roger Burrows @rogerjburrows.bsky.social · 13d

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International Fellows Award | Adelaide University

Connect with top global researchers at Adelaide University through the International Fellows Award—where world-class research meets world-class living in one of the world’s most liveable cities.

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Roger Burrows @rogerjburrows.bsky.social · 17d

I think, on balance, my most played Fall album. But Shiftwork and Nation coming up on the outside … just reread Hanley mid week book after listening to the Oh Brother podcasts

Roger Burrows @rogerjburrows.bsky.social · 26d

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Bourdieu in a Digitalised and Financialised World: Steve Threadgold at Keynote BSA Bourdieu.

YouTube video by Steven Threadgold

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Housing, Theory and Society @housingtheory.bsky.social · 29d

Roger Burrows and Amber Howard point to the importance of digital infrastructures and algorithmic risk profiling in their commentary "Precarity in Common? Algorithmic Risk Profiling and the Politicization of ‘the Edges’ Of owner-Occupation"

Precarity in Common? Algorithmic Risk Profiling and the Politicization of ‘the Edges’ Of owner-Occupation

This article offers a critical response to Smith and Wood’s concept of “the edges” of owner-occupation. While the category remains analytically diffuse, we argue that digital infrastructures – part...

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Roger Burrows @rogerjburrows.bsky.social · Oct 11

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Reply now online…

Precarity in Common? Algorithmic Risk Profiling and the Politicization of ‘the Edges’ Of owner-Occupation: Housing, Theory and Society: Vol 0, No 0 - Get Access

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Roger Burrows @rogerjburrows.bsky.social · Oct 10

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The Materialities of Inequality: Mould, Acid and Glitter

YouTube video by Steven Threadgold

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Newcastle Youth Studies Centre @newcastleyouth.bsky.social · Oct 6

NYSC online seminar on ‘The Materialities of Inequality: Mould, Acid and Glitter’ featuring Beckie Coleman, Bev Skeggs, Imogen Tyler and Roger Burrows is on tomorrow night, Wednesday October 8 at 7pm (9am London time).

The Materialities of Inequality: Mould, Acid and Glitter

How Stuff Matters

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Roger Burrows @rogerjburrows.bsky.social · Oct 4

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The Materialities of Inequality: Mould, Acid and Glitter

These presentations contribute towards rethinking a politics of the future by exposing where power lies and how it moves in and through us all through our proximities to different forms of matter.

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Theory, Culture & Society @theoryculturesociety.org · Oct 2

From the Archive: David Beer and Roger Burrows, 'Popular Culture, Digital Archives and the New Social Life of Data' - focuses on prosumption practices, digital technologies and the playful vitality of the ‘glossy topics’ that constitute popular culture. (2013) journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Digital data inundation has far-reaching implications for: disciplinary jurisdiction; the relationship between the academy, commerce and the state; and the very...

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Roger Burrows @rogerjburrows.bsky.social · Sep 17

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Goldsmiths vice-chancellor Frances Corner to step down in 2026

Frances Corner, the first woman to lead Goldsmiths, will leave her role as vice-chancellor after period of job cuts and restructuring

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Roger Burrows @rogerjburrows.bsky.social · Sep 15

I think we have responded to this excellent piece…but not online as yet

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Susan J. Smith @sjs1869.bsky.social · Sep 15

Uncanny timing. New #housing paper arrives online right in the middle of relaxing holiday… www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The Edges of Owner-Occupation versus Rentier Capitalism

Over the past half century, housing systems have been reconfigured through processes variously labelled financialization, assetization and rentierization. Unevenly advanced by successive rounds of ...

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Yasmin G @anilsghost.bsky.social · Sep 12

A new Migrant Research Institute at Goldsmiths is looking for an academic director www.gold.ac.uk/research/cen...

Migrant Futures Institute

Redefining migration studies through creative inquiry and civic engagement.

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Roger Burrows @rogerjburrows.bsky.social · Sep 1

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Natureculture: rethinking socio-ecological relations | Research School of Social Sciences

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Warwick Anderson @wombatscholar.bsky.social · Aug 6

Delighted to learn that Dr Thao Phan is awarded the 2025 Max Crawford medal, Australia's major prize for early-career humanities researchers! Pleasantly surprised it went to an STS scholar for the first time too. Such good news!
@thaophan.bsky.social @humanitiesau.bsky.social #STS

Dr Thao Phan wins 2025 Max Crawford Medal

Dr Thao Phan has won the 2025 Max Crawford medal for her work investigating dynamics of race and gender in algorithmic culture.

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Roger Burrows @rogerjburrows.bsky.social · Jul 14

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S1 E1 | London underground… literally - ABC listen

London is a layer cake of history — and we're burrowing in deep. We're purely going to stay underground to reveal bigger stories about this storied capital. But the thing is, the further deep you go,...

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Roger Burrows @rogerjburrows.bsky.social · Jul 12

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British People In Hot Weather

The Fall · Extricate (Expanded Edition) · Song · 1990

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Roger Burrows @rogerjburrows.bsky.social · Jun 30

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Are rents affordable in Amsterdam? Not if you are a newcomer | Amber Howard

The city was once the pinnacle of inclusivity, with working- and middle-class people alike living in social housing – then the private landlords arrived, says social-policy researcher Amber Howard

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