Nick Taylor
@ntaylor.bsky.social
Lecturer at Queen Mary Uni of London | History of welfare, unemployment; history of economics; finance & climate change 🚲🌳
If you're wondering whether academics have written on 'asylum hotels', I can point you in the direction of Martina Tazzioli's work on refugee carcerality & value extraction in the UK, Greece & Italy. See esp. section on financialised asylum accommodation in the UK.
dx.doi.org/10.1177/0263...
dx.doi.org/10.1177/0263...
October 7, 2025 at 9:07 AM
If you're wondering whether academics have written on 'asylum hotels', I can point you in the direction of Martina Tazzioli's work on refugee carcerality & value extraction in the UK, Greece & Italy. See esp. section on financialised asylum accommodation in the UK.
dx.doi.org/10.1177/0263...
dx.doi.org/10.1177/0263...
Up early and on my way from London to Copenhagen for the Finance and Society conference. Looking forward to a great programme! Always a highlight of the academic year.
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Say hi if you're around 👋
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Say hi if you're around 👋
September 10, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Up early and on my way from London to Copenhagen for the Finance and Society conference. Looking forward to a great programme! Always a highlight of the academic year.
financeandsocietynetwork.org/wp-content/u...
Say hi if you're around 👋
financeandsocietynetwork.org/wp-content/u...
Say hi if you're around 👋
On this more generally, this recent review & analysis of critical geographies of heat was excellent journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
June 25, 2025 at 11:52 AM
On this more generally, this recent review & analysis of critical geographies of heat was excellent journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Detailed agenda for 'Transforming central banking in the ecological crisis: intersecting
perspectives from political economy and accounting'
perspectives from political economy and accounting'
June 2, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Detailed agenda for 'Transforming central banking in the ecological crisis: intersecting
perspectives from political economy and accounting'
perspectives from political economy and accounting'
Speakers include @unsocialtheory.bsky.social, @davidharvie.bsky.social, James Brackley, @rstephenson123.bsky.social, @profstevenjones.bsky.social
With time for collective discussion on diagnosing the multiple crises & considering paths through & against the status quo.
With time for collective discussion on diagnosing the multiple crises & considering paths through & against the status quo.
May 19, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Speakers include @unsocialtheory.bsky.social, @davidharvie.bsky.social, James Brackley, @rstephenson123.bsky.social, @profstevenjones.bsky.social
With time for collective discussion on diagnosing the multiple crises & considering paths through & against the status quo.
With time for collective discussion on diagnosing the multiple crises & considering paths through & against the status quo.
The event will focus on the global labour & ecological struggles behind AI, seeking to explore alternative forms of AI production. All welcome. Join us in Mile End!
April 28, 2025 at 8:40 AM
The event will focus on the global labour & ecological struggles behind AI, seeking to explore alternative forms of AI production. All welcome. Join us in Mile End!
📣 28-29 May at QMUL @clasp-qmul.bsky.social End of Year Event on 'The Materialities of AI', feat. @katecrawford.bsky.social @anavaldi.bsky.social @jamesmuldoon.bsky.social @milamiceli.bsky.social @dataworkersinquiry.bsky.social
Register free: www.tickettailor.com/events/centr...
Register free: www.tickettailor.com/events/centr...
April 28, 2025 at 8:40 AM
📣 28-29 May at QMUL @clasp-qmul.bsky.social End of Year Event on 'The Materialities of AI', feat. @katecrawford.bsky.social @anavaldi.bsky.social @jamesmuldoon.bsky.social @milamiceli.bsky.social @dataworkersinquiry.bsky.social
Register free: www.tickettailor.com/events/centr...
Register free: www.tickettailor.com/events/centr...
The trashing of government institutions by DOGE/the Trump admin reminds me of this excellent 2017 book by Bonnie Honig, on how 'public things' stabilise our worlds, are undone by anti-democratic forces, yet remain an enduring focus of democratic action even in a context of extreme loss.
February 25, 2025 at 12:04 PM
The trashing of government institutions by DOGE/the Trump admin reminds me of this excellent 2017 book by Bonnie Honig, on how 'public things' stabilise our worlds, are undone by anti-democratic forces, yet remain an enduring focus of democratic action even in a context of extreme loss.
Dan Neyland reviews Liliana Doganova's excellent book on the politics of discounting, reflecting on economic sociology, STS and futures politics more generally:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
November 18, 2024 at 6:36 PM
Dan Neyland reviews Liliana Doganova's excellent book on the politics of discounting, reflecting on economic sociology, STS and futures politics more generally:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
📚Currently reading these books for reading group(s). I can recommend them all! They complement each other nicely, too.
November 18, 2024 at 12:18 PM
📚Currently reading these books for reading group(s). I can recommend them all! They complement each other nicely, too.