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Professor Stephen Graham

Professor of Cities and Society

Background

Introduction

Stephen Graham FBA is an academic and author who researches cities and urban life. He is Professor of Cities and Society at the Global Urban Research Unit and is based in 缅北禁地's School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape. He is a Fellow of the British Academy.

Professor Graham has a background in Geography, Urbanism and the Sociology of Technology. His research centres, in particular, on:

 * Vertical aspects of cities and urban life

 * Connections between cities, technology and infrastructure

 * The mediation of urban life by digital technologies; and 

 * Links between security, militarisation and urban life.

 * Urban aspects of surveillance

Writing, publishing and lecturing across many countries and a variety of disciplines, Professor Graham has been Visiting Professor at MIT and NYU, amongst other institutions. The author, editor or co-author of nine major books, his work has been translated into thirteen languages.

 Qualifications

Ph.D. (Science and Technology Policy), Programme for Policy Research in Engineering, Science and Technology (PREST), University of Manchester.

Title: Networking Cities: A Comparison of Urban Telecommunications Initiatives in France and Britain (completed part-time 1992-1996)

1989 M.Phil. (Town and Country Planning), University of 缅北禁地 upon Tyne
(Royal Town Planning Institute Prize)

1986 B.Sc.(Hons.) (Geography), University of Southampton (First Class).

Previous Positions

2005-2010, Professor of Human Geography, Department of Geography, University of Durham

1992-2005 Lecturer, then Reader, then Professor, School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape, 缅北禁地

1999-2000 Full-Time Visiting Professor, Department of Urban Studies and Planning (DUSP), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

1989-1992 Urban Planner, then Economic Development Officer, Sheffield City Council

Honours and Awards

2022: Taiwanese edition of Graham, S. (2016), Vertical: The City From Satellites to Bunkers, national translated book of the year, Taipei.

2021: Visiting scholar, Havens Wright Center for Social Justice, University of Madison Wisconsin.

2019: Honorary Doctorate, Aalborg University, Denmark.

2019: Elected as Fellow of the British Academy

2016: Graham, S. (2016), Vertical: The City From Satellites to Bunkers, Guardian book of the week and Financial Times and Observer book of the year.

2011: Graham, S. (2010), Cities Under Siege: The New Military Urbanism, nominated for the Orwell prize for political writing and Guardian book of the week .

2004: Graham, S. and Marvin, S, (2001), Splintering Urbanism, nominated by the Urban Geography Speciality Group for the Royal Geographical Society/Institute of British Geographers annual book prize.

1st Prize for best paper published in European Planning Studies during 1999: Graham, S. and Healey, P. (1999), “Relational concepts of space and place: Issues for Planning Theory and Practice”. European Planning Studies, 7(5), 623-646.


Research

Research Interests

Prof. Graham's research draws on critical social and urban theory to address some of the key challenges facing our rapidly urbanizing world. His focus, specifically, is on five related areas:

      * The vertical aspects of cities, geography and urban life;

      * The politics of urban infrastructure, materiality and mobility;

      * The urban aspects of social and digital surveillance;

      * The links between cities and digital media; and

      * The politics of urban security and the 'new military urbanism'

A wide selection of Professor Graham's publications can be downloaded from 缅北禁地's service or from his  More information on his publications can also be found on his .

A wide range of Professor Graham's Powerpoint presentations is available at . 

Influence and Impacts

In developing these themes, Prof. Graham's work has had a major influence on a wide variety of recent  debates in the social sciences and beyond. This influence has straddled three areas.

First, Prof. Graham's work, culminating in the Verso book  (October, 2016), is contributing much to  fully three-dimensional re-theorisation of the politics of cities and geography. A full PDF of the book is available . Book of the week in the , Vertical was also amongst the books of the year for both the and the   (the latter is only accessible to subscribers). Korean, Turkish and Taiwanese editions of the book have been published; the latter received a "Translated book of the year" award for 2021.

Second, Prof. Graham's research is infuential debates about security, war and political violence now permeate deeply into the everyday spaces of urban life. Most important here is the book  (Verso, March, 2010) -- a major international and interdisciplinary exposé of the tightening connections across the world between urban life, militarism and security politics. The book was entered for the 2010 Orwell Prize for Political Writing. The book was book of the week in the . Since publication, Cities Under Siege has been translated into , Swedish, Turkish,Polish, Arabic and editions.

Finally, Prof. Graham's individual and collaborative work has been important catalyst yo the so-called 'infrastructural turn' in the social sciences and humanities. The ways in which framented styles of providing infrastructure have contrbuted to  'splintered' styles of urban development  has been a main focus here. The widely used concept of 'splintering urbanism' was developed in Prof. Graham's highly influential 2001 of the same name with . More recent  books have explored infrastructural failures and collapses  () and the ways in which everday urban life is mediated through a variety of infrastructures ((with ). Stephen Graham's work in this area was the basis for his honorary Ph.D. at the University of Aalborg in 2019.

Postgraduate Supervision

Stephen Graham has been involved in the supervision of nineteen  successful PhDs. He is currently co-supervisor on three PhD projects:


* Jennie Day, Experiments in Autonomous Vehicles (2017-2022)

*Farhan Anshary, City Visions in Jakarta (2021-)

* Lingfei Kong, Military Architecture in China (2021-)

Visiting Positions (Selected)

Visiting Scholar, , University of Madison Wisconsin, 2021.

November, 2013, International Visitor, University of British Columbia, Vancouver.

November 2008, Distinguished International Visitor, .

1999-2000 Full-Time Visiting Professor, ), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Research Funding (Selected)

ESRC, Staging and Performing ‘Emergency Situations’ in UK ‘All Hazards’ Preparedness Planning, (Co-Investigator with of Durham University and of Royal Holloway.

ESRC, Everyday Infrastructures: A Comparative Study of Sanitation in Mumbai’s Informal Settlements, (Co-Investigator with and Renu Desai.

ESRC, Non-Government Public Action Programme, Contested Borders  (with and )

British Academy Research Readership, The Software-Sorted Society: Rethinking the Digital Divide.

ESRC E-Society Programme, Multispeed Cities and the Logistics of Living in the Information Age (with and and )

Keywords

cities; infrastructure; technology; mobility; surveillance; security; splintering urbanism; new military urbanism; disrupted cities; vertical cities; gravity

Teaching

TCP 8025, Linked Research Project (Module Leader), Planning Diploma 2.

Postgraduate Planning Dissertation, supervisor. 

 TCP3099 Undergraduate Planning Dissertation, supervisor. 

Publications
  • Graham S, Marvin S. . Journal of Urban Technology 2022, 29(1), 169-175.
  • Graham S. . In: Nesbitt, J; Waldhaein, C, ed. Technical Lands: A Critical Primer. Berlin: JOVIS, 2023, pp.156-171.
  • Burrows R, Graham S, Wilson A. . Urban Geography 2022, 43(9), 1372-1393.
  • Graham S. . In: Beattie, M, ed. Mountains and Megastructures: Neo-Geologic Landscapes of Human Endeavour. Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan, 2021, pp.267-283.
  • Crampton JW, Hoover KC, Smith H, Graham S, Berbesque JC. . Annals of the American Association of Geographers 2020, 110(2).
  • Graham S. . In: Moertenboeck, P; Mooshammer, H, ed. Data Publics: Public Plurality in an Era of Data Determinacy. London: Routledge, 2020, pp.95-115.
  • Graham S. . In: Bach, J; Murawski, M, ed. Re-Centring the City: Global Mutations of Socialist Modernity. London: UCL Press, 2020, pp.87-103.
  • Graham S. . In: Maguire M; Low S, ed. Spaces of Security: Ethnographies of Securityscapes, Surveillance, and Control. New York: NYU Press, 2019, pp.138-155.
  • Graham S. . City: Analysis of urban trends, culture, theory, policy, action 2018, 22(4), 527-550.
  • Garutti F, Graham S, Yaneva A. Misleading Innocence (tracing what a bridge can do): A Conversation. In: Garutti, F, ed. Can design be devious? : the story of the Robert Moses bridges over the Long Island parkways, and other explorations of unexpected political consequences of design. Montreal: Canadian Center for Architecture, 2018, pp.135-167. In Preparation.
  • Graham S. . In: Freudendal-Pedersen, M.; Kesselring, S, ed. Exploring Networked Urban Mobilities: Theories, Concepts, Ideas. London, UK: Routledge, 2018, pp.80-107.
  • Graham S. . São Paulo: Boitempo, 2016.
  • Graham S. . Places 2016.
  • Graham S. . LA+: Interdisciplinary Journal of Landscape Architecture 2016, 3, 112-113.
  • Graham S. . In: Dobraszczyk, P; Lopez Galvis,C; Garrett, B, ed. Global Undergrounds: Exploring Cities Within. London, UK: Reaktion, 2016.
  • Graham S. . Amsterdam, Netherlands: Transnational Institute, 2016.
  • Graham S, Baker A. . In: Sönke J; Markus-Michael M, ed. The Global Making of Policing: Postcolonial Perspectives. London: Routledge, 2016, pp.40-58.
  • Graham S. . Écologie et Politique 2016, 53(2), 89-104.
  • Graham S. . In: Dobraszczyk, P; Lopez-Galviz, C; and Garrett, B, ed. Global Undergrounds: Exploring Cities Within. London: Reaktion, 2016, pp.141-142.
  • Graham S. . City: Analysts of urban trends, culture, theory, policy, action 2016, 20(5), 755-771.
  • Graham S. . City: analysis of urban trends, culture, theory, policy, action 2016, 20(3), 389-406.
  • Graham S. . London: Verso, 2016.
  • Graham S. . In: Simpson, D; Jensen, V; Rubing A, ed. The City Between Freedom and Security: Contested Public Spaces in the 21st Century. Birkhäuser Verlag, 2016.
  • Graham S, Desai R, Mcfarlane C. . In: Coutard O; Rutherford J, ed. Beyond the Networked City: Infrastructure Reconfigurations and Urban Change in the North and South. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, 2015, pp.114-137.
  • Adey P, Anderson B, Graham S. . Theory Culture and Society 2015, 32(2), 3-17.
  • Graham S. . City: analysis of urban trends, culture, theory, policy, action 2015, 19(2-3), 192-215.
  • Graham S. . City: analysis of urban trends, culture, theory, policy, action 2015, 19(5), 618-645.
  • Graham S. . In: Bala Perdida: A Violência Policial no Brasil e os Desafios para sua Superação. São Paulo: Boitempo, 2015, pp.67-74.
  • Graham S. . In: Fard, A and Meshkani, T, ed. New Geographies, 7 - Geographies of Information. Cambridge, MA, USA: Harvard University, 2015.
  • Desai R, McFarlane C, Graham S. . Antipode 2015, 47(1), 98-120.
  • Hewitt L, Graham S. . Urban Studies 2015, 52(5), 923-937.
  • Graham S. . In: Thrift, N; Ticknell, A; Wollgar, S; Rupp, WH, ed. Globalization in Practice. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2014.
  • Graham S. . Stockholm, Sweden: Bokförlaget Daidalos, 2014.
  • Graham S. . In: Neema, F; Kudva, N, ed. Cities of the Global South Reader. London, UK: Routledge, 2014, pp.208-216.
  • Graham S. . In: van Lindert, T; Lettinga, D, ed. The Future of Human Rights in an Urban World. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Amnesty International, 2014, pp.45-50.
  • McFarlane C, Desai R, Graham S. . Annals of the Association of American Geographers 2014, 104(5), 989-1011.
  • Graham S, McFarlane C, ed. . London, UK: Routledge, 2014.
  • Graham S, Kaker S. . Harvard Design Magazine 2014, 37, 12-16.
  • Graham S. . In: Mangold, W., Katz, C., Low, S., Saegert, S, ed. People, Place, and Space: A Reader. New York: Routledge, 2014. In Press.
  • Graham S. . Theory, Culture and Society 2014, 31(7-8), 239-265.
  • Graham S. Between nature, culture, society, technology and politics: The 'infrastructural turn'. In: Castro, E; Ramirez, A; Rico, E; Spencer, D, ed. Critical Territories: From Academia to Praxis. Barcelona: ACTAR, 2013, pp.43-50.
  • Graham S. . In: Adey, P; Bissell, D; Hannam, K; Merriman, P; Sheller, M, ed. The Routledge Handbook of Mobilities. London, UK: Routledge, 2013.
  • Graham S. . 2013. Available at: .
  • Graham S. . In: Bishop,R; Hon, G, ed. Otherwise Occupied: The palestinian pavilion at the venice biennale. Venice and Jerusalem: Palestinian Art Court, 2013, pp.163.
  • Graham S, Hewitt L. . Progress in Human Geography 2013, 37(1), 72-92.
  • Graham S. Kuşatılan Şehirler. Ankara: Baski, 2013. In Preparation.
  • Graham S. La sécurité des jeux olympiques 2012: Bienvenue dans un London verrouillé. In: Duchatel, J, ed. La Coupe est Pleine! Les désastres économiques et sociaux des grands événements sportifs. Paris: Cetim, 2013, pp.130-140.
  • Graham S. The new military urbanism. In: Ball,K; Snider,L, ed. The Surveillance-Industrial Complex: A Political Economy of Surveillance. London: Routledge, 2013, pp.232. In Preparation.
  • Graham S, Desai R, Mcfarlane C. . Public Culture 2013, 25(1 69), 115-141.
  • Dorrian M, Graham S. . Oakland, California: PM Press, 2013. In Press.
  • Graham S. Data Archipelagos. In: CLOG, ed. Data Space. CLOG, 2012. In Preparation.
  • Graham S. . Surveillance and Society 2012, 9(3), 321-327.
  • Graham S, Marvin S. . In: Hass, T, ed. Sustainable Urbanism and Beyond: Rethinking Cities for the Future. Rizzoli, 2012.
  • Graham S. . The Guardian 2012.
  • Crang M, Graham S. . Monu Magazine 2012, 16.
  • Graham S. Theme park archipelago: Convergences of war, simulation and entertainment in urban targeting. In: Bishop, R; Clancey, G; Philips, J, ed. The City as Target. London: Routledge, 2012, pp.92-120.
  • Graham S. . Paris, France: La Découverte, 2012.
  • Graham S. Villes sous contrôle: La militarisation de l'espace urbain. Paris: La Découverte, 2012.
  • Graham S. Belägrade Städer: Den nya Militära Urbanismen. Göteborg: Daidalos, 2011.
  • Graham S. . London: Verso, 2011.
  • Graham S. . In: Gandy, M, ed. Urban Constellations. Berlin: Jovis, 2011, pp.65-69.
  • Graham S. Disruptions. In: Candy, M, ed. Uurban Constellations. Berlin: JOVIS Verlag, 2011, pp.65-70.
  • Graham S. . In: Tyner, J., Inwood, J, ed. Nonkilling Geographies. Honolulu, Hawaii: Center for Global Nonkilling, 2011, pp.67-88.
  • Graham S. . In: Bridge, G., Watson, S, ed. The New Blackwell Companion to the City. Oxford: Blackwell, 2011, pp.121-133.
  • Nagaraj V, Graham S. . London: openDemocracy.net, 2011. Available at: .
  • Graham S, ed. . New York: Routledge, 2010.
  • Graham S. . Open Democracy 2010.
  • Graham S. . In: Zureik, E; Lyon, D; Abu-Laban, Y, ed. Surveillance and Control in Israel/Palestine: Population, Territory and Power. New York: Routledge, 2010, pp.133-152.
  • Graham S. . City 2009, 13(4), 383-402.
  • Graham S. . In: Tim Rieniets; Jennifer Sigler, ed. Open City: Designing Coexistence. Rotterdam: Sun Publishers, 2009, pp.416.
  • Graham S. . In: Farias, I; Bender, T, ed. Urban Assemblages: How Actor-Network Theory Changes Urban Studies. London: Routledge, 2009, pp.352.
  • Graham S. . Theory, Culture and Society 2009, 26(7-8), 278-288.
  • Graham S. . City 2008, 12(1), 25-49.
  • Graham S. . In: Sorkin M, ed. Indefensible Space: The Architecture of the National Insecurity State. New York: Routledge, 2007, pp.1-28.
  • Graham S. . In: Cowen D; Gilbert E, ed. War, Citizenship, Territory. London: Routledge, 2007, pp.33-56.
  • Graham S. . In: Taylor P; Derudder B; Saey F; Witlox F, ed. Cities in Globalization: Practices, Policies and Theories. London: Routledge, 2007, pp.219-236.
  • Campbell D, Monk D, Graham S. . Theory and Event 2007, 10(2).
  • Graham S, Thrift N. . Theory, Culture and Society 2007, 24(3), 1-25.
  • Crang M, Graham S. . Information, Communications and Society 2007, 10(6), 789-817.
  • Crang M, Crosbie T, Graham S. . Environment and Planning A 2007, 39(10), 2405–2422.
  • Graham S. . In: Henckel D;Pahl-Weber E;Kerlommer B, ed. Time-Space-Places. Berlin: Peter Lang, 2007, pp.22-35.
  • Graham S. . Subtopia, 2007. Available at: .
  • Graham S. . New Left Review 2007, 44, 121-132.
  • Graham S. . In: von Borries F;Walz S;Böttger M, ed. Space Time Play: Computer Games, Architecture and Urbanism - the Next Level. Basel: Birkhauser, 2007, pp.420-424.
  • Graham S. . Space and Culture 2006, 9(1), 63-67.
  • Graham S. . New Statesman 2006, 135(4796), 12/15.
  • Graham S. . International Journal of Urban and Regional Research 2006, 30(2), 255-276.
  • Graham S. . United States: Social Sciences Research Council (SSRC), 2006. Available at: .
  • Graham S. . In: Gregory, D; Pred, A, ed. Violent Geographiess: Fear, Terror, and Political Violence. New York: Routledge, 2006, pp.309-328.
  • Graham S. . In: Brenner N; Kiel R, ed. The Global Cities Reader. London: Routledge, 2006, pp.118-126.
  • Murakami Wood D, Graham S. . In: Shellar M; Urry J, ed. Mobile Technologies of the City. London: Routledge, 2006, pp.177-191.
  • Graham S. . In: Miessen M; Basar S, ed. Did Someone Say Participate? An Atlas of Spatial Practice. Cambridge, Ma: MIT Press, 2006, pp.202-216.
  • Graham S. . In: Misselwitz P; Rieniets T, ed. Cities in Collision: Jerusalem and the Principles of Conflict Urbanism. Basel, Switzerland: Birkhauser, 2006, pp.156-162.
  • Graham S. . In: Lyon, D, ed. Theorizing Surveillance: The Panopticon and Beyond. Cullompton, Devon: Willan, 2006, pp.247-269.
  • Crang M, Crosbie T, Graham S. . Urban Studies 2006, 43(13), 2551-2570.
  • Vigar G, Graham S, Healey P. . Urban Studies 2005, 42(8), 1391-1410.
  • Graham S. . Environment and Planning D: Society and Space 2005, 23(1), 1-10.
  • Graham SDN. . Progress in Human Geography 2005, 29(5), 562-580.
  • Graham S. . In: Albrechts, L; Mandlebaum, S, ed. The Network Society: A New Context for Planning?. London: Routledge, 2005, pp.95-109.
  • Graham S. . City 2005, 9(2), 169-194.
  • Graham S. . In: Heynene, N; Swyngedouw, E; Kaika, M, ed. In the Nature of Cities: Urban Political Ecology and the Politics of Urban Metabolism, London: Routledge, 246-265. London: Routledge, 2005, pp.246-265.
  • Graham S, Guy S. . In: Coutart, O., Hanley, R., Zimmerman, R, ed. The Social Sustainability of Technical Networks. London: Routledge, 2004, pp.32-47.
  • Graham S. . New Media and Society 2004, 6(1), 16-25.
  • Graham S. . In: Graham, S, ed. Cities, War and Terrorism: Towards an Urban Geopolitics. Oxford: Blackwell, 2004, pp.31-53.
  • Graham S, ed. . Oxford: Blackwell, 2004.
  • Graham S. . In: Graham S, ed. Cities, War and Terrorism : towards an urban geopolitics. Oxford: Blackwell, 2004, pp.192-213.
  • Graham S. . City 2004, 8(2), 165-196.
  • Graham S, ed. . London: Routledge, 2004.
  • Graham S. . Antipode 2004, 36(1), 12-23.
  • Graham S, Wood D. . Critical Social Policy 2003, 23(2), 227-248.
  • Graham S. . New Left Review 2003, 19, 63-77.
  • Graham S. . In: Wilson, D; Norris, C, ed. Surveillance, Crime and Social Control. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2003, pp.147-150.
  • Graham S. . London: openDemocracy, 2002. Available at: .
  • Graham S. . Urban Studies 2002, 39(1), 33-56.
  • Graham S. . Urban Studies 2002, 39(1), 33-56.
  • Graham S. . Antipode 2002, 34(4), 642-649.
  • Graham S. . In: Sassen, S, ed. Global Networks, Linked Cities. New York: Routledge, 2002, pp.71-92.
  • Graham S, Guy S. . City 2002, 6(3), 369-382.
  • Graham S. . Journal of Urban Technology 2002, 9(1), 1-20.
  • Graham S. . International Journal of Urban and Regional Research 2002, 26(1), 175-182.
  • Graham S. . International Journal of Urban and Regional Research 2002, 26(3), 589-590.
  • Graham S. . European Planning Studies 2001, 9(7), 935-936.
  • Graham S. . City 2001, 5(3), 411-415.
  • Graham S. . International Journal of Urban and Regional Research 2001, 25(2), 405-410.
  • Graham S, Marvin S. . London: Routledge, 2001.
  • Graham S. . Cities 2001, 18(6), 365-368.
  • Graham S. . International Journal of Urban and Regional Research 2000, 24(1), 183-200.
  • Aurigi A, Graham S. . In: Watson, S; and Bridge G, ed. Companion to the City. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2000, pp.489-502.
  • Graham S. . International Journal of Urban and Regional Research 2000, 24(1), 114-119.
  • Graham S. Telecommunications and the future of cities: Debunking the myths. EURE-REVISTA LATINOAMERICANA DE ESTUDIOS URBANO REGIONALES 2000, 26(77), 5-23.
  • Marvin S, Graham S, Guy S. . Progress in Planning 1999, 51(2), 91-169.
  • Sheppard E, Couclelis H, Graham S, Harrington JW, Onsrud H. . International Journal of Geographical Information Science 1999, 13(8), 797-823.
  • Graham S. . Urban Studies 1999, 36(5-6), 929-949.
  • Graham S, Marvin S. . Town Planning Review 1999, 70(1), 89-114.
  • Graham S, Healey P. . European Planning Studies 1999, 7(5), 623-646.
  • Speak S, Graham S. . Environment and Planning A 1999, 31(11), 1985-2001.
  • Speak S, Graham S. . Environment and Planning A 1999, 31(11), 1985-2001.
  • Graham S. . Environment and Planning D: Society and Space 1998, 16(4), 483-504.
  • Graham S. . Progress in Human Geography 1998, 22(2), 165-185.
  • Graham S. . Environment and Planning A 1997, 29(1), 105-127.
  • Graham S. . European Urban and Regional Studies 1997, 4(2), 135-150.
  • Guy S, Graham S, Marvin S. . Urban Studies 1997, 34(2), 191-216.
  • Graham S. . Cities 1997, 14(1), 21-29.
  • Amin A, Graham S. . Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers 1997, 22(4), 411-429.
  • Guy S, Graham S, Marvin S. . Regional Studies 1996, 30(8), 733-739.
  • Graham S. . European Planning Studies 1995, 3(3), 357-380.
  • Graham S. . Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy 1995, 13(4), 503-524.
  • Graham S, Marvin S. . London: Routledge, 1995.
  • Graham S. . International Journal of Urban and Regional Research 1994, 18(3), 416-432.
  • Dabinett G, Graham S. . Regional Studies 1994, 28(6), 605-617.
  • Graham S, Marvin S. . Town Planning Review 1994, 65(3), 227-242.
  • Graham S. . Urban Studies 1992, 29(5), 755-782.