Roger Burrows
Professor
Sociology
Goldsmiths University of London
United Kingdom
Biography
Roger Burrows is a Visiting Professor in the Department of Sociology, based in the Centre for Urban and Community Research. Currently Professor of Cities at Newcastle University, Roger's research interests are in urban sociology; social media; the social life of methods; and the public life of data.
Research Interest
Metrics, Software and Algorithmic Power in the Contemporary Academy; the Sociology of the Super-Rich ‘Communities’ in London
Publications
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Measuring the Value of Sociology? Some Notes on Performative Metricisation in the Contemporary Academy Kelly, Aidan and Burrows, Roger. 2012. Measuring the Value of Sociology? Some Notes on Performative Metricisation in the Contemporary Academy. In: Lisa Adkins and Celia Lury, eds. Measure and Value. Malden: Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 130-150. ISBN 978-1-4443-3958-1 The enterprise culture and the welfare state
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Minimum City? The Deeper Impacts of the 'Super-Rich' on Urban Life Atkinson, Rowland; Burrows, Roger; Glucksberg, Luna; Ho, Hang Kei; Knowles, Caroline and Rhodes, David. 2017. Minimum City? The Deeper Impacts of the 'Super-Rich' on Urban Life. In: Ray Forrest and Bart Wissink, eds. Cities in the Twenty-First Century. Manchester: Manchester University Press.
