Short CV
Anthony Miro Born is an ESRC Postdoctoral Fellow at the London School of Economcis and Political Science.
Before joining LSE, Miro has worked at Goethe Universität Frankfurt, Humboldt University of Berlin, University of Potsdam, and Technical University of Berlin. He holds a PhD from the Department of Sociology, London School of Economics and Political Science (2023).
In 2024, he was a finalist for the German Thesis Award. His article “The Long Shadow of Territorial Stigma” was recognised with the Urban Studies Best Article Award as the most innovative and agenda-setting contribution of 2023.
Research focus
- Sociology of housing
- Urban inequality and intersectionality
- Social class and socialisation
His most recent publications on housing
Born, A. M. Social Ladders. Housing Inequality and the Ideal of Social Mobility . Under contract with Oxford University Press.
Born, A. M. (2025). MOVIN’ ON UP: A Social Mobility Comic. Comic: anthonymiroborn.com/comic
Born, A. M. (2025). Meritocracy from below: dreams, divisions, and the struggle for merit in a stigmatised neighbourhood. city: analysis of urban change, theory, action.
Born, A. M. (2025). Intersectionality and the City. London: Routledge (with C. Kulz, L. Bernroider, S. U. Gang).
Born, A. M. (2024). Auf der Suche nach Grünwald und Grunewald. Zu einer Soziologie der Räume des Reichtums. Berliner Journal für Soziologie, 34(2), 287–300 (with L. Meier).
Born, A. M. (2023). The long shadow of territorial stigma: Upward social mobility and the symbolic baggage of the old neighbourhood. Urban Studies, 60(3), 537-553.