Biography
Elara is a writer and PhD student in the Department of Geography at King's, currently researching damp and mould in a context of housing regeneration. She is more broadly interested in urbanism, housing, dispossession, and the everyday, and she has previously worked on property guardianship as dispersed policing.
Elara is a member of the Radical Housing Journal editorial collective. Beyond academia, she has been part of anti-gentrification and climate activism, including the struggle against the redevelopment of the Seven Sisters Indoor Market (popularly known as the Latin Village) and the work towards the realisation of the Community Plan and common ownership of the site. She is a recipient of the London Interdisciplinary Social Science Doctoral Training Partnership (LISS DTP) studentship, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).
Elara holds an MA in Research Architecture from the Centre for Research Architecture, Goldsmiths University of London, and a BA in Art and Architectural History from the University of Cambridge.
Research
Thesis title: 'Damp dispossession: Life experiences and media representations in London Housing Association estates'
PhD supervision
- Principal supervisor: Professor Katherine Brickell
- Secondary supervisor: Professor Phil Hubbard
Further details
Research
Urban Futures research group
Examining urban futures through a conceptual, analytical and methodological lens that questions what cities are and how they work.
Critical Global Capitalism Studies Collective
A collective bringing critical global capitalism research, teaching and activism at King's together under one umbrella to provide a forum for collaborations, events, and discussions, and to forge connections with the media, the policy world, and other like-minded groups.
Research
Urban Futures research group
Examining urban futures through a conceptual, analytical and methodological lens that questions what cities are and how they work.
Critical Global Capitalism Studies Collective
A collective bringing critical global capitalism research, teaching and activism at King's together under one umbrella to provide a forum for collaborations, events, and discussions, and to forge connections with the media, the policy world, and other like-minded groups.