Biography
Fraser is a PhD student at King's interested in housing, urban popular economies, political ecology, postcolonial studies and critical urban theory. While completing his MSc in Urbanisation and Development from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), Fraser conducted fieldwork with migrant property guardians in Dakar, Senegal, exploring their relationship to land, property, and the built environment. More recently, Fraser has been carrying out research on debt, temporary accommodation and social housing allocation policy in England (with Professor Katherine Brickell), and young people's social infrastructures in East London. He also holds a BA in International Development from King's.
Research
Thesis title: 'Race, rent and the politics of housing in West London'
Fraser's doctoral research explores post-war histories of migration to West London and the role that kinship, familial, and community relations play in finding and financing housing. Drawing on a mix of archival and interview methods, his research examines how these histories complicate the categories of 'landlord' and 'tenant'.
PhD supervision
- Principal supervisor: Nithya Natarajan
- Secondary supervisor: 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.
Climate, Environment, and Uneven Development research group
This group focuses on the critical study of the processes that drive and link social and ecological change in the contemporary world, with special attention to the climate crisis and its multiple social, economic, political, and cultural dimensions.
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.
News
Thousands of households trapped in temporary accommodation because of council rules on debt
Thousands of homeless households – including children and many domestic violence victims – are stuck in temporary accommodation in England because of council...
Research
Urban Futures research group
Examining urban futures through a conceptual, analytical and methodological lens that questions what cities are and how they work.
Climate, Environment, and Uneven Development research group
This group focuses on the critical study of the processes that drive and link social and ecological change in the contemporary world, with special attention to the climate crisis and its multiple social, economic, political, and cultural dimensions.
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.
News
Thousands of households trapped in temporary accommodation because of council rules on debt
Thousands of homeless households – including children and many domestic violence victims – are stuck in temporary accommodation in England because of council...