A conversation with Keith Jacobs

During the interview Keith and Prisca discuss the paper 'Material Objects, Identity and the Home: Towards a Relational Housing Research Agenda' by Keith Jacobs & Jeff Malpas, Housing, Theory and Society, 2013 - University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia - and the multiple meaning of home and objects.

Keith Jacobs is a Professor of Sociology. His research is focused on housing policy and he is currently investigating affordability problems experienced by low-income households in Australia. Keith completed his PhD in sociology at Birkbeck College in London. He is the author of over 70 journal articles and publications, including Neoliberal Housing Policy: An international Perspective; The Dynamics of Local Housing Policy and Experience and Migration: Contemporary Perspectives on Migration in Australia. Keith is on the international advisory boards of Housing Studies, Housing Theory and Society and The International Journal of Housing Policy. He is currently a commissioning editor for a monograph series titled 'Explorations in Housing Studies' published by Routledge and coediting a handbook on Housing and the Home, that will be published by Edward Elgar in 2022.

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[IT] Keith Jacobs è professore di sociologia. La sua ricerca si concentra sulla politica degli alloggi e al momento sta studiando i problemi di accessibilità delle famiglie a basso reddito nel panorama Australiano. Keith ha completato il suo PhD in sociologia al Birkbeck College di Londra. È autore di oltre 70 articoli e pubblicazioni, tra cui Neoliberal Housing Policy: An international Perspective; The Dynamics of Local Housing Policy and Experience and Migration: Contemporary Perspectives on Migration in Australia. Keith fa parte dei seguenti comitati consultivi internazionali: Housing Studies, Housing Theory and Society e The International Journal of Housing Policy. Attualmente è un ‘commissioning editor’ per una serie di monografie intitolata 'Explorations in Housing Studies' pubblicata da Routledge e co-edita un manuale su Housing and the Home, che sarà pubblicato da Edward Elgar nel 2022.