Emma Jackson
Dr Emma Jackson is a sociologist whose work focuses on cities and belonging. Her research focuses on the relationship between people's everyday lives and the dynamics of urban space. She specialises in ethnographic, interview and creative research methods – including working with sound and walking. Her previous research projects have included ethnographic research with young homeless people in London, an examination of the relationship between the middle classes and the city in Paris and London and a multimethod study of a London bowling alley. Most recently she has been working with London-based River Groups on the project ‘Place-making and the Rivers of Lewisham’.
Emma was formerly the Director of the Centre for Urban and Community Research at Goldsmiths where she worked from 2015-2024. Before joining Goldsmiths in 2015, Emma held the Urban Studies Foundation fellowship at the University of Glasgow. She is an editor at the Sociological Review and a trustee of the IJURR Foundation.