David Madden

David Madden is an Associate Professor in Sociology and Director of the Cities Programme at the London School of Economics (LSE). He holds a PhD from Columbia University and specializes in Urban Studies, Political Sociology, and Social Theory. His research focuses on housing crises, urban restructuring, and critical urban theory, with ethnographic and archival work in New York City and London.

Key publications include the influential book *In Defense of Housing: The Politics of Crisis* (2016, Verso) and articles in *Environment & Planning*, *City: Analysis of Urban Change*, and *Sociologica*. His work critiques neoliberal urbanism, financialized housing markets, and urban exhaustion under late capitalism.

• Research Interests: Housing policy, public space politics, urban social movements, global urbanization, and critical theory.
• Teaching: Co-directs the MSc City Design and Social Science Programme and teaches modules on Urban Society, Urban Social Theory, and City Design Research.
• Contributions: Active in public discourse through *The Guardian*, *Jacobin*, and policy-oriented writing.

He leads the Urban Sociology research cluster at LSE and collaborates internationally on projects addressing housing inequity and urban futures.