Prof Stephen Graham

Stephen Graham is Professor of Cities and Society at the Global Urban Research Unit in Newcastle University's School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape. Between 2004 and 2009 he was based at Durham University's Geography Department. Professor Graham has degrees in Geography (B.Sc.), Planning (Masters) and the sociology of technology (Ph.D) His research addresses two sets of related intersections: those between urban places, mobilities, technology, politics and urban planning on the one hand, and those between cities, militarization survieillance, security and war on the other. Writing and lecturing across many countries and a variety of disciplines, Professor Graham has been visiting Professor at MIT and NYU, amongst other institutions. Alone and collaboratively, he has undertaken a wide range of research projects for the United Nations, British Academy and the Economic and Social Research Council, aongst others. Currently he is working with colleagues on projects on emergency contingencyplanning and the politics of infrastructure in Mumbai. Prof. Graham has authored and co-authored a wide range of academic articles as well as a variety of influential books. These include Telecommunications and the City (1996, Routledge), Splintering Urbanism (2001, Routledge)(both with Simon Marvin), The Cybercities Reader (Routledge) and Cities, War and Terrorism (Blackwell)(both 2004). His most recent book, Disrupted Cities: When Infrastructures Fail (Routledge), was published in December 2009. His next, Cities Under Siege: The New Military Urbanism (Verso), will be published in March, 2010 (US) and April, 2010 (UK/Europe). Prof. Graham is now developing major research projects on the politics of urban security and the politics of urban verticality.