About
Pratap Jayaram is a PhD candidate in the Department of Sociology. His background is in urban planning and housing policy, having received his master’s degree in City and Regional Planning at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY.
Key expertise: Activism, Racial inequality, USA, Urban inequality
Research
Working Thesis Title: Deals and Debt in New York City’s Rental Housing Market
Supervisors: Dr. David Madden (Department of Sociology) and Dr. Mai Taha (Department of Sociology)
Thesis Abstract:
His doctoral research focuses on financial decision making in the rental housing industry in New York City. The goal of his research is to understand how access to credit shapes relationships between lenders, investors, housing providers, and tenants, drawing from writings on the financialised economy, housing studies, and the sociology of debt.