H. Jacob Carlson

H. Jacob Carlson

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Brown University (S4, PSTC)

Biography

Jake is an urban and political sociologist, focused on democracy, housing, and changing cities. His current research examines the various causes and consequences of gentrification and displacement - and the relationships between the two.

Jake is currently a postdoctoral research associate at Brown University’s Spatial Structures in the Social Sciences (S4) and the Population Studies and Training Center (PSTC). Jake was previously a Dissertation Fellow with the Institute for Research on Poverty, a Visiting Scholar at NYU’s Urban Democracy Lab, and a Research Fellow at Participatory Budgeting Project.

Interests

  • Urban Studies
  • Political Sociology
  • Housing
  • Gentrification
  • Spatial Analysis
  • Network Analysis
  • Democracy

Education

  • Ph.D. Sociology, 2020

    University of Wisconsin - Madison

  • M.S. Sociology, 2016

    University of Wisconsin - Madison

  • B.A. Sociology, 2009

    University of Minnesota

Projects

Social Housing Development Authority (SHDA)

Recent Publications

Testing the Participation Hypothesis: Evidence from Participatory Budgeting

This paper examines the impact of local participatory democracy initiatives on indi-vidual voter turnout in ordinary elections, using …
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Measuring Displacement: Assessing Proxies for Involuntary Residential Mobility

Research has repeatedly found that displacement is not more likely in gentrifying neighborhoods. Since the dependent variable — …
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When Measurement Matters: Displacement, Gentrification, Residential Mobility

When Progressive Mayors Aren't Enough: Homes for All and Trans-Local Social Movements

Model Employers and Model Cities?: Bangalore's Public Sector and the Rise of the Neoliberal City

Bangalore is held up as a model for how cities, particularly in the global south, should develop in the globalized information age, in …
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