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kerstinsailer.bsky.social

Professor in the Sociology of Architecture at the Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL. Founder of brainybirdz. Blogger. Speaker. Long Covid disability advocate. Love books, food, photography, data visualisation, art. Also @[email protected]

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That's such a cool use of quote posting. Click your way two levels down Amazing art @davis.social 🫶🏼

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Monday. I'm calm. I'm composed. I'm absolutely fine. 📷 @carlbovisnature.bsky.social #MondayMotivation

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Planning a workplace event? Make sure you are not clashing with another event in your area by checking this events calendar - I am happy to add yours there as well free of charge! workplaceinsight.net/event/

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Think you can't be remote-first and innovate? Airbnb disagrees. Their massive update and expansion is they have “compelling evidence that …collaboration and innovation don’t only happen when we’re working in person” says senior exec Iain Roberts. theworkforward.substack.com/p/think-you-...

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Loving my new compression socks - they help with my #LongCovid induced #POTS - so wanted to give a shout out to Hannah from Not Your Grandma's for creating such wonderful garments (she's also struggling to keep the shop afloat so hoping to support a small business) notyourgrandmas.co.uk

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Whenever I see stunning staircases in new buildings, I wonder whether disabled access options are equally stunning #InclusiveDesign #Disability

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The new London College of Fashion in Stratford, which we designed alongside Allies and Morrison, has won a RIBA London Award.

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Please join the next online session of the #SpaceSyntax Lab Seminars at the UCL Bartlett, on Thursday 15 May. Register at: bit.ly/SSLSeminars_24-25_T3 Dr Waishan Qiu will share his extensive work on #ComputerVision and #UrbanImagery to analyse #HumanBehaviour in public space. #UrbanAnalytics #SSLS

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📣 Online demonstration with friends outside the 🇸🇪,🇨🇦,🇬🇧 + 🇩🇪 parliaments for #cleanair and care + biomedical research for #PAIS + #MEcfs! Today, Demo in real life for #MEAwarenessDay in Hamburg with thousands throughout Germany. Day 2️⃣1️⃣9️⃣ #CallForPublicHealthAction Support us with reskeet! 🤍

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My new paper doi.org/10.1093/esr/... explains that personal networks expose us to different degrees to economic distress, which shapes public opinion (here, institutional trust). Yet institutional trust research has largely overlooked networks. #sociology #netsky

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New paper with Luisa Amann out on #UrbanHeatIsland effects in Greater London! We show young children, ethnic minorities & low-income groups face up to 4°C higher temps—and developed a street-level heat impact metric + guidance to support targeted planning interventions🌡️🌍🌳 doi.org/10.1080/2374...

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Last bluebell image for this year? Probably not... This week's entry for #sharemondays2025 with the best light I've had over the past couple of weeks. #Bluebells #LocalPhotography

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The #SpaceSyntax book launch next week Wednesday, 7th May at 6pm BST is offering an online webinar for those not able to attend in-person I will be part of the panel discussing the relevance of Bill Hillier's work for today's world More info and registration: ucl.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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It’s true that “architecture is not a neutral place where power is exercised. It is itself a power technique” but it’s also neither formulaic nor a technique - its facilitation of social hierarchies is complex, nuanced & best analyzed by architectural sociologists like @kerstinsailer.bsky.social

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For all the German speakers in my network: my research on spatial layouts and communication has been featured in a lovely and detailed article in the weekly German newspaper Die Zeit www.zeit.de/zeit-wissen/... #SpaceSyntax #architecture

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I wrote: ‘Health equity and community care are essential to spatial justice. Care encompasses more than the absence of harm, but comprises multiple measurements of comfort — balance and alignment in body, mind, and spirit, resulting in feelings of contentment, belonging, and, purpose.’

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Join us for our 2025 Annual Lecture: We Have Never Been Woke, to be given by Musa al-Gharbi. Society has never been more egalitarian—in theory but what about the practice? tinyurl.com/4wkceuwt @musaalgharbi.bsky.social @ktwamley.bsky.social @princetonupress.bsky.social s.bsky.social

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You do not improve employment prospects by increasing poverty. Make sure your voice is heard - tell your MP - NO to cuts. Write to your MP:

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The #SpaceSyntax book launch next week Wednesday, 7th May at 6pm BST is offering an online webinar for those not able to attend in-person I will be part of the panel discussing the relevance of Bill Hillier's work for today's world More info and registration: ucl.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Really enjoyed giving an invited talk today to the #workplace interest group of the Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors on 'Scientific thinking in workplace practice: What can we learn from research?'

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