Narrow Margins

Narrow Margins is made up of two researchers and two project partners. It is supported by an advisory board of people working on the politics of land, property, and trespass.

The research team

Sam Burgum is a Lecturer in Sociology researching squatting, property, and trespass at Birmingham City University.

Isabella Pojuner is a MA Geography student researching cartography, enclosure, and trespass at the University of British Columbia.

Project partners

Streets Kitchen is a grassroots organisation who work with and for people experiencing street and hidden homelessness in London.

Leeds GATE is a membership organisation for Gypsies and Travellers in West Yorkshire.

Advisory board

Elodie Berland is co-organiser at Streets Kitchen.

Brenna Bhandar is an Associate Professor researching the colonial foundations of modern property law at the University of British Columbia.

Sarah Blandy is an Emerita Professor in Law researching collective and individual property rights at Sheffield University.

Nick Blomley is a Professor of Geography researching property and territoriality at Simon Fraser University.

Rachel Cooper is Director of Development at Leeds GATE.

Tom Gaffney is Services Manager at Leeds GATE.

Jon Glackin is Founder and co-organiser at Streets Kitchen.

Louise Murphy is Criminal Justice and Hate Crime Advocate at Leeds GATE.

Elsa Noterman is a Lecturer in Human Geography researching land ownership at Queen Mary University London.

Ryan Powell is a Reader in Urban Studies researching urban marginality at the University of Sheffield.

Ellie Rogers is CEO at Leeds GATE.

Kesia Reeve is a Principal Research Fellow researching housing at Sheffield Hallam University.

Rachel Trafford is Communications Coordinator at Leeds GATE.

Alex Vasudevan is an Associate Professor in Geography researching squatting and eviction at the University of Oxford.