Friendly Spaces. How do spaces and places shape friendly relationships and access to support? Rachel Benchekroun, Jessie Sullivan and Franca Roeschert discuss their research.

 Date of episode recording: 2025-06-25
 Duration: 00:31:23
 Language of episode: English
 
Presenter: Dr Rachel Benchekroun, Senior Research Fellow, UCL Social Research Institute (Thomas Coram Research Unit)

Guests: 
Jessie Sullivan, PhD candidate, UCL IOE EPS.
Franca Roeschert, PhD candidate, University of Greenwich

Producer: Matt Aucott

Further reading

Benchekroun, R. (2025). Precarious Motherhood. Navigating relationships and support post-migration in the UK. UCL Press. https://uclpress.co.uk/book/precarious-motherhood/ 

Klinenberg, E. (2018). Palaces for the People: How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life. First Edition. New York: Crown.

Simone, A.M. (2004). People as Infrastructure: Intersecting Fragments in Johannesburg. Public Culture, 16(3): 407-429. Https://muse.jhu.edu/article/173743 

Vacchelli, E., & Roeschert, F. (2024). Participation and contested forms of citizenship in the City of Sanctuary. Citizenship Studies, 28(4–5), 424–443. https://doi.org/10.1080/13621025.2024.2407766 

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