Nadav Penn
Research focus
The research “First time home buyers in the liquid modernity era” aims to provide better understanding of the growing phenomenon of rent-vestors. Rent-vestors are households who live as renters in one location, while owning real estate (which they rent out) in a different location. They buy a house they can afford which provides a sense of security for future welfare and the possibility of wealth accumulation. They do this while keeping their own flexibility as renters, living in hubs of capital (star cities). In this sense they are a product of the liquid modernity era in which capital (flows) has grown in power over politics and in which stability is rare commodity. The research will strive to unearth who (and why) amongst the young adults follows this strategy; what precisely are the strategies that are being deployed; and what is the effect of this strategy on society, and more concretely on spatial inequalities in the housing market.
Research focus
Testing and articulating the role of experiential and somatic knowledge in democratizing immersive, data visualization-based environments of decision-making for urban strategy.
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Weiner is a maker and researcher of performance and political theory, specialising in the application of methodologies from theatre and performance in social research. In his first postdoctoral position at the Queen Mary University of London, Weiner worked with Dr James Eastwood to develop a gallery space as an engaging site for sharing and accumulation of community-based knowledge in research on histories of race and racialisation. He received his PhD from the Royal Holloway University of London, where his project explored the epistemologies of drag performance both as a phenomenological metaphor and as a research methodology of landscape and architecture. His MA project at Goldsmiths College studies dramaturgies of participation in performance. Weiner's work as a drag performer, actor, director, writer, and dramaturg features globally in various theatres, festivals, and performance venues.
