Oxford Political Review (OPR) is celebrating the launch of its 15th print issue, under the theme ‘Home’, with a panel discussion on the politics of place and belonging, featuring Richard Sennett and Kira Gartzou-Katsouyanni.

Richard Sennett is a sociologist and writer whose work over the past five decades has profoundly shaped how we think about cities and social life. His books include The Hidden Injuries of Class, The Fall of Public Man, The Corrosion of Character, The Culture of the New Capitalism, The Craftsman, and Building and Dwelling. He has advised the United Nations on urban issues and currently serves as a member of the UN Committee on Urban Initiatives. His past roles include founding the New York Institute for the Humanities and teaching at NYU and the LSE.

Kira Gartzou-Katsouyanni is a Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellow in Oxford’s Department of Politics and International Relations. Her research focuses on the politics of place in European countries. In the context of a growing recognition that spatial inequality affects political outcomes, she studies the institutional and socio-political factors that affect economic performance at the local level, and the impact of local economic trajectories on political attitudes and outcomes. She is a co-author of The Greco-German Affair in the Euro Crisis.