James Braun is an economic sociologist and lecturer at the University of Toronto’s Department of Sociology. His areas of research interest include financialization, the sociology of markets and diaspora-making. You can find his publications on his <a href="https://utoronto.academia.edu/JamesBraun">academia.edu</a> page or catch him on the Twitter handle @jbrauneconsoc.
In this episode, we discuss his PhD thesis Local Culture and the Problem of Coordination: The Case of Jamaica’s Diasporic Real Estate Market.
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Chinatown ft. Min Zhou

Academic research is gruelling to read through, but strangely binge-worthy once you get into the meat of it. Hence this podcast, which features social scientists on their work. Catch us on Twitter or Instagram at the handle @DTRRHpodcast for updates.