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Sian Butcher

Assistant Professor

UIUC

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College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

School of Earth, Society & Environment

Department of Geography & Geographic Information Science

Sian Butcher is currently serving as a College Of Liberal Arts & Sciences Assistant Professor at Uiuc.

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UIUC

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economics african development public policy urbanization urban planning urbanism urban affairs urban studies housing studies african city geography project management african economy urban development urban society affordable housing human geography urban sociology software engineering urban geography human relations software development practice software practice residential development relational work south africa civilizations computer-supported cooperative work urban economics software analysis urban history political geography citizenship studies social identity nationality migration studies african political economy urban theory empirical software engineering research urban governance urban policy spatial politics social exclusion social integration citizen participation gentrification urban adaptation urban energy urban science urban environments land redistribution sustainable urban housing uneven development south-south cooperation social transformation economic change socio-economic change design management development environment design issues african suburban growth urban growth suburban growth vertical integration greenfield affordable housing cheap land gauteng 30 group areas act affordable housing market resource flow analysis gcro research projects urban metabolism market-driven affordable housing changing space real estate regional studies urban politics african american studies southern africa global south

Notable Scholarly Works

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Financialization, Affordable Housing and Urban Governance: A Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Four South African Reits. Urban Geography (2025)

Kirsten HarrisonSiân Butcher

african developmentafrican economyreal estateaffordable housingspatio-temporal analysishousingeconomicspublic policyfinancehousing studiessouth african reitssustainable urban housing

Making Land ‘Developable’ for Market-Driven Affordable Housing in Gauteng, South Africa. The Geojournal library (2023)

Siân Butcher

world developmentafrican developmentresidential developmentdevelopment economicsafrican economyland redistributionurban planninggeographyaffordable housinghousingeconomicssouth africamarket-driven affordable housinghousing studies

The Economy: Metaphors and Models of Social Change. The Routledge Handbook of Social Change (2022)

Sian Butcher

social semioticseconomic sociologyeconomic changesocial transformationeconomicssocial changeeconomic systemssociologysocio-economic changecultural economy

New Ward for a New Johannesburg? Reformatting Belonging and Boundaries in the City’s South. Urban Forum (2021)

Siân Butcher

southern african studiesurbanismurban sociologysouth-south cooperationurban studiesnew johannesburgafrican studiesnew wardafrican citycity ’sociologyurban societypublic policyurban affairs

Scale of Belonging: Gauteng 30 Years After the Repeal of the Group Areas Act. Urban Forum (2021)

Richard BallardAlexandra ParkerSiân ButcherJulia de KadtChristian HamannKate JosephSandiswa MapukataThembani MkhizeNgaka MosianeLukas Spiropoulos

gauteng 30spatial politicscitizenship studiesmigration studiessocial sciencescitizen participationgroup areas actsocial integrationpolitical geographycitizenshipsociologynationalityurban societypublic policysocial exclusionsocial identitybelongingsocial groups

Appropriating Rent From Greenfield Affordable Housing: Developer Practices in Johannesburg. Environment and Planning A Economy and Space (2020)

Siân Butcher

urban governanceurban developmenturban affairsurban studiesurban planningurban historycheap landurban policyeconomicsvertical integrationpublic policygreenfield affordable housinghousing studiesurban economics

Creating a Gap That Can Be Filled: Constructing and Territorializing the Affordable Housing Submarket in Gauteng, South Africa. Environment and Planning A Economy and Space (2020)

Siân Butcher

southern african studiesurbanismafrican developmentresidential developmentaffordable housing marketafrican economyafrican political economyhousing studiesaffordable housingurbanizationafrican american studieshousingeconomicsafrican citysouth africaurban affairsgentrification

INTRODUCTION: Comparing the Relational Work of Developers. Editorial for Theme Issue Of. Environment and Planning A (2020)

Sian Butcher

theme issuerelational worksoftware practicehuman relationsproject managementsoftware development practiceorganization studiesdesignmanagementsoftware engineeringorganizational communication

Theme Issue: Work of Developers. Environment and Planning A Economy and Space (2020)

Richard BallardSian Catherine Butcher

theme issuedesign researchdesign thinkingproject managementsoftware designdesign issuesdesigndesign managementdesign culturedevelopment environment

Comparing the Relational Work of Developers. Environment and Planning A Economy and Space (2019)

Richard BallardSiân Butcher

relational worksoftware practicehuman relationscomputer-supported cooperative workempirical software engineering researchproject managementsoftware analysissoftware development practicemanagementsoftware engineering

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Sian Butcher

Assistant Professor

UIUC

Affiliations

College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

School of Earth, Society & Environment

Department of Geography & Geographic Information Science

Sian Butcher is currently serving as a College Of Liberal Arts & Sciences Assistant Professor at Uiuc.

Honors

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Experiences

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Education

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Sian Butcher

UIUC

Assistant Professor

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Financialization, Affordable Housing and Urban Governance: A Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Four South African Reits. Urban Geography (2025)

Kirsten HarrisonSiân Butcher

african developmentafrican economyreal estateaffordable housingspatio-temporal analysishousingeconomicspublic policyfinancehousing studiessouth african reitssustainable urban housing

Making Land ‘Developable’ for Market-Driven Affordable Housing in Gauteng, South Africa. The Geojournal library (2023)

Siân Butcher

The Economy: Metaphors and Models of Social Change. The Routledge Handbook of Social Change (2022)

Sian Butcher

social semioticseconomic sociologyeconomic changesocial transformationeconomicssocial changeeconomic systemssociologysocio-economic changecultural economy

New Ward for a New Johannesburg? Reformatting Belonging and Boundaries in the City’s South. Urban Forum (2021)

Siân Butcher

southern african studiesurbanismurban sociologysouth-south cooperationurban studiesnew johannesburgafrican studiesnew wardafrican citycity ’sociologyurban societypublic policyurban affairs

Scale of Belonging: Gauteng 30 Years After the Repeal of the Group Areas Act. Urban Forum (2021)

Richard BallardAlexandra ParkerSiân ButcherJulia de KadtChristian HamannKate JosephSandiswa MapukataThembani MkhizeNgaka MosianeLukas Spiropoulos

Appropriating Rent From Greenfield Affordable Housing: Developer Practices in Johannesburg. Environment and Planning A Economy and Space (2020)

Siân Butcher

Creating a Gap That Can Be Filled: Constructing and Territorializing the Affordable Housing Submarket in Gauteng, South Africa. Environment and Planning A Economy and Space (2020)

Siân Butcher

INTRODUCTION: Comparing the Relational Work of Developers. Editorial for Theme Issue Of. Environment and Planning A (2020)

Sian Butcher

theme issuerelational worksoftware practicehuman relationsproject managementsoftware development practiceorganization studiesdesignmanagementsoftware engineeringorganizational communication

Theme Issue: Work of Developers. Environment and Planning A Economy and Space (2020)

Richard BallardSian Catherine Butcher

theme issuedesign researchdesign thinkingproject managementsoftware designdesign issuesdesigndesign managementdesign culturedevelopment environment

Comparing the Relational Work of Developers. Environment and Planning A Economy and Space (2019)

Richard BallardSiân Butcher

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