Stephen Graham is a British scholar and Professor of Cities and Society at Newcastle University. Trained in urban studies and geography, Graham’s work examines the militarization, securitization, and infrastructural transformation of cities in the context of globalization, terrorism, and digital technology. His research is interdisciplinary, bridging sociology, political theory, urban planning, and critical security studies.
Graham’s work has been influential in conceptualizing the “new military urbanism” – the merging of military logics, technologies, and surveillance practices into urban governance. He critically analyses how security discourses, infrastructural politics, and technological systems reshape urban life, often reinforcing social divisions and exclusion. His writings are central to critical urban sociology and have significantly influenced debates in criminology, geography, and security studies.
