Mr Samuel Johnson-Schlee

I am an interdisciplinary geographer with particular interests in cities and domestic space. I am currently working on a British Academy Innovation Fellowship relating to domestic energy use decarbonisation. I have a forthcoming book with Peninsula Press on domestic interiors called Living Rooms.
My PhD was an ethnographic study of urban change in Brixton. Currently I am exploring the ways in which paintings can be analysed as a form of urban knowledge. My urban studies research has focused on epistemology and representation of urban space as well as social inequality and urban regeneration.

Funded Projects: 

British Academy Conference: Domestic Atmospheres: How the Immaterial Shapes the Home. March 2025
Lead Convenor: Dr Samuel Johnson-Schlee
Funded by Wellcome. Held at the Museum of Home, London.

British Academy Policy Insight Case Study: ‘Warmer Homes: How can Grant Subsidy Schemes Improve Engagement with Participants?’ - Led by Dr Samuel Johnson-Schlee, London South Bank University

British Academy Innovation Fellowship Route A: Gaseous Domesticities: Learning from commercial cultural analysis to produce strategies to encourage domestic energy transition" – Dr Samuel Johnson-Schlee, London South Bank University, in partnership with Ms Cato Hunt, Space Doctors
This research award is ongoing until March 2023, it is a collaborative project with a marketing agency to explore the cultural relationships between householders and domestic energy use and design new strategies for communication between retrofit stakeholders and householders.
I am on the Editorial Board of London Journal

Joint Course Director undergraduate planning

Human Geography and Town Planning