Assistant Professor at Michigan State University. Urban-political geographer working on homelessness, property, citizenship and justice. Author of The Injustice of Property on UGA Press: https://tinyurl.com/mtx8reaphttps://bsky.app/profile/sprzybylinski.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/sprzybylinski.bsky.social/post/3mxouwzil222eMy new paper is out in @proghumgeog.bsky.social I argue we must recenter property in scholarship on homelessness and housing precarity. My institution does not have an OA agreement with Sage, so let me know if you'd like a pdf. tinyurl.com/4ydapps7 https://tinyurl.com/4ydapps712 Oct 2026 15:55 +0000at://did:plc:erujvws7wbcxkaretnv7dfty/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxouwzil222ehttps://bsky.app/profile/sprzybylinski.bsky.social/post/3mi2mv7pvg225New paper from the excellent Mehmet (and me) on how labor of informal coal miners in Turkey is erased in and through the commemorative landscapes created by a state-led geopark development, revealing how landscapes hide who produces economic landscapes and who benefits from their curation/promotion. [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Mar 2026 17:20 +0000at://did:plc:erujvws7wbcxkaretnv7dfty/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi2mv7pvg225https://bsky.app/profile/sprzybylinski.bsky.social/post/3mht33iyjgc2jI recently spoke with Vin Lyon-Callo about The Injustice of Property @ugapress.bsky.social. Check it out on (tinyurl.com/bdhve4nk) Spotify or (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oX-hC7qGOpU) YouTube. Vin recently started this podcast and has a bunch of great scholars talking about homelessness/housing insecurity.24 Mar 2026 17:12 +0000at://did:plc:erujvws7wbcxkaretnv7dfty/app.bsky.feed.post/3mht33iyjgc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/sprzybylinski.bsky.social/post/3mdvdveaugs2pAn excellent place to work/study for PhD [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Feb 2026 17:15 +0000at://did:plc:erujvws7wbcxkaretnv7dfty/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdvdveaugs2phttps://bsky.app/profile/sprzybylinski.bsky.social/post/3m4ldclzayk2oVia "law enforcement 'rescue teams,' unhoused people will be "involuntarily taken" for "treatment" at this isolated facility run by management consultants who are in the business of "lives, of humans, of souls." I am surprised that Urban Alchemy has not bid for this contract. tinyurl.com/ycyzuctf https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/us/politics/utah-trump-homeless-campus.html?nl=Breaking+News&fbclid=IwY2xjawNzBsBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHlafdyX_nLcLuChYV9Q6n6r_LPRGJv3eCzHFkkkfu0vmyqwJGtNkwPX8Oomh_aem_aWLT3sCpruRXcuHwUGz-MQ01 Nov 2025 15:41 +0000at://did:plc:erujvws7wbcxkaretnv7dfty/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4ldclzayk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/sprzybylinski.bsky.social/post/3m2mvjlhb5c2iPortland. The kind people at @streetroots.bsky.social are hosting me Oct. 15 to talk about The Injustice of Property, a book about homeless encampments in Portland. This event will talk about the book but also celebrate the community that supported its creation. If you are free, please join us.07 Oct 2025 19:49 +0000at://did:plc:erujvws7wbcxkaretnv7dfty/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2mvjlhb5c2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/sprzybylinski.bsky.social/post/3lxxls5owws2qCall for papers for the 2026 @geographers.bsky.social Annual Mtg in SF. The legal geographies specialty group @legalgeography.bsky.social is organizing "Graduate Voices in the Lawscape" and is looking for papers related to law, society, and space. See link for info https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nT1upy3WxV27uujO-ediS1gIS1HGIrEdxpDap1a_JrU/edit?usp=sharing03 Sep 2025 21:39 +0000at://did:plc:erujvws7wbcxkaretnv7dfty/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxxls5owws2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/sprzybylinski.bsky.social/post/3lwbmc777t22nFor a quick read on the effects of Grants Pass… [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Aug 2025 10:24 +0000at://did:plc:erujvws7wbcxkaretnv7dfty/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwbmc777t22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/sprzybylinski.bsky.social/post/3ltz6qdx73k2zNew OA article w @johlsson.bsky.social (& D Mitchell). We argue the concept of justice is more commonly implied than it is theorized in relation to justice scholarship and offer a qualitative approach to guide scholars through assessing and justifying justice-related research. tinyurl.com/3tvjdnvx https://tinyurl.com/3tvjdnvx15 Jul 2025 15:10 +0000at://did:plc:erujvws7wbcxkaretnv7dfty/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltz6qdx73k2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/sprzybylinski.bsky.social/post/3lsvomxssq22zPublication day! The Injustice of Property is available from the great @ugapress.bsky.social. The book details how property in liberalism constrains common attempts at ending homelessness, despite land use practices of un/precariously housed people rejecting the proprietarian logic of liberalism.01 Jul 2025 12:18 +0000at://did:plc:erujvws7wbcxkaretnv7dfty/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsvomxssq22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/sprzybylinski.bsky.social/post/3lsvomxssq22zPublication day! The Injustice of Property is available from the great @ugapress.bsky.social. The book details how property in liberalism constrains common attempts at ending homelessness, despite land use practices of un/precariously housed people rejecting the proprietarian logic of liberalism.01 Jul 2025 12:18 +0000at://did:plc:erujvws7wbcxkaretnv7dfty/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsvomxssq22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/sprzybylinski.bsky.social/post/3lsdx4aggm22uCould not recommend enough! Great place to work. [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Jun 2025 11:02 +0000at://did:plc:erujvws7wbcxkaretnv7dfty/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsdx4aggm22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/sprzybylinski.bsky.social/post/3lrqsjsokik2nNice to come back from fieldwork to see this on my doorstep. While official release date is July 1, books are shipping from warehouse if you are interested. Below in the thread is a 30% discount code.16 Jun 2025 20:20 +0000at://did:plc:erujvws7wbcxkaretnv7dfty/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrqsjsokik2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/sprzybylinski.bsky.social/post/3lqursnjmfs2mIt sounds like my book, The Injustice of Property, is up for order! It’s slated to be released July 1, but I hear copies are already shipping from warehouse. If you're interested, follow the link to get a 30% discount.05 Jun 2025 16:52 +0000at://did:plc:erujvws7wbcxkaretnv7dfty/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqursnjmfs2m