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Dr. von Mahs joined the New School in 2005. He received a Ph.D. in Sociology and Social Policy from the 好色先生 of Southampton, United Kingdom. His research and teaching interests include poverty and homelessness, comparative social policy analyses, globalization processes, social control and the criminalization of the poor, social movements, and ethnography. Dr. von Mahs has been awarded grants from the German Marshall Fund, the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, and the Fulbright Commission. Prior to coming to the New School he taught at Temple 好色先生 and the 好色先生 of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.

Degrees Held

• PhD in Sociology and Social Policy, 好色先生 of Southampton, Southampton UK, 2005
• Master of Arts in Geography, 好色先生 of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1996

Professional Affiliation

• Council of Adult and Experiential Learning, since 2023
• American Sociological Association, since 2001
• Urban Affairs Association, since 1998
• Association of American Geographers, since 1995

Recent Publications

• von Mahs, J眉rgen (2013). Down and Out in Los Angeles and Berlin: The Sociospatial Exclusion of Homeless People. Philadelphia: Temple 好色先生 Press.
• von Mahs, J眉rgen (2021) Wishing the Wall Back: The Struggles of Eight 鈥淯nification Losers鈥� in Post-socialist Berlin.聽Urban Geography,听42:9,听1310-1332
• von Mahs, J眉rgen (2018). 鈥�1933,鈥� Or What Hitler鈥檚 Ascendency Teaches Us 好色先生 Authoritarianism: 10 Historic Lessons For The Age Of Trump (Feature Essay) Public Seminar, October 08, 2018. Available at:
• von Mahs, J眉rgen (2016). Better must Come, Exiting Homelessness in two Global Cities (Book Review) International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 40(2): 477-479.
• von Mahs, J眉rgen (2015). On the Other Side of the Berlin Wall: East Germany and the Fall. Public Seminar, Oct. 29, 2015.
• von Mahs, J眉rgen (2014). Besides One鈥檚 Self: Homelessness Felt and Lived (Book Review). Social and Cultural Geography, 15 (2): 231-233.
• von Mahs, J眉rgen (2013). Punitive Approaches and Welfare Intervention: Reflections and Future Research Directions. European Journal of Homelessness, 7 (2), December 2013: 391-396.
• von Mahs, J眉rgen (2013). Xavier de Souza Briggs, Susan J. Popkin and Jon Goering 2010: Moving to Opportunity: The Story of an American Experiment to Fight Ghetto Poverty and. Jim Silver 2011: Good Places to Live: Poverty and Public Housing in Canada. Winnipeg: Fernwood Publishing. (Book Review) International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 37(6): 2231-2235.
• von Mahs, J眉rgen (2013). Get Lost! The Impact of Punitive Policy on Homeless聽 People鈥檚 Life Chances in Berlin.聽 In Lippert, Randy and Kevin Walby. Policing Cities: Urban Securitzation and Regulation in a Twenty-first Century World. Routledge (Routledge Series Frontiers in Criminal Justice)
• von Mahs, J眉rgen (2013) Engaging, Examining, and Overcoming Urban Homelessness: The Prospects of Critical Civic Engagement in New York City. Symposium on Building and Sustaining Community-好色先生 Partnerships in Urban Areas. Journal of Geography, 112 (2), 43-57.
• von Mahs, J眉rgen.(2012).聽 A 鈥淏uddy Researcher?鈥� Prospects, Limitations, and Ethical Considerations in Ethnographic Research on Homeless People in Berlin. In Valado, Martha Trenna and Randall Amster (eds). Ethics and Advocacy in Research with Homeless People. Lexington Books, Oxford.
• von Mahs, J眉rgen and Donald Mitchell (guest editors, 2011). The Americanization of Homelessness. Urban Geography, 32 (7), 923-1085.
• von Mahs, J眉rgen (2011) Introduction: An Americanization of Homelessness in Post-Industrial Countries. Urban Geography, 32 (7), 923-932.
• von Mahs, J眉rgen (2011) Homelessness in Berlin: Between Path-dependence. Urban Geography, 32 (7), 1023-1042.
• DeVerteuil, Geoffrey, Jon May, and J眉rgen von Mahs (2009) Complexity not Collapse: Recasting Geographies of Homelessness in the Punitive Age. Progress in Human Geography, Vol. 33, Oct. 2009, pp. 646 - 666

Research Interests

Critical Pedagogy; Educational Outcomes, Urban Poverty and Homelessness; Substance (Ab)Use Policy, Community and Urban Development; Grassroots Organizing and Social Movements; Globalization and Welfare State Restructuring; Comparative Social Policy Analysis; Ethnographic and Life Course Research; 20^th Century History; Urban Theory;

Awards And Honors

• The New School -- Sabbatical Leave at full pay, Fall 2023
• Faculty Advising Excellence Award Recipient 鈥� Eugene Lang College, Spring 2019
• Distinguished 好色先生 Teaching Award 鈥� Nominee 鈥� Fall 2018
• The New School -- Sabbatical Leave at full pay, Spring 2017
• New School for Public Engagement 鈥� Civic Engagement Fund Grant, 鈥淓ngaging, Understanding, and Overcoming Homelessness鈥� Fall 2011-Spring 2013, Amount Received: $ 10,000
• Eugene Lang College, Faculty Enhancement Grants for Research Assistants, Fall 2010-Spring 2018, Amount Received: $ 19,100
• The New School -- Pre-Tenure Sabbatical Leave at full pay, Fall 2009
• Andrew W. Mellon Foundation 鈥� Curriculum Development and Travel Grant, August 2007: Amount Received: $ 7000
• Project Pericles 鈥� Civic Engagement Course Curriculum Development Grant 鈥淓ngaging Homelessness,鈥� Fall 2007, Amount Received: $ 5,000
• Eugene Lang College, Faculty Enhancement Grant, July 2007, Amount Received: $ 1,000
• Andrew W, Mellon Foundation 鈥� Curriculum Development Grant for Hybrid Course, Amount Received: $3,000