Professor Alan Warde FBA

Consumption, cultural sociology, food and eating, mixed methods, social change, social and cultural capital, social stratification, social theory, sustainable consumption, theories of practice

Elected 2018

Headshot of Professor Alan Warde FBA

Current post

University of Manchester Emeritus Professor of Sociology and Professorial Fellow of the Sustainable Consumption Institute

2021 -

Past appointments

School of Social Sciences, University of Manchester Professor of Sociology

1999 - 2021

Lancaster University Professor of Sociology

1996 - 1999

What is sociology?

12 Feb 2020 Professor Alan Warde FBA

Professor Alan Warde FBA explains how the study of sociology seeks to improve our understanding of social relations and minimise social damage.

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