Sociology Western Europe USA, Canada and/or Mexico
Elected 2000
The social implications and impact of digitally mediated interaction, communication and learning; emergent technologies, digital touch and digital futures; multimodal and sensory communication; multimodal theory and method development; interdisciplinary research.
Social policy and sociology; poverty; citizenship, in particular from the perspectives of women, children and young people; gender and welfare; social security
Religion, values and culture in modern and contemporary societies; the decline of institutional churches and the rise and persistence of alternatives