Historical sociology of 20th century Britain; the new middle classes, the changing nature of attachments to locality and place, the relationship between cultural inequalities and social class.
Elected 2007
Comparative politics, focusing upon the interaction of cultural values, human behaviour and formal institutions worldwide
Normative political theory (including democratic theory, theories of justice, and migration), the philosophy of the Enlightenment (especially Kant), Marxism, critical theory, Balkan history and literature (especially Albania).
Processes and causes of industrialisation; the impact of colonialism and imperialism on the metropole; the distribution of income and wealth since the eighteenth century; regional disparities; historical methodology