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Professor Alan Walker FBA

Social policy & social gerontology including polictical economy, comparitive research in Europe & East Asia, & the theory & application of social quality
Fellow type
UK Fellow
Year elected
2011
Honours
CBE
Subjects
Sociology
Sections
Sociology, Demography and Social Statistics
Website
http://www.shef.ac.uk/socstudies/staff/staff-profiles/walker

Current post

Professor of Social Policy and Social Gerontology,

Past appointments

The University of Sheffield Professor of Social Policy and Social Gerontology

1970 -

The University of Sheffield Director of MOPACT

1970 -

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