Professor Eileen Barker FBA
- Fellow type
- UK Fellow
- Year elected
- 1998
- Subjects
- Religion, Sociology
Summary
Sociologist of Religion, specialising in minority religions, including those popularly referred to as 'cults' or 'sects', and social reactions to them. Areas of interest: West and East Europe; North America; East Asia. Founder and Honorary Director of INFORM.
Current post
Professor Emeritus of Sociology with Special Reference to the Study of Religion, London School of Economics and Political Science
Past appointments
Unknown Unknown Professor Emeritus of Sociology with Special Reference to the Study of Religion, London School of Economics and Political Science
2004 -
London School of Economics and Political Science University of London Professor of Sociology with special reference to the Study of Religion
1992 -
London School of Economics and Political Science University of London Professor Emeritus of Sociology with Special Reference to the Study of Religion, London School of Economics and Political Science
1992 -
London School of Economics and Political Science University of London Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Reader in Sociology
1970 - 1992
Publications
Other Fellows of the British Academy
Professor Tariq Modood FBA
Theory and politics of multiculturalism, secularism, Islamophobia, racial equality; sociology of ethnic minorities in higher education and employment; with special reference to Muslims in Western Europe
Professor Bea Cantillon FBA
Welfare states, social security and inequality in the rich world, with a special focus on the impact of national and European social policies on poverty and social exclusion
Professor Kathleen Eisenhardt FBA
Complexity and power theories as well as theories of individual and group cognition related to heuristics, analogies, and integrative thinking. Strategy as 'simple rules', strategic interaction in novel markets and ecosystems, strategy making by boards
