Professor George Brown FBA

Sociology
Fellow type
UK Emeritus Fellow
Year elected
1986
Subjects
Sociology

Current post

Honorary Research Fellow, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London.

Past appointments

Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience University of London Honorary Research Fellow

2013 -

Royal Holloway University of London Honorary Research Fellow

1980 - 2013

Royal Holloway University of London External Scientific Staff Medical Research Council

1972 - 1995

Bedford College University of London Research Worker, Social Research Unit

1968 - 1972

Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience University of London Research Worker, Medical Research Council

1956 - 1968

Publications

The influence of family life on the course of the schizophrenic illness: a replication British J Psychiatry 1972

Social origins of depression 1978

Humiliation and entrapment among women developing depression. A patient and non-patient comparison Psychological Medicine 1995

Other Fellows of the British Academy

Baroness (Ruth) Lister of Burtersett FBA

Social policy and sociology; poverty; citizenship, in particular from the perspectives of women, children and young people; gender and welfare; social security

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Professor Stephen Ball FBA

Sociology of education with a focus on policy processes and social class equalities.

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Professor Jennifer Ozga FBA

The governing of education in Europe and in the constituent nations of the UK, comparative work on education policy making, with a focus on data, knowledge and elites

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