Professor John Child FBA

East Asia China South America Brazil Economics Commerce Economic Systems Political Economics Technological Economics
Fellow type
UK Emeritus Fellow
Year elected
2006
Subjects
Business and management, Sociology

Current post

Professor Emeritus, University of Birmingham

Past appointments

University of Birmingham Professor Emeritus

2009 -

University of Birmingham Chair of Commerce

2000 -

University of Birmingham Chair of Commerce, University of Birmingham

2000 -

University of Birmingham Chair of Commerce, University of Birmingham

2000 - 2009

University of Cambridge Diageo Professor of Management

1991 - 2000

Aston University Professor of Organisation

1973 - 1991

Aston University

1966 - 1968

Publications

Organisational Structure, Environment and Performance - the role of strategic choice Sociology 1972

Management in China during the Age of Reform 1994

Organization: Contemporary Principles and Practice 2005

Other Fellows of the British Academy

Professor Deborah Mayo FBA

Philosophy of science, foundations of statistical and inductive inference; the epistemology of experiment and learning from error; interdisciplinary work on value-laden controversies in science and evidence policy

Deborah Mayo FBA

Professor Elizabeth Shove FBA

Social theories of practice; sociology of energy and mobility; infrastructures, technologies and everyday life; time and flexibility

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Professor Andrew Pettigrew FBA

Organisational Theory Business Administration and Business Economics Business and Management Studies

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