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 Stephen Ball FBA

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

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Professor Pat Hudson FBA

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

Professor Pat Hudson FBA

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

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