Dr John Goldthorpe FBA

Sociology
Fellow type
UK Emeritus Fellow
Year elected
1984
Subjects
Sociology

Current post

Emeritus Fellow, Nuffield College, Oxford

Past appointments

Nuffield College University of Oxford Emeritus Fellow

2012 -

Department of Social Policy and Intervention, University of Oxford Distinguished Senior Research Fellow

2012 - 2015

Institute of Education University of London Emeritus Fellow, Nuffield College, Oxford, and Research Fellow, Centre for Longitudinal Studies, Institute of Education, London

2008 -

Nuffield College University of Oxford Emeritus Fellow, Nuffield College, Oxford

2002 -

Nuffield College University of Oxford Official Fellow

1969 - 2002

Nuffield College University of Oxford Official Fellow, Nuffield College, University of Oxford

1969 -

University of Cambridge Fellow of King's College and University Lecturer in the Faculty of Economics and Politics

1960 - 1969

University of Leicester Research Fellow and Assistant Lecturer, Department of Sociology

1957 - 1960

University of Leicester Research Fellow and Assistant Lecturer, Department of Sociology

1957 - 1960

Publications

The Affluent Worker 3 Volumes 1968-9

Social mobility and class structure in modern Britain 1980

The development of industrial society in Ireland _PBA_ 1992

The constant flux: a study of class mobility in industrial societies 1992

On sociology: number, narratives and the integration of research and theory 2000, 2007

Other Fellows of the British Academy

Professor Peter Taylor-Gooby FBA

Risk and uncertainty; social policy and state welfare, especially theoretical and normative approaches; cross-national comparative work in Europe and East Asia; public attitudes to inequality, social justice and social policy

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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

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Professor Andrew Pettigrew FBA

Organisational Theory Business Administration and Business Economics Business and Management Studies

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