Professor Stephen Ball FBA

Sociology of education with a focus on policy processes and social class equalities
Fellow type
UK Fellow
Year elected
2006
Subjects
Education, Sociology

Summary

Stephen J Ball is Distinguished Service Professor of Sociology of Education, Institute of Education, UCL, and Affiliate Professor of University of Copenhagen. He is a laureate of Kappa Delta Phi and Honorary Fellow of the Society of Educational Studies.

Current post

Distinguished Service Professor of Sociology of Education, University of London

Past appointments

Institute of Education University of London Distinguished Service Professor of Sociology of Education

2017 -

Institute of Education University of London Karl Mannheim Professor of Sociology of Education, University of London

2001 - 2017

King's College London University of London Professor of Education

1991 - 2000

King's College London University of London Tutor in Urban Education, Reader in Sociology of Education

1985 - 1991

School for Global studies, University of Sussex Lecturer in Education

1975 - 1985

Publications

Class Strategies in the Education Market

Stephen J Ball - Published in 2003 by Routledge

Politics and Policy-making in Education

Stephen J Ball - Published in 1990 by Routledge

The Micropolitics of the School

Stephen J Ball - Published in 1987 by Routledge

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